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Guest
Hey,
I'm running WinXP-Pro on a desktop and a laptop where a folder on the
desktop is used as a mapped drive on the laptop. I have the "make files
available offline" option engaged and it works fine. The files/sub-folders in
the targetted folder on the desktop machine synchronize fine and
modifcations/additions made on the laptop synchronize fine.
My problem is this: if a new folder is created on the desktop machine BY THE
DESKTOP USER, that folder and any files/subfolders created in it do NOT
automatically synchronize to the laptop. To make it more clear: say I map a
folder called "rootfolder" as a network drive. If the laptop creates a new
folders (i.e. "laptopfolder") in rootfolder over the network, laptopfolder
will synchronize normally. If the desktop creates a new folder (i.e.
"desktopfolder") in rootfolder, however, it will NOT synchronize to the
laptop.
This is a problem because it limits the ability of the desktop user to work,
and then just synchronize whatever he/she did later. Unless the new folders
are created by the laptop, they won't synchronize.
I know there is a way to fix this such that folders created by the desktop
machine synchronize automatically because I have done it previously with
another desktop/laptop set that were both running WinXP-Pro. It required that
I go into one of the utilities (similar to RegEdit, although I don't think
that was it) to change a setting on the (I think) laptop. I just can't for
the life of me remember the set of steps, and my notes from then were lost in
an HDD crash.
Can someone help me out here? Please?
-Drek
I'm running WinXP-Pro on a desktop and a laptop where a folder on the
desktop is used as a mapped drive on the laptop. I have the "make files
available offline" option engaged and it works fine. The files/sub-folders in
the targetted folder on the desktop machine synchronize fine and
modifcations/additions made on the laptop synchronize fine.
My problem is this: if a new folder is created on the desktop machine BY THE
DESKTOP USER, that folder and any files/subfolders created in it do NOT
automatically synchronize to the laptop. To make it more clear: say I map a
folder called "rootfolder" as a network drive. If the laptop creates a new
folders (i.e. "laptopfolder") in rootfolder over the network, laptopfolder
will synchronize normally. If the desktop creates a new folder (i.e.
"desktopfolder") in rootfolder, however, it will NOT synchronize to the
laptop.
This is a problem because it limits the ability of the desktop user to work,
and then just synchronize whatever he/she did later. Unless the new folders
are created by the laptop, they won't synchronize.
I know there is a way to fix this such that folders created by the desktop
machine synchronize automatically because I have done it previously with
another desktop/laptop set that were both running WinXP-Pro. It required that
I go into one of the utilities (similar to RegEdit, although I don't think
that was it) to change a setting on the (I think) laptop. I just can't for
the life of me remember the set of steps, and my notes from then were lost in
an HDD crash.
Can someone help me out here? Please?
-Drek