Redirection of Offline Files Folder

[Teffy]

Greetings,

For performing backups, I would like to put these on separate
partitions: the

WinXP Tablet OS (SP2),
My Documents, and the
Offline Files Folder. (The Offline Files are backed up as part of my
desktop PC.)

On the tablet under Help and Support I read the following:
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To redirect special folders to a specific path

Open a Group Policy object that is linked to the site, domain, or
organizational unit that contains the users whose special folders you
want to redirect.

In the console tree, double-click Folder Redirection to display the
special folder that you want to redirect.
Where?

'policy name' Policy
User Configuration
Windows Settings
Folder Redirection
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So, I run gpedit.msc and see Local Computer Policy, User Configuration,
and Windows Settings, but under that I find no "Folder Redirection."
Can you help?

Thanks,
Teffy

 

[Bill Sanderson]

There's a tool to do this included in the Windows 2000 Resource Kit. I
don't know how to do it with Group policy--yours is the first mention that
I've seen of that.

The RK kit is not downloadable, I'm afraid.

 

[Jeffrey Randow (MVP)]

Nope, but the tool in question can be found in google...
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[Teffy]

Thanks to both for the help. Here's what I did:

I downloaded cachemov.exe from
http://www.petri.co.il/download_free_reskit_tools.htm and ran it. At
one point I got this error message: "Failed to move offline files
cache." The file complained about was encrypted - that may be
coincidence.

So, I opened the offline files folder, chose tools menu, folder
options, and the offline files tab. I hit control shift "delete
files" button to delete all the offline files.

I ran cachemov.exe again. The offline files folder (now empty) was
moved to the selected partition, and I synchronized the offline
files to copy them from the "server" (my desktop PC). Then I enabled
encryption of offline files.

Problem solved!

Teffy

 

[Bill Sanderson]

Thanks - that's a lovely step-by-step for future readers with the same
issue!