Madmxx said:
I need to know how to delete offline network files from a
windows vista ultimate laptop. I managed to deactivate the
synchronization,
but I can not find any information as where are those files located in
the local hard drive of that machine. My problem is that it has taken
almost all the free space in that drive. Please advise how to resolve
Hi Madmxx
I think if you disable all offline folders, it is supposed to delete the
files cached on your local machine. However I've certainly got into the
situation where left-over offline files took up many gigabytes of disk.
First, try these steps:
1. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
2. Click Network and Internet, and then click Offline Files.
3. On the General tab, click View your offline files.
4. In the Offline Files folder, right-click the cache of the offline files
that you want to delete, and then click Delete Offline Copy.
Note that there is an issue which sometimes prevents you from deleting
offline files, if they are in the "ghosted" state.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/938092
You can also delete the cached files manually. Offline files are stored
under a directory called C:\Windows\CSC ("csc" == client-side caching). By
default, no-one has permissions to this directory except the sync service.
You need to take ownership of the CSC directory, and then grant yourself
permissions to have full control of the directory and all subdirectories.
You need to do this, even if you are an Administrator - the Administrator
has no automatic access to the CSC directory. After you have taken full
control of the CSC directory, delete the cache under the CSC directory you
wish get rid of (there may be several different caches, if different users
all have CSC enabled). After you have deleted the cached files, ideally you
should remove the permissions from yourself again, so that the permissions
are back were they started.
But definitely - try to use the official Control Panel method first, before
you go hacking with CSC folder permissions. Only do that as a last resort,
if you can't delete the files any other way.
Hope it helps,
