Offline Files Issue

Hi all,
We seem to be having a strange issue with Offline Files and resolving conflicts. It seems that files that have had no change seem to be flagged as changed and show in the Conflicts list awaiting user input. However, when the user tries to resolve the conflict,
only the "Keep this version - Remote path" option clears the conflict! The "Keep this version - On this computer" just drops the dialog box but doesn't clear the conflict...
Note that a "real" conflict works resolves as expected (both options work)!
Here is a screenshot of an example file - http://tinypic.com/r/20iyih2/8. As you can see nothing is different about the file.
A bit of background....
The clients are Windows 7 Ent SP1. We are running a Server 2012 File Server with a Domain Based DFS Namespace. The files that are having the issue are pointing to the shares under the DFS root.
Has anyone come across this before, or does anyone have any ideas?
Thanks,
Adam

Hi,
A strange issue, there're two same versions shown up in the "reolve conflicts" dialog box, which one is the real version, I mean which one is really modified? on this computer or on remote path?
Does the "fake sync conflicts" only occurred in this particular document or occurred in all documents? Please also check if there're sync errors in the "view sync result" or in the event viewer.
Regards
Yolanda
TechNet Community Support

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Wend
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DIM PART_REASON, PART_RESULT, PART_RESULTMSG, PART_PATH
DIM REASON_BEGIN, REASON_END, REASON_ITEMBEGIN, REASON_ITEMRESULT
DIM Reasons(3)
' The message is composed as follows:
' <reason>:<result>:<result msg>:<path>
' <reason>
' Integer indicates reason for progress callback.
' Values are:
' 0 - "Begin" overall operation
' 1 - "End" overall operation
' 2 - "Begin Item" operation
' 3 - "Item result"
' <result>
' Integer result code; HRESULT.
' <result msg>
' Text describing the result. In most cases this is translated using
' the Win32 function FormatMessage. In some cases a more descriptive
' message is provided that is better aligned with Offline Files.
' <path>
' UNC path string associated with the progress notifcation. This is
' empty for the "Begin" and "End" notifications.
' Define indexes of the various parts in the message.
PART_REASON = 0
PART_RESULT = 1
PART_RESULTMSG = 2
PART_PATH = 3
' The reason codes present in the <reason> part.
REASON_BEGIN = 0
REASON_END = 1
REASON_ITEMBEGIN = 2
REASON_ITEMRESULT = 3
' split the message into the 4 parts and extract those parts.
Parts = Split(Message, ":", -1, 1)
Reason = CInt(Parts(PART_REASON))
Path = Parts(PART_PATH)
Result = CLng(Parts(PART_RESULT))
ResultMsg = Parts(PART_RESULTMSG)
Select Case Reason
Case REASON_ITEMRESULT
WScript.Echo Path
if 0 <> Result then
Wscript.Echo " Error: " & Hex(Result) & " " & ResultMsg
end if
Case REASON_END
if 0 <> Result then
Wscript.Echo "Error: " & Hex(Result) & " " & ResultMsg
end if
End Select
End Sub
' Called when the operation is complete.
Sub SINK_OnCompleted(HResult, objLastError, objContext)
bDone = True
End Sub
*This code was pulled from: http://blogs.technet.com/b/filecab/archive/2007/04/26/cscsyncall-vbs-sync-the-entire-offline-files-cache.aspx

Hi,
Please know that Offline Files in Windows 7 uses Bitmap Differential Transfer. Bitmap Differential Transfer tracks which blocks of a file in the local cache are modified while you are working offline and then sends only those blocks to the server. In Windows
XP, Offline Files copies the entire file from the local cache to the server, even if only a small part of the file was modified while offline.
How the synchronization in Windows 7 Offline Files works
http://blogs.technet.com/b/netro/archive/2010/04/09/how-the-synchronization-in-windows-7-offline-files-works.aspx
That should be the cause of the issue that your script didn't work.
Considering that the issue should be related to the script, I suggest to post the question on Script Center forum for further help.
Script Center forum:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/scriptcenter/en-US/home
The reason why we recommend posting appropriately is you will get the most qualified pool of respondents, and other partners who read the forums regularly can either share their knowledge or learn from your interaction with us.
Thanks for understanding.
Kate Li
TechNet Community Support

Win 7 Offline Files and Captivate

We save files to "My Documents" so that we can use Windows Sync to enable offline files (portability and server backup). Adobe products don't like pointing to network locations for output (published files and such). If I publish to a sync'd folder, it looks like a network file and Adobe products seem to hesitate or complain about this. I can point published files to the hard drive (C: for instance) but I lose the functionality of offline files (sync, backup). I have "aliased" a drive (for instance the L: drive) which Captivate thinks is a local drive (and not a network drive) and that works pretty well. The "aliased" drive points to the sync'd drive (read: networked drive).
Any suggestions for more suitable implementations are greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Michael

Hi,
Do you configure “Always available offline” on the clients? If so, disable it to check if the issue still exists. The Offline Files feature must be enabled on the client computer for files and programs to be automatically cached. Additionally, the
Optimized for performance option does not have any effect on client computers using Windows Vista or newer.
For more detailed information, please refer to the articles below:
Working with network files when you are offline
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/working-with-network-files-offline#1TC=windows-7
Configure Offline Availability for a Shared Folder
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc755136.aspx
Best Regards,
Mandy
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Drive with Offline Files folder not available for 2 minutes after being connected to the network.

Hi
We use Windows SP1 with one folder from the User HomeDirectory set to be available offline.
The problem we encounter is that when going from Offline to Online via VPN, there is a 2 minutes delay for the drive where the offline folder is located to be available again. Other drives mapped at VPN connection time are available immediately
after we applied KB2705233. Only the drive that contains the folder that we make available offline has this delay issue.
I found out KB2663418 but it does not apply as we have Windows 7 SP1. However the symptoms are the same:
< This issue occurs because the client-side caching (CSC) interface tries to reconnect to the source before the network is actually available. This behavior causes the SMB cache to enter a negative state. In this situation, the CSC interface tries to
reconnect to the source on the next 2-minute retry interval.>
Does one know how to force a check of the connectivity or if there is another fix available ?
thanks in advance
bruno

Hi,
Why KB2663418 didn't applied to your computer? It applied to
Windows 7 Service Pack 1, when used with:
Windows 7 Enterprise
Windows 7 Professional
Windows 7 Ultimate
Did you use Windows 7 Home Basic or Home Premium? However, Windows 7 Home Basic and Premium does not support Offline Files.
Thus please try that hotfix.
Karen Hu
TechNet Community Support

Offline Files Issue

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