Re: How to SYNCRHONIZE files to their proper folders?
From: Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] (lanwench_at_heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com)
Date: 11/30/04
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Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 09:48:20 -0500
RJL wrote:
> I try to "SYNCHRONIZE" the files on my win98se desktop and my w2k
> notebook, and I thought it was working so that it would upload the
> newer files from one to the other and put the newest files in the
> appropriate folders on their respective drives.
>
> But lately all it does is put the desktops files on the notebook in a
> gigantic "OFFLINE FILES FOLDER" – which is merely a mega-briefcase.
> True, when I'm mobile, on the notebook, I do have the latest version
> from the desktop, but rather than have it where I expect it to be, I
> have first to look in the OFFLINE FILES FOLDER and copy it into its
> working directory . . . Not very efficient . . . not only does it
> require multiple steps, but I also have to remember what files might
> have been updated . . . If I don't remember, then I'm working on the
> old version on the notebook, which was superceded . . . and that's of
> course a mess.
>
> What is the way to get SYNCHRONIZE to deliver the updated files
> directly into the directory where they belong?
>
> GSCheyenne
>
> (This is cross posted to the "networking," "setup," "general" and
> "new_user" boards.)
You should access the files in their original structure in Windows
Explorer - as in, your mapped drive on the Win2k laptop, which should still
show up when offline.
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