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01-22-2005, 10:57 PM	#1
UNCLBEN Level 2 Support Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Peoria, IL Posts: 430	Synchronizing local folder with network folder I want to set up two "My Documents" folders, one on computer A and one on computer B. Computers A and B are connected on a LAN. I want the two to stay synchronized, so all the data is present in both locations at all times. It's basically just a data backup solution. I would like work done from Computer A to be saved locally and then synchronized to the folder on Computer B, and vice versa. I found some info from MS (link 1) (link 2), but I'm not sure how this actually handles the saving and moving of data. I could probably set up a reasonable system using Briefcases, but I'd really prefer to use My Documents since it's so "built in" to the Windows interface. TIA

01-23-2005, 01:55 PM	#2
MrDigital Level 2 Support Join Date: May 2004 Location: Los Angeles, baby! Posts: 448	Your first link is exactly how to do it. Every time you logout it will synchronize whatever folders/files you tell it to sync. You'll see a little message telling you it's doing it. -MrD

01-23-2005, 11:09 PM

UNCLBEN

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Originally Posted by MrDigital

Your first link is exactly how to do it. Every time you logout it will synchronize whatever folders/files you tell it to sync. You'll see a little message telling you it's doing it.

If I tell Windows that I want "offline" access to the remote folder, where does it store the local copy?

Does the remote folder need to be on a "network drive" or can it just be a shared folder on my LAN?

How can I make the folder require a password (so that even though it's shared on the LAN, I'm the only one that read it) but still share it? Sharing and passwords seem to be mutually exclusive from the options I've seen.

01-24-2005, 12:49 PM	#4
jester22c Level 3 Support Join Date: May 2004 Location: TN Posts: 948	The security issue is an easy enough one. Under the sharing tab on the properties screen for any folder you can set the caching and permissions options for the synchronization.

01-24-2005, 11:17 PM	#5
UNCLBEN Level 2 Support Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Peoria, IL Posts: 430	I was looking some websites today (I may or may not have been at work) and I think I found what I need. The trick is to point the "real" My Docs, which will act as the server-side/primary folder, to a remote location and then use a Win2k utility (cachemov.exe) to move the client-side cache to whichever drive you'd like it on. I will probably try it out later this week, whenever I have a few hours I can block off for experimentation. For now, I'm mostly just glad to have my secondary box up and running after it layed in pieces around my computer room for 10 weeks. My ideal setup would have both computers use the same server-side folder and also each have their own local "offline" caches, but I'm not sure how permissions will work out (or not) since My Docs is by definition a one-user thing. Hopefully it won't matter since I'm admin on both clients. We'll see, I guess.

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