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CSC folder
« on: February 01, 2017, 09:33:28 am »
Which part of the repair clears the CSC folder (offline file cache)?

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Re: CSC folder
« Reply #1 on: February 01, 2017, 09:38:38 am »
interesting this is something new to me i'll give shane a buzz.  :tongue:
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Re: CSC folder
« Reply #2 on: February 01, 2017, 09:43:36 am »
Thanks! Will save us and the end user a lot of time if we don't have to re-sync redirected folders every time we run this repair.

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Re: CSC folder
« Reply #3 on: February 01, 2017, 09:45:18 am »
where is the csc folder located where it syncs?
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Re: CSC folder
« Reply #4 on: February 01, 2017, 09:50:03 am »
C:\Windows\CSC

It's where Windows stores the offline files cache, in my case, domain user's redirected folders (desktop,documents) that are stored on a server.

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Re: CSC folder
« Reply #5 on: February 01, 2017, 09:52:18 am »
Thank you I'm currently in a email chat with shane at the moment.. so the responses are going to be fast lol  :smiley:
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Re: CSC folder
« Reply #6 on: February 01, 2017, 09:55:32 am »
from what shane knows it does not touch that folder what so ever but he is going to check the code to make sure.
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Re: CSC folder
« Reply #7 on: February 01, 2017, 10:00:20 am »
In the past, it's always cleared the offline files cache so something must be happening at one point in the repair.

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Re: CSC folder
« Reply #8 on: February 01, 2017, 10:02:01 am »
hmm let me understand this you want it to clear or you don't want it to clear?
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Re: CSC folder
« Reply #9 on: February 01, 2017, 10:03:22 am »
I do not want it to be cleared.

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Re: CSC folder
« Reply #10 on: February 01, 2017, 10:04:41 am »
i'm waiting for a response from shane as he is double checking his code but i've found this article to be interesting to read as i was waiting for his response. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/942974/on-a-windows-vista-based-or-windows-7-based-client-computer,-you-can-still-access-offline-files-even-though-the-file-server-is-removed-from-the-network
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Re: CSC folder
« Reply #11 on: February 01, 2017, 10:13:38 am »
Yes, that's how it's supposed to work. Specific to my situation, I have a domain computer with sync partnership set up (desktop and documents are synced to a server). Offline files are enabled so there is a local cache on the PC for those synced folders (located in the CSC folder). As expected, I can access all files on the desktop and documents when the PC is removed from the network. However, after running the repair, all cached data is deleted and thus requires a full sync when the PC is reconnected to the network. Normally, this isn't a problem, just requires a bit of time. However, if there's a sync error and the user has a file that hasn't been synced to the server before we run the repair and that file gets deleted, then we have a problem.

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Re: CSC folder
« Reply #12 on: February 01, 2017, 10:17:48 am »
shane found it. so the repair #13 repair network does it and the reason being is
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"This is part of the repair because the offline cache can become corrupt"
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Re: CSC folder
« Reply #13 on: February 01, 2017, 10:20:42 am »
Thanks!

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Re: CSC folder
« Reply #14 on: February 01, 2017, 10:54:19 am »
A request: Can you tell me exactly what the Network repair does? I looked in the repair info for #13 and no where does it mention anything about offline cache. Also, would it be possible to get an option to exclude clearing the offline cache during network repair?