CSC folder

[Ntense]

Which part of the repair clears the CSC folder (offline file cache)?

[Julian]

interesting this is something new to me i'll give shane a buzz. 

[Ntense]

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.

[Julian]

where is the csc folder located where it syncs?

[Ntense]

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.

[Julian]

Thank you I'm currently in a email chat with shane at the moment.. so the responses are going to be fast lol 

[Julian]

from what shane knows it does not touch that folder what so ever but he is going to check the code to make sure.

[Ntense]

In the past, it's always cleared the offline files cache so something must be happening at one point in the repair.

[Julian]

hmm let me understand this you want it to clear or you don't want it to clear?

[Ntense]

I do not want it to be cleared.

[Julian]

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

[Ntense]

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.

[Julian]

shane found it. so the repair #13 repair network does it and the reason being is

"This is part of the repair because the offline cache can become corrupt"

[Ntense]

Thanks!

[Ntense]

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?