Offline Files Causing Empty Network Drives


we've enabled offline files of our laptop users home drives sync'd , available offline. home drive have several other mapped network drives map different shares on same server home drives on (these other drives not set available offline) and prior enabling offline files users access of these drives without problem when working out of office via vpn.
however, network drives appear empty when use vpn, apart home drive because shows offline files. have seen problem before , have got user manually sync clicking offline files icon in system tray. brings laptop 'online mode' , of network drives have files in them again.

some of our users not happy solution though , not work of them. tried setting silentforcedautoreconnect registry key , seems take while bring me online automatically when connect vpn - other users though still reporting not work , network drives still empty.

so i'm wondering if there kind of definitive solution , know if problem fixed in windows 7 (or windows vista) ? stopping user accessing entire server because have offline files on 1 share pretty poor , i'm hoping vista/7 not this...

oh , else same issue, 1 workaround have found create users shortcut same shares mapped drives link in unc path use ip of server rather name, windows not realise same server , let them view live files on there when in 'offline mode' (but connected vpn obviously).

thanks
chris


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