To turn the feature back on, follow the same steps but click the Enable offline files button and reboot the system. To turn off offline file synchronization with GPO, follow the steps listed below. Search for Edit group policy and open Group Policy Editor.
Find and double-click the policy Allow or Disallow use of the Offline Files feature. Restarting will apply a system-wide policy and disable Sync Center in Windows Remember that this policy is applied to the computer, not specific users, like the Control Panel method.
July 11, at pm. Niallmullen says:. July 12, at am. Leave a Reply Cancel reply Enter your comment here Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Email required Address never made public. Name required. Search for:. Type group policy in the search box and then select group policy editor from the start menu list. Then you can enable or disable offline files per your needs. Open registry editor by typing registry in the search box and selecting it. Step 5. To disable offline files, set the start value of CSC and CscService to 4 and restart your computer to save changes.
About offline files sync in Windows 10, you have two options, including syncing offline files manually and automatically. Detailed steps are below.
Click Offline Files folder, then you will see all the shared folders for offline files sync. Click Sync to sync network file to local computer immediately. Note: If you want to view your files, just double-click the shared folder you see for example, Documents under the Offline File folder. If some certain files does not sync, you may see conflicts files in Offline Files. It occurs when you edit file offline and somebody else edits the same file on your network.
After that, these files will not be synced and marked as conflicts. Don't worry about it. It's very easy to fix. Go to Sync Center, click View sync conflicts on the left panel and then you will see a list of conflict files. Right-click the conflicted files and click View option.
Now, you have three options: Keep the version that you created while you were away, Keep the version on the server that someone else edited while you were away, Keep both versions and rename the one that you created. Now, you may already know how to use offline file to sync network files locally in Windows It's very useful for users who want to work with network files, it allows you to access and see them at any time after making them offline on your computer. However, the steps of it are a little complicated, and if you use it for the first time, you may feel dizzy.
In addition, the sync does not always goes smoothly, you may encounter various errors, such as, offline file conflicts, access denied , sync pending, etc. To disable Offline Files caching of specific redirected folders, your environment must meet the following prerequisites.
To disable Offline Files caching of specific redirected folders, use Group Policy to enable the Do not automatically make specific redirected folders available offline policy setting for the appropriate Group Policy Object GPO. Configuring this policy setting to Disabled or Not Configured makes all redirected folders available offline.
Only domain administrators, enterprise administrators, and members of the Group Policy creator owners group can create GPOs. The following Windows PowerShell cmdlet or cmdlets perform the same function as the procedure described in Disabling Offline Files on individual redirected folders. Enter each cmdlet on a single line, even though they may appear word-wrapped across several lines here because of formatting constraints.
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