Hi Yannis, Per my understanding, your purpose is to make the shares from your laptop accessible to other users when the laptop is offline. To achieve this purpose, some configurations and preconditions must be met first: 1. The Offline Files feature is enabled in "Manage offline folders" in Sync Centers.(Enabled by default in Windows 7) 2. The shared folder's properties > Sharing tab > Advanced Sharing > Caching > Offline Settings is selecting "All files and programs that users open from All files and programs that users open from the shared folder are automatically available offline" OR It is set to "Only the files and programs that users specify are available offline"(by default) AND the client has marked this network folder as "Always available Offline". 3. After the settings are configured in 2, the client side must access the file once at least so that it can be cached locally. 4. The users must access the file in the online state to obtain the freshest version after the orignal file has been modified. There are several factors that we should keep in mind: 1. From the server side, we cannot see neither the "Always available Offline" option when right-clicking a folder in local drive (though it has been shared to network) nor the "Offline Files" tab in the folders' properties. The shared folder owner can access the file locally therefore it doesn't make sense that we mark a local folder available offline. 2. From the client side, the "Offline Files" tab in the network folders' properties is only available when the folder has been marked as "Always available Offline" or we have select the third option in Offline Settings on the server side. 3. When accessing an offline file, there is latency about the switchover between online & offline mode based on the network envrionment. Best regards, Steven Xiao Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

Dear Niki, My laptop is in a domain as also are the other laptops. The shared folder I would like to set offline is on my laptop. I tried both options descripted above but it doesn’t. I also tried the options descripted on the article "http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Working-with-network-files-when-you-are-offline" The point is that, the “always available online” option is not visible in my laptop and in two other two users/ laptop where the the option is visible there are problems with the offline option and the synch Yannis

thank you for your replyYannis

"offline folders" option from the right menu is missing in Windows 7 Ultimate I have win 7 Ultimate, office 2010 (with Sharepoint workspace 2010 - if this help or is part of the problem…) I tried every reply descripted in the forum, regarding the possible solution, i.e. · Sync Center/ Manage offline folders, etc. · Share/ Advance Sharing/ Cashing/ Offline Settings/ All files and programs that users open from All files and programs that users open from the shared folder are automatically available offline/ Optimize for performance But unfortunately, when I turn off my wireless connection on my laptop or my laptop is turn off the people on the network I share with the folder cannot access any file and the connection is not working... Yannis

Hi, I would like to verify if the computer is in domain. Where is the shared files you want to set offline? If you shared files on your laptop, the offline files should be enabled from the clients which accessing the shared files. To enable Offline files, please check the following settings on the clients. 1. Sync Center -> Manage offline files -> Enable offline files. 2. Services -> enable Offline files -> Start the service. After that, let the clients restart the computer and access shared files, right click them and check if Offline option is available. Working with network files when you are offline http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Working-with-network-files-when-you-are-offline Niki TechNet Subscriber Support If you are TechNet Subscription user and have any feedback on our support quality, please send your feedback here. Niki Han TechNet Community Support

Hi Yannis, Per my understanding, your purpose is to make the shares from your laptop accessible to other users when the laptop is offline. To achieve this purpose, some configurations and preconditions must be met first: 1. The Offline Files feature is enabled in "Manage offline folders" in Sync Centers.(Enabled by default in Windows 7) 2. The shared folder's properties > Sharing tab > Advanced Sharing > Caching > Offline Settings is selecting "All files and programs that users open from All files and programs that users open from the shared folder are automatically available offline" OR It is set to "Only the files and programs that users specify are available offline"(by default) AND the client has marked this network folder as "Always available Offline". 3. After the settings are configured in 2, the client side must access the file once at least so that it can be cached locally. 4. The users must access the file in the online state to obtain the freshest version after the orignal file has been modified. There are several factors that we should keep in mind: 1. From the server side, we cannot see neither the "Always available Offline" option when right-clicking a folder in local drive (though it has been shared to network) nor the "Offline Files" tab in the folders' properties. The shared folder owner can access the file locally therefore it doesn't make sense that we mark a local folder available offline. 2. From the client side, the "Offline Files" tab in the network folders' properties is only available when the folder has been marked as "Always available Offline" or we have select the third option in Offline Settings on the server side. 3. When accessing an offline file, there is latency about the switchover between online & offline mode based on the network envrionment. Best regards, Steven Xiao Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.