GHOST and OFFLINE FILES

[klh456]

I see several GHOST questions in this forum so I'm hoping someone can help me. I need to find the Offline Files Folder that would be stored on a GHOST image of a machine. Can someone help me?

 

[franklin97355]

It will be in the same place as the one on the computer you ghosted from.

 

[klh456]

Yes, obviously, but where is that. I can find it on the computer if I look at Folder Options, Offline Files, View Files but that doesn't show me the actual location on the hard drive. It defines it as a System File.

 

[Rick998]

klh456,

Offline files appear to be stored in:

C:\Documents and Settings\<user name>\Application Data\Microsoft\MSDAIPP\Offline\

Example:
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\MSDAIPP\Offline\

There's a cache in:
C:\WINDOWS\PCHEALTH\HELPCTR\OfflineCache\

and offline web pages are stored in:
C:\WINDOWS\Offline Web Pages

Hope this helps...

 

[klh456]

Thanks for the replies. I was finally able to resolve this issue. I made sure that his My Documents was pointing to the default location on the laptop. I had our network admin restore the files from a backup tape. After that I reset the Offline files cache (Folder Options, Offline Files tab, press CTRL+SHIFT then click Delete Files). After the computer restarted I redirected the My Documents back to H:My Documents. Restarted twice to be sure it was synchronizing all of the files. It then worked perfectly.

However, in all of this I also discovered something else about offline files when using GPO in Active Directory. There is a setting in Computer Policy, Network/Offline Files/Synchronize all files before logging off. If this is Not Configured the default is to do a quick synchronization. In order to ensure a full synchronization of all files this policy must be enabled.

Maybe this will help someone else along the way.