Mobsync.exe is a synchronization utility which is shipped along with Windows OS. This utility is responsible for synchronizing(syncing) offline files cache and any offline html pages. Mobsync.exe can be found in [systemdrive]:windowssystem32 folder. If the sytem drive is C: then it can be found in C:windowssystem32 folder. This synchronizing utility can be launched from Run … Read more
What is C:WindowsCSC folder? What does it store? C:WindowsCSC folder is the one where Windows keeps the cache of the files and folders for which offline files feature is enabled. Offline feature is present in Windows 2000, XP, Vista and Windows 7 OS editions. Windows treats this folder as system file and does not display … Read more
This article describes the steps for recovering offline files from the client machine when the server share is inaccessible or no longer exists. If the user who made the shares offline can access the machine then recovering the files is pretty easy. Open Explorer from the user’s login account, click on Tools in the menu … Read more
In Vista and Widows 7 Offline Files feature works with the help of a service name called ‘Offline Files’. This service is introduced in Windows Vista; Windows XP does not have any such service associated with Offline Files.What is offline files service? What does it do? Offline files service manages the local cache, invokes periodic … Read more
In Windows 2003 Server, one can not enable offline files when remote desktop is enabled on the machine. When we open Offline Files tab in Folder Options window we see a message that ‘Remote desktop is configured to support multiple connections. Offline files cannot be enabled with remote desktop in this configuration.‘ Snapshot of this … Read more
In Windows 7 offline files cache can be encrypted as described below. Launch offline files management window(Execute ‘control c:windowssystem32cscui.dll‘ from Run or see the post Enable offline files in Windows 7.) Click on Encryption tab Click on Encrypt button Now you will see the text “Your offline files are encrypted. Further items added to offline … Read more
Administrator can enforce encryption on offline cached files by configuring EFS setting in the domain Group policy. This enforces encryption on all the member machines that are part of the domain. This can be done as described below. Log in to the Domain Controller machine. Open the Group policy object editor( see How to open group … Read more
In Windows 7, offline files cache is by default stored in C:\windows\CSC folder. This cache location can be changed by modifying registry key CacheLocation under the node HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\CSCService\Parameters.Regkey : CacheLocation Type: REG_SZ We need to assign the path of the new location to the CacheLocation. Note that this path should be specified in NT format. … Read more
In Windows 7 there is no user interface to delete Offline Files cache (CSC cache). The only way to delete cache is using registry key. Detail steps are given below. Open Registry editor (Execute Regedit from Run window) Go to this key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Csc\Parameters If Parameters key does not exist under CSC you can add it. … Read more
Offline files has a single copy of cache where all the users offline enabled files are stored. This causes inconvenience to users even if they are not using offline files. Let’s say there are two users A and B. A has logged into the system and marks a network share for offline caching. Share is … Read more