"a situation in which SkyDrive has synchronized the directory structure but not the contents and files"
Right. That's what I am curious about how to do. ******************************** David William Botsch Programmer/Analyst CNF Computing bot...@cnf.cornell.edu ******************************** Jeffrey Altman <jalt...@secure-endpoints.com> wrote: >Configure 8.1 to use roaming profiles and produce a situation in >which SkyDrive has synchronized the directory structure but not >the contents and files. Then logout and let the SkyDrive folder >in the user profile be written back to AFS. > >On 7/8/2013 1:38 PM, Dave Botsch wrote: >> Being somewhat unfamiliar with Windows 8 / 8.1... >> >> what are the suggested steps for recreating the conditions to replicate >> the failure? I've got a skydrive login setup, so, now what? >> >> thanks. >> >> On Sat, Jun 29, 2013 at 12:09:59PM -0400, Jeffrey Altman wrote: >>> Last Wednesday Microsoft released the one and only preview release of >>> Windows 8.1 in conjunction with the Microsoft Build conference which I >>> attended. The one big change relating to file systems is the >>> integration of SkyDrive into the Shell and its selection as the primary >>> storage location for end user documents. >>> >>> The SkyDrive integration adds shell recognition for files that are >>> located in the locally sync'd copy of the SkyDrive directory tree but >>> which have not been copied locally. Microsoft now represents these >>> files with a new Reparse Point (Tag: 0x80000015) which is a "sparse >>> file" and an "offline" file. The file will not be visible to >>> applications that browse the directory from the command line but will be >>> displayed in the Explorer Shell and Modern application views of the >>> SkyDrive directory. >>> >>> The SkyDrive folder tree is stored in the user's profile at >>> \Users\<username>\SkyDrive. When the profile is on NTFS this works >>> fine. When the roaming profile is stored in AFS this is going to cause >>> problems because at logout an error will be generated when attempts are >>> made to copy this new reparse point to AFS. >>> >>> I urge organizations to begin testing Windows 8.1 Preview immediately >>> and to file bug reports with Microsoft as soon as possible. This is a >>> feature that will not be altered once Windows 8.1 RTM is cut. It is >>> critical that Microsoft hear about issues that will effect their >>> customers while there is time to make adjustments. >>> >>> Jeffrey Altman >>> >> >> >> > :�� T���&j)b� b�өzpJ)ߢ�^��좸!��l��b��(���~�+����Y���b�ا~�����~ȧ~
