pow
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I know it sounds really bloody easy, and on a domain you'd just use redirected folders and offline files but this is doing my head in on two standalone computers.
I don't want to be making links or anything, I want to sync C:\Users\Joe\Documents and C:\Users\Joe\Desktop with the same locations on the other computer. Nothing seems to be doing the trick. Anything anyone has used out there?
Thanks 
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Aaron
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SyncToy + Task Scheduler?
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John
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Robocopy would do it but there's a thing I use for copying files about called Syncovery. It's not free though.
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smcGSI16V
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We use synctoy at work for data and docs from the server to remote workers. Never had any problems in the 4 years or so we have been.
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pow
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need to have a play with synxtoy then
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ed
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You can change the location of the Documents, Photos, e.t.c. directories on Windows 7 and above to somewhere different like a network share by right clicking on the folder and choosing a different location. You can then set the files to be available offline, much like you described in your first sentence of the question. I *think* that you have to make a change in the registry to do the same for your desktop, I can't remember if it's done in the same way as the other folders.
I used to do this before I switched to a Mac - it meant that stuff like the desktop could be share between my desktop and laptop and it worked quite well. I noticed that the Windows file sync tool didn't play very well with my Linux NAS though, but I'm guessing this isn't an issue where.
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ed
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http://superuser.com/questions/340857/map-desktop-to-network-drive
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pow
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That synctoy was the one, keeps the user in control so i like it.
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Andrew
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ownCloud would also have done the trick.
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Aaron
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quote:
Originally posted by pow
That synctoy was the one, keeps the user in control so i like it.
It's something i've used to backup my media collection for quite some time. You have the ability to script it also if needed.
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