I work on the road a lot and need to have files sync'd up that reside on my companies network to my laptop. Ive been playing around with WinXP's 'Syncronize' function, but the two major things I cant figure out is how to retain folder structure of what Im Sync'ing from and where to store the offline files on my laptop.

Whenever I try syncing it takes all of the files in all subdirectories and places them all in an 'Offline Files' folder... Is it possible to use this function but keep my subdirectory structure? Furthermore, is it possible to tell it to store the offline files in a sub-directory of 'My Documents'?

Thanks!

what you really want to use is Offline files. That way the files et sync when you do something like log off etc, and then when you get back will fix. I personaly like to have it to just prompt me. here is where you can leanr more about it and how to set it up. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/m...flinefiles.mspx

Unfortunality it is folder by folder, it doesnt support sub folders. (BIG drawback) you have to use a third part tool to get it to do sub folders. A free tool to do that is ifolders by Novell, it is open source and works wonderfully!

As for the "My Documents" that is also not directly possible. you need to remember that the My Documents folder is actually a registry talked about here http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/n.../honeycutt.mspx now you can redirect the My Documents but can directly affect it via the offline folder, unless you go to the actual directory c:\......

hope this helps.

what you really want to use is Offline files.  That way the files et sync when you do something like log off etc, and then when you get back will fix.  I personaly like to have it to just prompt me.  here is where you can leanr more about it and how to set it up. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/m...flinefiles.mspx

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This is what I was referring to.. sorry if I wasnt clear.. and yea, i like the concept of syncing on cmd / schedule / action, but I hate it that everything is grouped into 1 folder and that you cant select where you want to store it.

Thanks for the reply, Ill check out that novell program!

Anyone else know of good FREE sync'ing programs, by all means speak up!