Offline Files - tmp files - GUID - Access is denied - Sync

I've never seen a fix for this problem, but every time I try to work with
offline files, I end up with bunches of {GUID}.tmp files, and when I try to
Sync, I also end up with the message "Access is denied."

I have been able to re-produce it, repeatedly. After fixing the mess that
is created, I tried to manually go offline, watched the file share in
Explorer, and when I opened a document, saved a small change, then went
online and "synced" something VERY strange happened.

1. The INSTANT I re-connected the first {GUID}.tmp file was created
immediately.
2. When I "synced" again, a duplicate of the .tmp file was created, exact
same byte size, but with a new {GUID} label.
3. Every time I sync, same thing, a new duplicate of the .tmp file (exact
same byte size), with a new {GUID} is created.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Since this was an MS Word Doc, I changed the .tmp extension to .doc, and the
file WAS THERE and in tact, it just didn't complete the update for some
reason. Also, even when I try to sync, even after deleting the .tmp files,
the Sync continues to produce new {GUID}.tmp files. It is almost as if the
Sync is attempting to do the file update, places the .tmp file in the folder,
and then fails to set even a local registry? flag to show that it copied the
file over. So every time you try to sync, it keeps copying another .tmp file.

About 6 months ago, I abandoned Vista for this very same reason. Offline
file folders are absolutely CRITICAL for me... I just got another laptop and
thought I'd give it a try again, HUGE MISTAKE!!! Come on MS, get this fixed!
It's posted all over the web... Someone has got to address this...

Almost forgot, this is a Vista Business to XP-SP2 machine. Main file
location is on the XP machine. Wireless sync, but I don't think it matters,
however I probably should try the hard wired route to eliminate that variable.

"Bill Wood" wrote:

> I've never seen a fix for this problem, but every time I try to work with
> offline files, I end up with bunches of {GUID}.tmp files, and when I try to
> Sync, I also end up with the message "Access is denied."
>
> I have been able to re-produce it, repeatedly. After fixing the mess that
> is created, I tried to manually go offline, watched the file share in
> Explorer, and when I opened a document, saved a small change, then went
> online and "synced" something VERY strange happened.
>
> 1. The INSTANT I re-connected the first {GUID}.tmp file was created
> immediately.
> 2. When I "synced" again, a duplicate of the .tmp file was created, exact
> same byte size, but with a new {GUID} label.
> 3. Every time I sync, same thing, a new duplicate of the .tmp file (exact
> same byte size), with a new {GUID} is created.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Since this was an MS Word Doc, I changed the .tmp extension to .doc, and the
> file WAS THERE and in tact, it just didn't complete the update for some
> reason. Also, even when I try to sync, even after deleting the .tmp files,
> the Sync continues to produce new {GUID}.tmp files. It is almost as if the
> Sync is attempting to do the file update, places the .tmp file in the folder,
> and then fails to set even a local registry? flag to show that it copied the
> file over. So every time you try to sync, it keeps copying another .tmp file.
>
> About 6 months ago, I abandoned Vista for this very same reason. Offline
> file folders are absolutely CRITICAL for me... I just got another laptop and
> thought I'd give it a try again, HUGE MISTAKE!!! Come on MS, get this fixed!
> It's posted all over the web... Someone has got to address this...

THIS MAY BE THE FIX! I'm going to try to contact MS now to get it and see if
it resolves the problem:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/935663/en-us

"Bill Wood" wrote:

> Almost forgot, this is a Vista Business to XP-SP2 machine. Main file
> location is on the XP machine. Wireless sync, but I don't think it matters,
> however I probably should try the hard wired route to eliminate that variable.
>
> "Bill Wood" wrote:
>
> > I've never seen a fix for this problem, but every time I try to work with
> > offline files, I end up with bunches of {GUID}.tmp files, and when I try to
> > Sync, I also end up with the message "Access is denied."
> >
> > I have been able to re-produce it, repeatedly. After fixing the mess that
> > is created, I tried to manually go offline, watched the file share in
> > Explorer, and when I opened a document, saved a small change, then went
> > online and "synced" something VERY strange happened.
> >
> > 1. The INSTANT I re-connected the first {GUID}.tmp file was created
> > immediately.
> > 2. When I "synced" again, a duplicate of the .tmp file was created, exact
> > same byte size, but with a new {GUID} label.
> > 3. Every time I sync, same thing, a new duplicate of the .tmp file (exact
> > same byte size), with a new {GUID} is created.
> >
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >
> > Since this was an MS Word Doc, I changed the .tmp extension to .doc, and the
> > file WAS THERE and in tact, it just didn't complete the update for some
> > reason. Also, even when I try to sync, even after deleting the .tmp files,
> > the Sync continues to produce new {GUID}.tmp files. It is almost as if the
> > Sync is attempting to do the file update, places the .tmp file in the folder,
> > and then fails to set even a local registry? flag to show that it copied the
> > file over. So every time you try to sync, it keeps copying another .tmp file.
> >
> > About 6 months ago, I abandoned Vista for this very same reason. Offline
> > file folders are absolutely CRITICAL for me... I just got another laptop and
> > thought I'd give it a try again, HUGE MISTAKE!!! Come on MS, get this fixed!
> > It's posted all over the web... Someone has got to address this...

Hi Bill.

Did the hotfix solve this issue?

Thanks
Joe

Yes, it did solve my offline files problem... And it works really well too...

It is contained in the MS upcoming SP1 pack for Vista. I've been using it
for a few weeks, and since I'm a traveling consultant (i.e. a "road warrior")
it's been used a lot. I have not had ANY issues and it seems to work pretty
quietly and seemlessly.

All in all, it appears to be less intrusive and more "transparent" than the
previous XP version of offline files. However, before using the new update,
I did manually clean up the {GUID}.tmp files. So I do not know if that would
have an impact.

Overall I'm happy with it.

"jm@sonofx.com" wrote:

> Hi Bill.
>
> Did the hotfix solve this issue?
>
> Thanks
> Joe
>