Microsoft KB Archive/320139

= Warnings During Synchronization of Offline Files =

Article ID: 320139

Article Last Modified on 10/31/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows XP Professional
 * Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition

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This article was previously published under Q320139



IMPORTANT: This article contains information about modifying the registry. Before you modify the registry, make sure to back it up and make sure that you understand how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For information about how to back up, restore, and edit the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry



SYMPTOMS
When you are using a group policy object to administratively assign offline files and configure the policy to exclude certain files, Windows XP clients may receive the following warning message during synchronization:

Warnings occurred while Windows was synchronizing your data.

Results: Offline files.

Unable to make file name available offline. Files of this type cannot be made available offline.

The files listed are those that have one of the file extensions that is specified in the exclusion list of your offline files policy. However, despite the warnings, the synchronization completes.



CAUSE
By default, Windows XP displays all errors and warnings that occur during synchronization of offline files.



WORKAROUND
WARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

To change this default behavior, use Registry Editor (Regedt32.exe) to locate the following key in the registry:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Syncmgr

Add the following registry value:

Value Name: KeepProgressLevel

Data Type: REG_DWORD

Value: 1 (hexadecimal)

You can add the following values and then quit Registry Editor:

1 - Pause on errors.

2 - Pause on warnings.

3 - Pause on errors and warnings.

4 - Pause and display INFO.



STATUS
This behavior is by design.

Keywords: kbprb KB320139

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