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Microsoft => Microsoft Windows => Windows Vista and 7 => Topic started by: rjbinney on August 05, 2012, 07:28:56 PM

Title: Briefcase Not Syncing, Appears as 'File Folder'
Post by: rjbinney on August 05, 2012, 07:28:56 PM

Win 7, Dell laptop

Just noticed my briefcases - what I use to back up the lap to external HDs - ain't working right. Used two weeks ago, were fine then.

The icon still appears as Briefcase, and it doesn't give me an "out-of-sync" or broken link or anything like that, it just behaves like a normal subdirectory.

(http://img845.imageshack.us/img845/8458/briefcasef.png)

Suggestions?

Title: Re: Briefcase Not Syncing, Appears as 'File Folder'
Post by: Geek-9pm on August 07, 2012, 01:26:32 PM

This kind of problem was considered on a MS forum.
Briefcase not working on Windows 7 (http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-files/windows-7-briefcase-is-not-viable/a009200a-c90d-4f23-be6b-8bb5838b8243)
The general drift is to not use it on Windows 7.

Title: Re: Briefcase Not Syncing, Appears as 'File Folder'
Post by: hartbeatmr on August 08, 2012, 03:33:35 AM

Good morning rjbinney and welcome to CH

Quote from: Geek-9pm on August 07, 2012, 01:26:32 PM

This kind of problem was considered on a MS forum.
Briefcase not working on Windows 7 (http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-files/windows-7-briefcase-is-not-viable/a009200a-c90d-4f23-be6b-8bb5838b8243)
The general drift is to not use it on Windows 7.

+1 here

But with in Windows 7 I don't know if you are aware of this windows 7 has a back up feature you can do folders that MS thinks you want or the ones you choose. This link may help you just in-case you don't know of it http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/products/features/backup-and-restore (http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/products/features/backup-and-restore)

Title: Re: Briefcase Not Syncing, Appears as 'File Folder'
Post by: rjbinney on August 13, 2012, 10:42:04 AM

I've had success with Briefcase in 7, as long as the case itself stays below a certain size limit. (Don't know what that is, exactly - it has worked for 1-ish GB folders, it doesn't with 20GB itunes libraries...)

Sorry for the late follow up. I'm only home (where my Briefcase backs up) on weekends.

Two reboots (not one, two), and everything's back to normal.

So, um, thanks! Must have been an ID-ten-T error.


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