Offline folder vs Foldersync

[Andy]

Hi

Just begun using Onenote, and this is by far Microsoft best product
I use it from two computers, one stationary and one laptop. I thought I
should use it when I'm on the road. All my files on the laptop is accessed
by of-line folders, also the "my documents" folder. Will there be any
problems if I establish shared OneNote books, place them in the "OneNote
folder" in my documents, and work on them if they are enabled for of-line
use. Or should I use the builtin of-line functionality in OneNote?

/A.

 

[Patrick Schmid [MVP]]

If you are using OneNote 2007, then do not place the notebooks into any
folder that is kept offline by Windows Offline Files Folder. The syncing
mechanism of OneNote 2007 is far superior to Offline Files, and Offline
Files also conflicts seriously with it. Having a OneNote 2007 notebook
in a folder that is kept offline by Offline Files is a recipe for
disaster.
The best strategy is to create a new folder on your desktop that is not
within My Documents (or anyhow else touched by Offline Files). Share
this folder and store all your notebooks there. Then simply open all the
notebooks using the network share you created from your laptop.

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[John D-E]

But what about using MS FolderShare? If we have a Notebook shared at the
office on the network, is there a way I can access that Notebook on my home
PC (or my laptop away from the office) and have everything work/sync
automatically?

If you are using OneNote 2007, then do not place the notebooks into any
folder that is kept offline by Windows Offline Files Folder. The syncing
mechanism of OneNote 2007 is far superior to Offline Files, and Offline
Files also conflicts seriously with it. Having a OneNote 2007 notebook
in a folder that is kept offline by Offline Files is a recipe for
disaster.
The best strategy is to create a new folder on your desktop that is not
within My Documents (or anyhow else touched by Offline Files). Share
this folder and store all your notebooks there. Then simply open all the
notebooks using the network share you created from your laptop.

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Hi

Just begun using Onenote, and this is by far Microsoft best product
I use it from two computers, one stationary and one laptop. I thought I
should use it when I'm on the road. All my files on the laptop is accessed
by of-line folders, also the "my documents" folder. Will there be any
problems if I establish shared OneNote books, place them in the "OneNote
folder" in my documents, and work on them if they are enabled for of-line
use. Or should I use the builtin of-line functionality in OneNote?

/A.

 

[Patrick Schmid [MVP]]

Whenever OneNote opens a notebook, it copies its content to a local
cache. OneNote itself works only with this cache and then keeps the
cache in sync with the actual notebook files.
With a laptop, simply do what I described before. As long as you keep
the notebooks open (something you should do anyhow with all notebooks
that are not archived) on the laptop, you will have full access to them
while away from the office. When you come back, ON will sync whatever
changes you made to them to the actual files in the office, but also
sync any changes made to the files in the office to your laptop. It
works very well and I have used notebooks on a laptop offline for weeks
at a time.
For your home computer: Do you have VPN access to the office?

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But what about using MS FolderShare? If we have a Notebook shared at the
office on the network, is there a way I can access that Notebook on my home
PC (or my laptop away from the office) and have everything work/sync
automatically?

If you are using OneNote 2007, then do not place the notebooks into any
folder that is kept offline by Windows Offline Files Folder. The syncing
mechanism of OneNote 2007 is far superior to Offline Files, and Offline
Files also conflicts seriously with it. Having a OneNote 2007 notebook
in a folder that is kept offline by Offline Files is a recipe for
disaster.
The best strategy is to create a new folder on your desktop that is not
within My Documents (or anyhow else touched by Offline Files). Share
this folder and store all your notebooks there. Then simply open all the
notebooks using the network share you created from your laptop.

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
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Hi

Just begun using Onenote, and this is by far Microsoft best product
I use it from two computers, one stationary and one laptop. I thought I
should use it when I'm on the road. All my files on the laptop is accessed
by of-line folders, also the "my documents" folder. Will there be any
problems if I establish shared OneNote books, place them in the "OneNote
folder" in my documents, and work on them if they are enabled for of-line
use. Or should I use the builtin of-line functionality in OneNote?

/A.

 

[John D-E]

No I don't have VPN access. I've looked at VPN several times but all the VPN
solutions I have come across are a bit heavy duty for a small 4 person
office. If there are any economical bulletproof solutions out there I would
love to hear about them.

I understand the laptop scenario but am using my home PC rather than my
laptop. I use FolderShare to replicate files to and from the office to make
the two as seemless as possible - project files, website stuff, favourites,
etc. (used to use Groove but FolderShare is so much better for file
synching). I also use a old PIM called ECCO which does the same as ON across
the network and to my laptop and my Treo - and e-mail syncs to my home PC.

So is there any solution besides VPN to use ON at remote sites without
having network connections?

Whenever OneNote opens a notebook, it copies its content to a local
cache. OneNote itself works only with this cache and then keeps the
cache in sync with the actual notebook files.
With a laptop, simply do what I described before. As long as you keep
the notebooks open (something you should do anyhow with all notebooks
that are not archived) on the laptop, you will have full access to them
while away from the office. When you come back, ON will sync whatever
changes you made to them to the actual files in the office, but also
sync any changes made to the files in the office to your laptop. It
works very well and I have used notebooks on a laptop offline for weeks
at a time.
For your home computer: Do you have VPN access to the office?

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
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But what about using MS FolderShare? If we have a Notebook shared at the
office on the network, is there a way I can access that Notebook on my home
PC (or my laptop away from the office) and have everything work/sync
automatically?

If you are using OneNote 2007, then do not place the notebooks into any
folder that is kept offline by Windows Offline Files Folder. The syncing
mechanism of OneNote 2007 is far superior to Offline Files, and Offline
Files also conflicts seriously with it. Having a OneNote 2007 notebook
in a folder that is kept offline by Offline Files is a recipe for
disaster.
The best strategy is to create a new folder on your desktop that is not
within My Documents (or anyhow else touched by Offline Files). Share
this folder and store all your notebooks there. Then simply open all the
notebooks using the network share you created from your laptop.

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
--------------
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Hi

Just begun using Onenote, and this is by far Microsoft best product
I use it from two computers, one stationary and one laptop. I thought I
should use it when I'm on the road. All my files on the laptop is accessed
by of-line folders, also the "my documents" folder. Will there be any
problems if I establish shared OneNote books, place them in the "OneNote
folder" in my documents, and work on them if they are enabled for of-line
use. Or should I use the builtin of-line functionality in OneNote?

/A.

 

[Patrick Schmid [MVP]]

No I don't have VPN access. I've looked at VPN several times but all
the VPN

solutions I have come across are a bit heavy duty for a small 4 person
office. If there are any economical bulletproof solutions out there I would
love to hear about them.

What setup do you have network/computer wise? Meaning, what versions of
Windows on each computer and how do you get Internet access for the
office?

I understand the laptop scenario but am using my home PC rather than my
laptop. I use FolderShare to replicate files to and from the office to make
the two as seemless as possible - project files, website stuff, favourites,
etc. (used to use Groove but FolderShare is so much better for file
synching). I also use a old PIM called ECCO which does the same as ON across
the network and to my laptop and my Treo - and e-mail syncs to my home PC.

So is there any solution besides VPN to use ON at remote sites without
having network connections?

You can easily transfer notebooks via a USB stick, but I don't think
this would work in your scenario, as this is targeted at one person
using the notebook in various places that aren't networked together.
You can use FolderShare, but then you are stuck with file-level
replication. That means, any change to a page would result in the entire
section file being replicated. More importantly though, you are in
trouble if the same section gets edited at the office and at home at the
same time (or rather gets edited in one place without first having
replicated the changes made elsewhere to it). In that case, you end up
losing one of the two copies or have to merge them manually together.

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
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Whenever OneNote opens a notebook, it copies its content to a local
cache. OneNote itself works only with this cache and then keeps the
cache in sync with the actual notebook files.
With a laptop, simply do what I described before. As long as you keep
the notebooks open (something you should do anyhow with all notebooks
that are not archived) on the laptop, you will have full access to them
while away from the office. When you come back, ON will sync whatever
changes you made to them to the actual files in the office, but also
sync any changes made to the files in the office to your laptop. It
works very well and I have used notebooks on a laptop offline for weeks
at a time.
For your home computer: Do you have VPN access to the office?

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
--------------
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But what about using MS FolderShare? If we have a Notebook shared at the
office on the network, is there a way I can access that Notebook on my home
PC (or my laptop away from the office) and have everything work/sync
automatically?

:

If you are using OneNote 2007, then do not place the notebooks into any
folder that is kept offline by Windows Offline Files Folder. The syncing
mechanism of OneNote 2007 is far superior to Offline Files, and Offline
Files also conflicts seriously with it. Having a OneNote 2007 notebook
in a folder that is kept offline by Offline Files is a recipe for
disaster.
The best strategy is to create a new folder on your desktop that is not
within My Documents (or anyhow else touched by Offline Files). Share
this folder and store all your notebooks there. Then simply open all the
notebooks using the network share you created from your laptop.

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
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Hi

Just begun using Onenote, and this is by far Microsoft best product
I use it from two computers, one stationary and one laptop. I thought I
should use it when I'm on the road. All my files on the laptop is accessed
by of-line folders, also the "my documents" folder. Will there be any
problems if I establish shared OneNote books, place them in the "OneNote
folder" in my documents, and work on them if they are enabled for of-line
use. Or should I use the builtin of-line functionality in OneNote?

/A.

 

[John D-E]

Computer set up: Windows XP 4 PCs - combination of Home and Pro for users
across an MS Network. Another XP PC (Media Edition) is used as a file and
print server and for occasional users.

Home and office are both connected via always on cable broadband. Office is
set up with Gotomypc running on two machines. Wireless router at both ends
although all desktops are wired. Home and office have same network names
and wireless log ins so laptop works automatically at home and office.

Also wondering if I am away from the office for a while and actually shut
the laptop down will I lose changes made on the laptop prior to shutting
down. Posts about using laptop seem to indicate you are screwed if you
actually shut it down before you sync back at the office.

No I don't have VPN access. I've looked at VPN several times but all the VPN
solutions I have come across are a bit heavy duty for a small 4 person
office. If there are any economical bulletproof solutions out there I would
love to hear about them.

What setup do you have network/computer wise? Meaning, what versions of
Windows on each computer and how do you get Internet access for the
office?

I understand the laptop scenario but am using my home PC rather than my
laptop. I use FolderShare to replicate files to and from the office to make
the two as seemless as possible - project files, website stuff, favourites,
etc. (used to use Groove but FolderShare is so much better for file
synching). I also use a old PIM called ECCO which does the same as ON across
the network and to my laptop and my Treo - and e-mail syncs to my home PC.

So is there any solution besides VPN to use ON at remote sites without
having network connections?

You can easily transfer notebooks via a USB stick, but I don't think
this would work in your scenario, as this is targeted at one person
using the notebook in various places that aren't networked together.
You can use FolderShare, but then you are stuck with file-level
replication. That means, any change to a page would result in the entire
section file being replicated. More importantly though, you are in
trouble if the same section gets edited at the office and at home at the
same time (or rather gets edited in one place without first having
replicated the changes made elsewhere to it). In that case, you end up
losing one of the two copies or have to merge them manually together.

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
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Whenever OneNote opens a notebook, it copies its content to a local
cache. OneNote itself works only with this cache and then keeps the
cache in sync with the actual notebook files.
With a laptop, simply do what I described before. As long as you keep
the notebooks open (something you should do anyhow with all notebooks
that are not archived) on the laptop, you will have full access to them
while away from the office. When you come back, ON will sync whatever
changes you made to them to the actual files in the office, but also
sync any changes made to the files in the office to your laptop. It
works very well and I have used notebooks on a laptop offline for weeks
at a time.
For your home computer: Do you have VPN access to the office?

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
--------------
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But what about using MS FolderShare? If we have a Notebook shared at the
office on the network, is there a way I can access that Notebook on my home
PC (or my laptop away from the office) and have everything work/sync
automatically?

:

If you are using OneNote 2007, then do not place the notebooks into any
folder that is kept offline by Windows Offline Files Folder. The syncing
mechanism of OneNote 2007 is far superior to Offline Files, and Offline
Files also conflicts seriously with it. Having a OneNote 2007 notebook
in a folder that is kept offline by Offline Files is a recipe for
disaster.
The best strategy is to create a new folder on your desktop that is not
within My Documents (or anyhow else touched by Offline Files). Share
this folder and store all your notebooks there. Then simply open all the
notebooks using the network share you created from your laptop.

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
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Hi

Just begun using Onenote, and this is by far Microsoft best product
I use it from two computers, one stationary and one laptop. I thought I
should use it when I'm on the road. All my files on the laptop is accessed
by of-line folders, also the "my documents" folder. Will there be any
problems if I establish shared OneNote books, place them in the "OneNote
folder" in my documents, and work on them if they are enabled for of-line
use. Or should I use the builtin of-line functionality in OneNote?

/A.

 

[John D-E]

Erik, sometimes you can fix the no access problem by renaming computers.

If you are using OneNote 2007, then do not place the notebooks into any
folder that is kept offline by Windows Offline Files Folder. The syncing
mechanism of OneNote 2007 is far superior to Offline Files, and Offline
Files also conflicts seriously with it. Having a OneNote 2007 notebook
in a folder that is kept offline by Offline Files is a recipe for disaster.
The best strategy is to create a new folder on your desktop that is not
within My Documents (or anyhow else touched by Offline Files). Share
this folder and store all your notebooks there. Then simply open all the
notebooks using the network share you created from your laptop.

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
--------------
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Hi

Just begun using Onenote, and this is by far Microsoft best product
I use it from two computers, one stationary and one laptop. I thought I
should use it when I'm on the road. All my files on the laptop is
accessed
by of-line folders, also the "my documents" folder. Will there be any
problems if I establish shared OneNote books, place them in the "OneNote
folder" in my documents, and work on them if they are enabled for of-line
use. Or should I use the builtin of-line functionality in OneNote?

/A.

Not to hijack this thread (but, here I go)...

I have the TOUGHEST time trying to get the share to work properly on the
network. For instance, when I create the shared folder on my desktop,
it can send me a link. I take that link, and I open it on my laptop.
Upon doing this, I'm told that I don't have permission for that resource.

I have tried so hard to get my computer to network with other XP
computers. The only way that I can use the shared notebook is if I
share the file, and "allow users to make changes to my files".
Sometimes, however, I can't even see the network share in "my network
places" if I don't have that clicked.

I've attempted making both logins exactly the same, with both computers
under the same network name (GULRBANDSEN in my case).

This is important, because I would prefer to make the shared notebook on
my laptop and then open it on my desktop. However, I don't want anybody
anywhere I go to have the ability to delete my OneNote files.

I have had these problems since the day I left Windows 98 and upgrade to
2000, then XP.

Any ideas???

erik

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[Patrick Schmid [MVP]]

Home and office are both connected via always on cable broadband.
Office is

set up with Gotomypc running on two machines. Wireless router at both ends
although all desktops are wired. Home and office have same network names
and wireless log ins so laptop works automatically at home and office.

So you have a wireless router that is connected to the broadband cable?
What kind of router do you have in the Office (make and model)?

Also wondering if I am away from the office for a while and actually shut
the laptop down will I lose changes made on the laptop prior to shutting
down. Posts about using laptop seem to indicate you are screwed if you
actually shut it down before you sync back at the office.

That's totally wrong. You are only going to use anything, if you
actually tell OneNote to close a notebook. As you should never do that
anyhow, except when you are archiving a notebook for good, you have no
problems. As I said before, I have used it for weeks at a time offline
(away from my desktop that has my actual files) and that included
reboots of my tablets and crashes where only the power button could get
me out of it. I even did this back in Beta 1 and to this date haven't
lost anything at all.

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No I don't have VPN access. I've looked at VPN several times but all the VPN
solutions I have come across are a bit heavy duty for a small 4 person
office. If there are any economical bulletproof solutions out there I would
love to hear about them.

What setup do you have network/computer wise? Meaning, what versions of
Windows on each computer and how do you get Internet access for the
office?

I understand the laptop scenario but am using my home PC rather than my
laptop. I use FolderShare to replicate files to and from the office to make
the two as seemless as possible - project files, website stuff, favourites,
etc. (used to use Groove but FolderShare is so much better for file
synching). I also use a old PIM called ECCO which does the same as ON across
the network and to my laptop and my Treo - and e-mail syncs to my home PC.

So is there any solution besides VPN to use ON at remote sites without
having network connections?

You can easily transfer notebooks via a USB stick, but I don't think
this would work in your scenario, as this is targeted at one person
using the notebook in various places that aren't networked together.
You can use FolderShare, but then you are stuck with file-level
replication. That means, any change to a page would result in the entire
section file being replicated. More importantly though, you are in
trouble if the same section gets edited at the office and at home at the
same time (or rather gets edited in one place without first having
replicated the changes made elsewhere to it). In that case, you end up
losing one of the two copies or have to merge them manually together.

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:

Whenever OneNote opens a notebook, it copies its content to a local
cache. OneNote itself works only with this cache and then keeps the
cache in sync with the actual notebook files.
With a laptop, simply do what I described before. As long as you keep
the notebooks open (something you should do anyhow with all notebooks
that are not archived) on the laptop, you will have full access to them
while away from the office. When you come back, ON will sync whatever
changes you made to them to the actual files in the office, but also
sync any changes made to the files in the office to your laptop. It
works very well and I have used notebooks on a laptop offline for weeks
at a time.
For your home computer: Do you have VPN access to the office?

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
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But what about using MS FolderShare? If we have a Notebook shared at the
office on the network, is there a way I can access that Notebook on my home
PC (or my laptop away from the office) and have everything work/sync
automatically?

:

If you are using OneNote 2007, then do not place the notebooks into any
folder that is kept offline by Windows Offline Files Folder. The syncing
mechanism of OneNote 2007 is far superior to Offline Files, and Offline
Files also conflicts seriously with it. Having a OneNote 2007 notebook
in a folder that is kept offline by Offline Files is a recipe for
disaster.
The best strategy is to create a new folder on your desktop that is not
within My Documents (or anyhow else touched by Offline Files). Share
this folder and store all your notebooks there. Then simply open all the
notebooks using the network share you created from your laptop.

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Hi

Just begun using Onenote, and this is by far Microsoft best product
I use it from two computers, one stationary and one laptop. I thought I
should use it when I'm on the road. All my files on the laptop is accessed
by of-line folders, also the "my documents" folder. Will there be any
problems if I establish shared OneNote books, place them in the "OneNote
folder" in my documents, and work on them if they are enabled for of-line
use. Or should I use the builtin of-line functionality in OneNote?

/A.

 

[Bob O\'Malley]

Erik,
You might also want to take a look at Network Magic. We've had similar
trouble on our home network, and they were cleared up by this good working
program. Unfortunately its not free, but it has a lengthy trial. We
found it on download.com.

(you also might want to check your firewall settings, we had some problems
with Zone Alarm & shared folders that we never could figure out).

Good luck,
Bob O'Malley

Erik, sometimes you can fix the no access problem by renaming computers.

If you are using OneNote 2007, then do not place the notebooks into any
folder that is kept offline by Windows Offline Files Folder. The syncing
mechanism of OneNote 2007 is far superior to Offline Files, and Offline
Files also conflicts seriously with it. Having a OneNote 2007 notebook
in a folder that is kept offline by Offline Files is a recipe for disaster.
The best strategy is to create a new folder on your desktop that is not
within My Documents (or anyhow else touched by Offline Files). Share
this folder and store all your notebooks there. Then simply open all the
notebooks using the network share you created from your laptop.

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
--------------
http://pschmid.net
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***
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Hi

Just begun using Onenote, and this is by far Microsoft best product
I use it from two computers, one stationary and one laptop. I thought I
should use it when I'm on the road. All my files on the laptop is
accessed
by of-line folders, also the "my documents" folder. Will there be any
problems if I establish shared OneNote books, place them in the "OneNote
folder" in my documents, and work on them if they are enabled for of-line
use. Or should I use the builtin of-line functionality in OneNote?

/A.

Not to hijack this thread (but, here I go)...

I have the TOUGHEST time trying to get the share to work properly on the
network. For instance, when I create the shared folder on my desktop,
it can send me a link. I take that link, and I open it on my laptop.
Upon doing this, I'm told that I don't have permission for that resource.

I have tried so hard to get my computer to network with other XP
computers. The only way that I can use the shared notebook is if I
share the file, and "allow users to make changes to my files".
Sometimes, however, I can't even see the network share in "my network
places" if I don't have that clicked.

I've attempted making both logins exactly the same, with both computers
under the same network name (GULRBANDSEN in my case).

This is important, because I would prefer to make the shared notebook on
my laptop and then open it on my desktop. However, I don't want anybody
anywhere I go to have the ability to delete my OneNote files.

I have had these problems since the day I left Windows 98 and upgrade to
2000, then XP.

Any ideas???

erik

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