asked on 5/22/2012

Grey X on Network Shares

I setup a shared drive on a Win7 system across a VPN. I mapped the share on the other end of the VPN. Initially the share works fine, but in time (15-x minutes) there are Grey Xes on the folders and when i try to access them i get "I:folderName is not accessible. This file is currently not available for use on this computer".

This is a WorkGroup.

I'd like the Shares to be constantly available.

It seems like it times out after so long. I didn't have this problem with XP, this issue is something about win7.

Microsoft Legacy OS Windows OS Windows 7

Last Comment

Analogscott

5/28/2012

andytagonist

5/22/2012

Reinitialize the cache of offline files.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942974

or

--Click Start, type regedit in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER.
If- you are prompted for an administrator password or for a confirmation, type the password, or click Continue.
--Locate the following registry subkey, and then right-click it:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\CSC
--Point to New, and then click Key.
--Type Parameters in the box.
--Right-click Parameters, point to New, and then click DWORD (32-bit)Value.
--Type FormatDatabase, and then press ENTER.
--Right-click FormatDatabase, and then click Modify.
--In the Value data box, type 1, and then click OK.
--Exit Registry Editor, and then restart the computer.

Analogscott

5/22/2012

ASKER

Already tried that. I've actually done quite a bit of troubleshooting and research on this issue.

andytagonist

5/23/2012

i've had this problem before and those instructions fixed me. i'm at a loss.

have you tried removing the map and then re-mapping?

ASKER CERTIFIED SOLUTION

Analogscott

5/23/2012