We have recently implemented Windows 7 User State Virtualisation are per Microsoft best practice.
As part of the process which makes redirected files become available Offline we have observed the following behaviour:
- Create a shortcut to a document on another server on the redirected desktop.
- Shortcut becomes available as part of the Offline files process.
- The document targeted in the shortcut also is made available as an Offline file.
I understand this behaviour is by design however it is highly undesirable because the targetted document is shared between a group of people and offline files are not really designed for this purpose due to multiple edits etc.
I am hoping that somebody knows a way to disable this behaviour otherwise i will have to disbable offline files completely on the host server. One thing i am investigating at the moment is a registry entry for 'LinkTargetCaching' under the NetCache
setting.
This unanswered question on this forum details the same problem:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itprogeneral/thread/25712d2a-dd69-4101-9e10-2fa91f4b53bc
Many thanks
Darryl.
