Client Side Caching Restores Deleted Server Files While Online (291270)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
This article was previously published under Q291270

SYMPTOMS

If you delete cached files on the client computer, they may be restored after the next scheduled synchronization if the files were deleted from the server.

CAUSE

When you perform a manual synchronization, Windows gives you the option to either delete the file or copy the file to the server. When a scheduled synchronization takes place, Windows uses the most conservative option and replaces the file on the server.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later: 
   Date        Time     Version        Size     File name
   -----------------------------------------------------
   3/15/2001   04:35p  5.0.2195.3377  232,720   Cscui.dll

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 3.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about how to obtain a hotfix for Windows 2000 Datacenter Server, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

265173 The Datacenter Program and Windows 2000 Datacenter Server Product

For additional information about how to install multiple hotfixes with only one reboot, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

296861 Use QChain.exe to Install Multiple Hotfixes with One Reboot

After you install this hotfix, Windows does not replace unmodified local files that were deleted from the server during a scheduled synchronization. If the files were modified locally and deleted from the server, the modified local copy is placed on the server during the next scheduled synchronization.

For additional information about how to install Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 hotfixes at the same time, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

249149 Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 Hotfixes

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:9/26/2005
Keywords:kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbbug kbfix kbshell kbWin2000PreSP3Fix kbWin2000sp3fix KB291270
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