Specify administratively assigned Offline Files

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows2000, Windows7, Windows8, Windows81, WindowsRT, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2003, WindowsServer2008, WindowsServer2012, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016, WindowsVista, WindowsXP

This policy setting lists network files and folders that are always available for offline use. This ensures that the specified files and folders are available offline to users of the computer. If you enable this policy setting, the files you enter are always available offline to users of the computer. To specify a file or folder, click Show. In the Show Contents dialog box in the Value Name column, type the fully qualified UNC path to the file or folder. Leave the Value column field blank. If you disable this policy setting, the list of files or folders made always available offline (including those inherited from lower precedence GPOs) is deleted and no files or folders are made available for offline use by Group Policy (though users can still specify their own files and folders for offline use). If you do not configure this policy setting, no files or folders are made available for offline use by Group Policy. Note: This setting appears in the Computer Configuration and User Configuration folders. If both policy settings are configured, the policy settings will be combined and all specified files will be available for offline use.

No explicit registry values are set for enabled or disabled states.

• User
  Action on server disconnect

  Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000 only
• Computer
  Action on server disconnect

  Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000 only
• Computer
  Allow or Disallow use of the Offline Files feature

  At least Windows 2000
• Computer
  At logoff, delete local copy of user’s offline files

  Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000 only
• Computer
  Configure Background Sync

  At least Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7
• Computer
  Configure Slow link speed

  Windows XP Professional only
• Computer
  Configure slow-link mode

  At least Windows Vista
• Computer
  Default cache size

  Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000 only
• Computer
  Enable file screens

  At least Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7
• Computer
  Enable file synchronization on costed networks

  At least Windows Server 2012, Windows 8 or Windows RT
• Computer
  Enable Transparent Caching

  At least Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7
• Computer
  Encrypt the Offline Files cache

  At least Windows Server 2003 operating systems Service Pack 1, Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2, or Windows 2000 Service Pack 5