Keeping Files in Sync
WINV-2.5.4, WINV-2.5.5, WINV-2.5.6
Keeping track of the latest versions of all your files on your desktop computer and laptop can become a problem. With the Sync Center (New!), you can keep files (including documents, music, photos, and in some case contacts) and other information up-to-date between your computer and mobile devices, network folders, and compatible programs. You can keep files in sync (short for synchronization) in one direction (changes on one computer get changed on the other) or in both directions (changes on both computers get changed on both). The Sync Center compares files between the two computers and then copies the latest version in the appropriate place. If the same files gets changed on both computers, the Sync Center asks you to resolve it. The Sync Center also works with offline files and keeps them in sync.
Sync with a Device
Establish a connection between your computer and the mobile device, network folder, or program.
Click the Start button, and then click Control Panel.
Double-click the Sync Center icon in Classic view.
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Click the Start button, point to All Programs, click Accessories, and then click Sync Center.
In the left pane, click Set up new sync partnerships.
Click the name of the device in the list of partnerships.
Click the Set Up button on the toolbar.
Follow the wizard instructions to select the settings and sync schedule you want. When you’re done, click Finish.
To start syncing now, click the Sync button on the toolbar.
Sync All Offline Files
Click the Start button, and then click Control Panel.
Double-click the Sync Center icon in Classic view.
Click the Offline Files sync partnership.
If you want to sync the contents of a folder, open it up.
Click the Sync All button on the toolbar.
Sync Individual Offline Files
Click the Start button, and then click Control Panel.
Double-click the Sync Center icon in Classic view.
Double-click the Offline Files sync partnership.
Select the folder you want to sync.
To open the folder to view its contents, click the Browse button on the toolbar. When you’re done, click the Close button.
Click the Sync button on the toolbar.
To schedule the time you want to sync this folder, click the Schedule button on the toolbar, and then follow the wizard instructions.
