Sharing Contacts Using .pst and Offline Files

[syko]

I have a tablet computer that I use remotely and a home desktop compute
both running Windows Vista and Outlook 2007. Currently I am using th
Windows Vista Synch Center and offline files on the tablet to manag
file synchroniztion. In order to share my contacts I am using a .ps
file that gets synched between both computers. The trouble I am havin
is opening the .pst file on the tablet in Outlook directly from th
Offline Folder. My goal would be to have Outlook open the file from th
Offline Files folder so I am always opening the latest synchronized cop
of the .pst. When I try to open the .pst in outlook from the Offlin
Folder it generates an error that says something about an invali
switch. The weird thing is if I copy the .pst file out of the Offlin
Files folder and onto the desktop Outlook opens the file with n
problem. I know there are some differences about Offline Files compare
to a normal file system file, but I am wondering if there is a way fo
Outlook to open this synchronized Offline .pst. Any help on this on
would be very much appreciated

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

I'm not aware of anyway to open it from the offline cache. The problem is
two-fold: first, the local cache is frequently syncing to the server and
outlook keeps a lock on it so the sync will fail. Secondly, the cache's real
path is a network location and outlook can't use a network location for the
pst. It may work if you map the drive but network access is not recommended
because it can cause corruption if the pst is open and the network
connection lost.

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