Offline Files - Mind of its own

[CHR1S]

I have a sole windows 8.1 laptop that for whatever reason wants to automatically synchronize a users home directory.

 

Now in any other situation I wouldn't be bothered but this user had Gb's of photo evidence. So I am attempting to map a subfolder of the H: drive as a separate drive to make available offline.

 

I can turn offline files off and on, but can never stop the H: drive from syncing and need a fresh mind to point out the obvious error I'm committing here!

 

Thanks all

[woreilly]

What about the GPO setting "Prohibit ‘Make Available Offline’ for these files and folders". ​Could you not put H:\ into this?

 

or

 

Do not automatically make redirected folders available offline ?

[CHR1S]

Do not automatically make redirected folders available offline ?

 

Couldnt see the forest for the trees...

 

Folder redirection settings NOT offline files

 

Thank you @woreilly, testing now

[CHR1S]

Still get "always available offline" checked and greyed out automatically.

I have removed the laptop from the domain, put it in a OU of its own with inheritance blocked.

 

GPO sets Offline files to user controlled, GPO sets Do not automatically make redirected folders available offline to enabled and the whole H: drive is done automatically again.

 

Grrr!