To make a folder or file available offline, navigate to its network location, right-click, and choose Always Available Offline.

As soon as you choose this command, Windows begins copying the selected item to your local cache. You will see a progress report while this is occurring. On completion, you will see a report of success or failure.

After you have made files available offline, certain changes in Windows Explorer allow you to confirm their new status:

• Folders available offline are marked with a green icon, similar to the Sync Center icon in the notification area.
• The same green icon appears in the Windows Explorer details pane, along with the words Always Available.



• On the right-click context menu, a check mark appears beside the Always Available Offline command and a new Sync command appears below it.



• Sync command appears on the toolbar.