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What are all these files in my C:\WINDOWS\CSC directory?

This is where Windows keeps the files that you have marked for being available offline.  (CSC was the working name for the feature now called Offline Files. It stands for Client-Side Caching.)
Published Wednesday, August 27, 2003 11:09 AM by oldnewthing
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# RE: What are all these files in my C:\WINDOWS\CSC directory?

Thursday, October 02, 2003 3:03 PM by Anonymous
It would be cool if you could explain why fast user switching and offline files can not work together! Thansk!

# Are the files in my C:\WINDOWS\CSC directory setted up? and how?

Thursday, February 19, 2004 9:41 AM by Fif
Can I set up the files that will be kept in c:\windows\csc and if yes how? How do I open them afterward?

# re: What are all these files in my C:\WINDOWS\CSC directory?

Thursday, February 19, 2004 9:49 AM by Raymond Chen
You do not access the files in C:\Windows\CSC directly. Rather you access the original network resource. If the resource is not available, then Windows uses the corresponding offline file in C:\Windows\CSC.

# re: What are all these files in my C:\WINDOWS\CSC directory?

Friday, March 05, 2004 6:12 AM by Ita
How do I redirect the location of the CSC directory. I am running out of space on my c: drive partition and the d: drive partition has plenty of it.

# re: What are all these files in my C:\WINDOWS\CSC directory?

Friday, March 05, 2004 10:30 AM by Raymond Chen
That I don't know.

# what is FileC:\WINDOWS\csback.exe

Sunday, March 28, 2004 10:30 AM by pinky
and idea and can i remove it?

# re: What are all these files in my C:\WINDOWS\CSC directory?

Friday, April 16, 2004 6:53 AM by Isaac Koch
To move these files, look for for information on cachemov.exe on the internet (I believe it's on the Windows CD). To disable this feature, you should be able to open My Computer, click on Tools > Folder Options... and then click on the Offline Files tab. You can then delete the files (Delete files...) and / or view the files (View files). To disable online files, deselect the option "Enable offline files" and click OK.
Thanks,

Isaac Koch
k!ochrep@?hotm^ail.com (Remove abnormal punctuation)

# Windows Client Side Caching

Friday, May 14, 2004 3:02 PM by Mark Treadwell

# Windows Client Side Caching

Wednesday, May 19, 2004 7:03 AM by Mark Treadwell

# re: What are all these files in my C:\WINDOWS\CSC directory?

Thursday, June 03, 2004 2:45 AM by Peteski
could i just delete all the files inside the folder, would this be safe ?

i tryed this before and couldnt delete some because of errors

# re: What are all these files in my C:\WINDOWS\CSC directory?

Thursday, June 03, 2004 10:28 AM by Raymond Chen
This is already discussed in the Help and Support Center: "The default cache size is set to 10 percent of available drive space. You can modify this setting in the Offline Files tab in Folder Options."

# re: What are all these files in my C:\WINDOWS\CSC directory?

Tuesday, July 06, 2004 6:18 AM by Raymond Chen
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