How to Create an Offline Files "Sync Center" Shortcut in Windows 7 and Windows 8
Information
Sync Center allows you to check the results of your recent sync activity if you've set up your computer to sync files with a network server (often called offline files). When you
sync with a network server, you can access files by keeping synced copies of those files on your computer, even when the network server is unavailable. Sync Center can tell you if the files synced successfully or if there are any sync errors or warnings.
This will show you how to create or download a
Sync Center shortcut in
Windows 7 and
Windows 8.
Note
In Windows 7, offline files is only available in the Windows 7 Professional, Ultimate, and Enterprise editions.
In Windows 8, offline files is only available in the Windows 8 Pro and Windows 8 Enterprise editions.
EXAMPLE: Sync Center
OPTION ONE
To Download the "Sync Center" Shortcut
1. Click on the download button below to download the file below.
2. Save the .zip file to your desktop.
3. Open the .zip file and extract the Sync Center shortcut to the desktop
.
4. Right click on the
Sync Center shortcut, and click/tap on
Properties,
General tab, and on the
Unblock button. (see screenshot below)
NOTE: If you do not have a Unblock button under the General tab, then the shortcut is already unblocked and you can continue on to step 5.
5. In
Windows 7, you can now
Pin to Taskbar or
Pin to Start Menu, add to
Quick Launch,
assign a keyboard shortcut to it, or move this shortcut to where you like for easy use.
6. In
Windows 8, you can
Pin to Taskbar on desktop,
Pin to Start screen, add to
Quick Launch, assign a keyboard shortcut to it, or move this shortcut to where you like for easy use.
7. When done, you can delete the downloaded .zip file if you like.
OPTION TWO
To Manually Create the "Sync Center" Shortcut
1. Right click or press and hold on an empty area on the desktop, and click/tap on New and Shortcut.
2. Copy and paste the location below into the location area, and click/tap on the Next button. (see screenshot below)
%windir%\explorer.exe shell:::{9C73F5E5-7AE7-4E32-A8E8-8D23B85255BF}
3. Type
Sync Center for the name, and click/tap on the
Finish button. (see screenshot below)
NOTE: You can name this anything you would like though.
4. Right click on the new
Sync Center shortcut on the Desktop, and click/tap on
Properties.
5. Click/tap on the
Shortcut tab, then click/tap on the
Change Icon button. (see screenshot below)
6. In the line under "Look for icons in this file", copy and paste the location below, and press
Enter. (see screenshot below)
%SystemRoot%\System32\SyncCenter.dll
7. Select the icon highlighted in blue above, and click/tap on
OK. (see screenshot above)
NOTE: You can use any icon that you would like instead though.
8. Click/tap on
OK. (see screenshot below)
9. In
Windows 7, you can now
Pin to Taskbar or
Pin to Start Menu, add to
Quick Launch,
assign a keyboard shortcut to it, or move this shortcut to where you like for easy use.
10. In
Windows 8, you can
Pin to Taskbar on desktop,
Pin to Start screen, add to
Quick Launch, assign a keyboard shortcut to it, or move this shortcut to where you like for easy use.
That's it,
Shawn