All. The rest of this message is a reply I recieved from Autodesk Subscription support in regard to this issue. Sounds like we are hung out to dry. I would be glad to hear any other work-arounds anyone comes up with.
I understand your having trouble with Windows 7 Sync Center and AutoCAD files, while other files types work correctly.
AutoCAD accesses files a bit differently from other programs. When a drawing is opened, we send an instruction to the shared file system to make a copy of the original, lock the original and open the copy for editing at the same location.
When closing a file, we send instructions to unlock the original, write the copy back to it, then delete the working copy. If that sequence of instructions is not received or acted upon quickly enough, synchronization can be lost and we then attempt to trap any errors.
The Windows XP Sync Manager (mobsync.exe) has been replaced with the Sync Center in Windows 7 with some inherent differences according to some quick research that I ran.
So if you were able to connect to your drawings and sheet sets while offline when using Windows XP, the changes made to the Sync Center may be affecting your drawings, but this is not something that we can resolve for you.
You have probably already looked into any error messages in the Sync Center for any conflicts and to view sync results. Unfortunately, we don't have any information for resolving any errors encountered with the synchronization process. Typically it either works, or it doesn't.
We recommend not relying upon the Sync Center if it cannot connect your drawings and sheet sets while offline. Our apologies for any inconvenience.
