[There's a reason that Yoda is the unofficial mascot of SBS. Size indeed matters not.] So where did shared folders go? - THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS DIVA
Fri, Feb 27 2009 23:52 bradley

So where did shared folders go?

I'm n Windows Live Messenger 9 here at home and a friend said "oh stick the file up in the shared folder and it will sync up overnight".  So I went into Live Messenger to move the file and found that in version 2009 of Live Messenger the Sharing Folders feature is gone.

The Sharing Folder feature has been discontinued in the latest version of Windows Live Messenger (2009), and replaced with access to Windows Live SkyDrive instead.

The big problem with the Skydrive is the upload file size cap. 

50 MB is the file transfer cap.  Try transfering a large image file with that cap.

This is another reason that I'm not sold on cloud solutions.  I am a little people.  A vendor can yank a feature and I have no say whatsoever.  I had no idea that they yanked shared folders and didn't tell me.

They even are a bit cagey about how it's been removed as a feature.

I had to go to wikipedia to confirm that they were gone.

Filed under:

# re: So where did shared folders go?

Saturday, February 28, 2009 4:48 AM by sms

oh i hate windows messenger....

# re: So where did shared folders go?

Saturday, February 28, 2009 12:13 PM by indy

Isn't this like saying that after an upgrade to Server 2008, they never "told you" that you wouldn't be running as an admin when you thought you were?

Whatever cloud solution you pick, you want to make damn sure you have control over the version you run with, what features are added and when you want them added.  Not all clouds are the same.

Especially Microsoft, who, again, seems simply to be reacting to Google in the cloud space. (who can blame them.)

# re: So where did shared folders go?

Sunday, March 01, 2009 9:00 AM by Amy B

Live Mesh is much more flexible than Sky Drive. I love it.

# re: So where did shared folders go?

Tuesday, March 03, 2009 6:59 PM by Rob Singers

IMHO I think is probably for the best.  Every time I logged into another machine and ran up messenger the files I'd shared with a friend started syncing back.  It was a bloody mess.  In the end we had to coordinate turning all the machines on and clearing out the folders.