Google my title and you will find plenty of tools that happily synchronize the Common Feeds List for you. Heck, I was about to write a tool myself. But the solution I have used to synchronize My Documents between computers gave me an idea for the Common Feeds List. And it worked!

The recipe is quite simple (which raises the appeal for me):

• Reparse Point
• Offline Folder
• Symbolic Link

Reparse Point

On the computer which has the Common Feeds List you wish to synchronize with, do the following:

1. Close any applications that use Windows RSS Platform (e.g., Outlook, Internet Explorer).
2. Open a command prompt to the parent folder of your feeds: %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft.
3. Rename Feeds folder (e.g. FeedsBackup).
4. Create a Reparse Point to the folder from which you will share these feeds. Use whatever tool you like to create the Reparse Point, e.g., SysInternals Junction, MkLink. For example: junction Feeds C:\Shares\CommonFeedsList
5. Copy the contents of FeedsBackup (or whatever you named it) to the Reparse Point.

Offline Folders

On any computers that synchronize the feeds folder, do the following:

1. Browse to the Common Feeds List share using Windows Explorer.
2. Right-click the folder and select Available Offline.

Symbolic Link

On any computers that synchronize the feeds folder, do the following:

1. Close any applications that use Windows RSS Platform (e.g., Outlook, Internet Explorer).
2. Open a command prompt to the parent folder of your feeds: %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft.
3. Delete the Feeds folder (backup any feeds you don’t want to lose!)
4. Create a symbolic link to the Common Feeds List share using MkLink. For example: MkLink /D Feeds \\computer-name\CommonFeedsList.

That’s it, enjoy!