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Groove no more available
Hi,
We have O365 E3 subscriptions and we discovered that the Office 2016 C2R does not install groove anymore. We need to synchronize SharePoint document libraries from external organization and unfortunately the OneDrive NGSC does not support it yet (and I wonder when it will be supported).
How can I sync external organization OneDrive or SharePoint document libraries ?
Thanks for your support,
Antoine.
Hi Antoine, this is covered in this article - Changes to the previous OneDrive sync client (Groove.exe) in Office 2016 Click-to-Run, with the key bit being:
To override the default behavior and make sure the previous OneDrive for Business sync client installs and stays installed, you’ll need to provide a config file that doesn’t exclude Groove.exe. Also, you’ll need to set the “PreventUninstall” registry key on all computers where you need Groove.exe installed, so that the process doesn’t uninstall Groove.exe.
Registry key to prevent uninstallation
[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Groove] "PreventUninstall"=dword:00000001
This would require configuring an Office installation (see the table when this becomes the default with no groove installed), rather than just downloading and installing it from the portal, making sure the above reg key is in place.
Hi Antoine, this is covered in this article - Changes to the previous OneDrive sync client (Groove.exe) in Office 2016 Click-to-Run, with the key bit being:
To override the default behavior and make sure the previous OneDrive for Business sync client installs and stays installed, you’ll need to provide a config file that doesn’t exclude Groove.exe. Also, you’ll need to set the “PreventUninstall” registry key on all computers where you need Groove.exe installed, so that the process doesn’t uninstall Groove.exe.
Registry key to prevent uninstallation
[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Groove] "PreventUninstall"=dword:00000001
This would require configuring an Office installation (see the table when this becomes the default with no groove installed), rather than just downloading and installing it from the portal, making sure the above reg key is in place.
Hi Cian,
Thanks for your quick answer. I have read the article as well as the Configuration options for the Office 2016 Deployment Tool. I have set the registry key, but I do not see any option I can add in the xml file to force the installation of groove.exe. Could you provide an example to force install with C2R install ?
My understanding is you would only need to specify if you didn't want groove.exe when using a configuration.xml setup, otherwise it will be included by default. If you check out the new Office Customization Tool for Click-to-Run tool you can see this in action:
This has a configuration.xml like this:
<Configuration> <Add OfficeClientEdition="32" Channel="Monthly"> <Product ID="O365ProPlusRetail"> <Language ID="en-us" /> </Product> </Add> <Property Name="SharedComputerLicensing" Value="0" /> <Property Name="PinIconsToTaskbar" Value="TRUE" /> <Updates Channel="Monthly" Enabled="TRUE" /> <Display Level="None" AcceptEULA="TRUE" /> </Configuration>
