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Groove no more available
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 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/DeployOffice/configuration-options-for-the-office-2016-deployment-tool?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US. 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>- I got the same config file as yours. Except I choose OfficeClientEdition="64" and <Language ID="fr-fr" />. I uninstalled Office and launched setup.exe /configure configuration.xml
The groove client is not installed !
What should I do then ?
