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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...
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>
- 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 ?That's unexpected going by the instructions Microsoft have provided. They say as long as you don't exclude Groove.exe from the configuration.xml and have the 'PreventUninstall' registry key on the appropriate PCs "the previous OneDrive for Business sync client installs and stays installed". It might be time to open a service request and get support to confirm this behaviour, as Groove.exe is still a supported scenario.
Hi all
Finally groove.exe si back on my laptop. I discovered that for reason I don't know why, Visio 2016 has been uninstalled on my laptop. I guess that the different uninstall/reinstall process of Office2016 to make groove available has wiped my Visio installation.
So I decided to uninstall one more time Office 2016, the reboot the reinstall it from the O365 portal (not using the Office deployment tool) and ...tada ! Groove is back !
That's really weird...
I really look forward an update of the new OneDrive Sync client being able to sync external organization's SharePoint or OneDrive !
Anyway thanks a lot for your help.
