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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 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.
Really pleased you got it working! Like you say the ultimate resolution would be for NGSC to support the same scenarios as groove.exe but it sounds like they will coexist for some time.