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Effects of changing the Organization name
- Oct 04, 2017
Renaming the OneDrive folder (actual path name) will not work as the client tries to "lock" the path. If the client is turned off, and then renamed - we will error out. You are able to change the friendly name of the entry that shows in file explorer, but note that this would not change the name that is accessible when navigating from command line.
The alternative here is renaming the tenant friendly name so the desired name can appear in all of the clients appropriately. However, we would not be able to smoothly transition for an already set up client. A client would need to a fresh setup, or be unlinked/relinked in order to handle the newly updated tenant name. Let me know if that helps!
Chris L.
- contactlpk-kicpavnFeb 21, 2022Copper Contributor
- KailashNteamJul 01, 2022Copper Contributor
Hello,
It appears to be a Registry Key where the display name is stored.
Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\OneDrive\Accounts\Business1
The Key used is "DisplayName"
What will show in OneDrive is "OneDrive - <<DisplayName>>"
Path and other variables are also listed, but I wanted only to change the displayname.
This changes so far only the displayname in the task notifications. In Explorer you still see the old name. Unlinking and relinking the account restores the cached old orgname. 😞
I will be investigating this a bit further.
K.
- gojo12Jul 26, 2022Copper Contributor
Hello KailashNteam,
did you found out any found out anything regarding renaming the org name for OneDrive within the file explorer?
All described workarounds in this thread seem not to work properly and are limited to active end user involvement.
How can we ensure, that the org name is updated at large scale across an entire organization with thousands of users and devices?
br
Gottfried