I am currently using the ODFB preview client 17.3.6743.1212 to sync a single group and a single SharePoint online document library. The Office 365 group library is working as expected but all the documents stored in the SharePoint library have a green padlock. When I open any of the documents, I am informed that this is an offline copy and the document is read only.Has anybody else experienced the same behaviour? I assume if I deleted and re-synced it might solve the problem, but that’s not a viable solution after the sync tool has been deployed to many users.

The reason could be the following:"When syncing libraries that require check out, or libraries with required columns or metadata, the files are synced as read-only. If you do make changes to these files, the changes will not be synced back to Office 365." from https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Get-started-syncing-SharePoint-sites-with-the-new-OneDrive-sync-client-Preview-6de9ede8-5b6e-4503-80b2-6190f3354a88

I just got off the phone with Microsoft support. They gave a link that describes the issues discussed here in the hyperlink below. Sure enough, it's by design. https://support.office.com/en-us/article/invalid-file-names-and-file-types-in-onedrive-onedrive-for-business-and-sharepoint-64883a5d-228e-48f5-b3d2-eb39e07630fa?ui=en-US&rs=en-IN&ad=IN

This is enormously frustrating. What on earth is the point of having a sync client that only works with the simplest of libraries? If they aren't going to fix this issue then at least don't allow libraries with mandatory metadata to be synched so at least people are aware.

Hi, I finally found the solution to my nasty green padlocked files and folders. Looks as though this is is a "feature" rather than a bug: In Sharepoint (365) went to Library Settings for the Library,Versioning Settings,under "Who should see draft items in this document library?" chose "Any user who can read items" instead of the default (?) "Only users who can edit items"The padlocked icons disappearered after exiting the sync client and logging back in to ODFB

I think this issue must somehow be related to a bug in Onedrive. I have document libraries which were syncing fine and I was able to edit synched files with the previous ODFB (groove.exe). After installing the new ODFB Preview (onedrive.exe) I noticed the better part of my libraries were synced as Read Only. If I remove versioning altogether for the document libraries it works... but I need versioning so that is not an option. However, having fiddled around with the settings for my document libraries for a while I noticed that I can use Versioning and make them sync as editable content. What I did first of all was disabling "Require content approval for submitted items?" and "Require documents to be checked out before they can be edited?". The only setting I've enabled in Versioning Settings is "Create major and minor (draft) versions". By setting the Draft Item Security to "Anyone user who can read items" the library syncs fine and I'm able to edit content synched to my local PC via ODFB. BUT, every time I change the Draft Item Security setting to anything except "Anyone user who can read items" (e.g. "Only users who can edit items") all content is synched as Read Only again! Has anyone else experienced this? I'm not using any Meta Data settings or mandatory columns. The document libraries I've tested this approach on are basic, straight out of the box Sharepoint document libraries on Sharepoint Online. I'm using Office 2016 too btw.

Read Only (Padlock Icon) files - OFDB 17.3.6743.1212

Mikko Koskinen
Copper Contributor
Oct 12, 2017
Tested again with the latest build. No changes. With mandatory metadata, the sync is read-only.

Fall Creators update is expected to ship very soon. I really hope this is fixed. I have clients waiting for this feature but this is useless with this type of restrictions.
- Lorenzo Tempesti
  Copper Contributor
  Oct 20, 2017
  I also need this fix! Can't sync files that need checkout!
- Vic Vergauwe
  Copper Contributor
  May 23, 2018
  Is there a solution for this issue available ?
  
  I have the same problem at a customer :-(
  
  kind regards,
  
  Vic Vergauwe
  - Vicki Little
    Copper Contributor
    May 23, 2018
    The answer is here. It has been working for me for quite a while. The only addition is that you have to change the value in both of the areas if regedit in my screen shot. Go back to Groove.exe.
    
    You really have to search if you want to fix their great new features.
    
    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/3143305/how-to-revert-the-onedrive-for-business-library-sync-client-from-onedr
    
    Not to mention, this method doesn't ever work, you also have to set SPOTeamSiteRestrictions to 0 as well. Now I was FINALLY able to sync using the old client.
Deleted
Nov 20, 2017
I had the same problem with "padlocks" showing in the ODfB folder, with none of the fixes proposed here or on other forums resolving it. No columns were mandatory, check-out was off etc.

After some testing I found that one of my custom columns had become "secretly mandatory".

I had added a Site Content Type containing a Required column to the library, but later on had changed it to Optional. It appears that the column was still defined as Required in the library itself!

I simply deleted the column from all content types in the library, and then also from the library itself - and that fixed the problem! The locks disappeared in OneDrive almost instantly.

Naturally, a better approach would have been to repair the column by changing it's properties with PowerShell.
Mike Fairley
Brass Contributor
Dec 14, 2017
Don't know why anyone wants to use Sync. Every time MS makes a change (frequently) they break something. Microsoft have NEVER made a decent sync tool. I am old enough to remember the truly horrible 'Briefcase' in Windows 98, and they still haven't improved since then.
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