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AKIMF
Iron Contributor
Dec 07, 2016

Shorten local OneDrive path to avoid windows path length limitations

When we set up OneDrive for business, we keep the same local path on every pc: c:\OneDrive Since our company name is quite long, every synced SharePoint will be somthing like: c:\OneDrive\veryvery...
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Stefano Conti
Brass Contributor
Dec 09, 2016

successfully done this in my pc:

 

1) exit One drive app (on icon bottom right, mouse dx > exit)

2) rename one drive folder from "/vvvveerrrrrrrrryyyyyyyyyyy-llllllllllloooooooonnnnnnnnnngggggggg" ... to "work" or something .. :-)

3) restart pc.

4) the onedrive app start to compare the folder content with the online one.

In my case almost immediately confirm the structure and file prescence (surely not re-downloaded 4GB..)

bye !

  • Stefano Conti's avatar
    Stefano Conti
    Brass Contributor
    Jan 17, 2017

    Hi all,

    since yesterday afternoon I successfully changed (renamed) Onedrive name in 5 pc.

    Here the complete working procedure :

     

    1. exit One drive app (on icon bottom right, mouse dx > exit)

    2. rename one drive folder from

      "OneDrive - OldVeryLongNameCompany"     to     "OneDrive - COMPANY"

       

      IMPORTANT: the new "COMPANY" name was previously set in O365 Admin pane (gear icon > Organization profile > name othe Organization.

    3. restart pc.

    4. onedrive app auto-start but does not find the previous folder.

    5. a box appears: RETRY or CONFIGURE. --> CONFIGURE

    6. Input your credentials (O365 account, then password)

    7. OneDrive suggest to use the new renamed folder (into which of course file are yet in).

    8. Choose "use this position" option (or similiar)

    9. OneDrive requires to specify which folders and files you want to sync.
      In my case I wanted to keep synched all files and folders. --> go ahead
    10. the sync start. You can check the status on icon bottom right, initially with double-arrow, but soon it disappears.
    11. In any of our case no further sync was necessary. It just compares the local and remote files information. It took about 5' to check 4GB data (5.000 files).
    12. Once finished, probably the "OneDrive - COMPANY" folder will show all file still in sync (double arrow), while the bottom right icon seems to have finished. --> RESTART PC.

    Enjoy !

    Stefano

    • AKIMF's avatar
      AKIMF
      Iron Contributor
      May 22, 2017

      Hi Stefano Conti,

       

      thanks for the solution. Unfortunately changing the organization name also changes the billing name since it is global. Thus I (currently) may not shorten it.

      • bart_vermeersch's avatar
        bart_vermeersch
        Iron Contributor
        May 22, 2017

        The maxmimum path length has been increased (doubled) recently. Have you tried syncing in the last few weeks?

  • AKIMF's avatar
    AKIMF
    Iron Contributor
    Dec 12, 2016

    Stefano Conti

    Sadly that doesn't work for me. When I change the folder and restart, I will get the following error message and the client will create new folders and resync the whole data afterwards:

     

     

    Client version .1122, Windows 7

    • AKIMF's avatar
      AKIMF
      Iron Contributor
      Jan 16, 2017

      Any hint / solution anyone?

      Even with the new client, renaming the base path is not possible.

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