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StarLordZA
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May 26, 2020
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Folder Rename syncing issue

I have an issue with the company OneDrive creating not properly syncing renamed folders. If someone renames a folder, a brand new folder (with a new name) is created with the same content as the rena...
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  • PDostiyar's avatar
    PDostiyar
    May 27, 2020

    StarLordZA  Yes that is a great idea, most of the time it is hard and time taking but it will give you good insight if there are any new changes to folder structures or renaming the folder names, etc. 

     

    so using the built-in features Copy or Move will be your friends for these migrations from old sites to new sites.

     

    Regards

    Pervaiz Dostiyar

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hayesbrett
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Sep 28, 2021

StarLordZA PDostiyar 

I have experienced the same issue with folder rename creating a new folder in Sharepoint.  

 

This is through the OneDrive synced library feature for Sharepoint.  

Rename a folder in File Explorer of a Synced Sharepoint top level folder in a library.  This rename creates a new folder with the same folder structures, but not a copy of the files into the new folder name. The new folder does not have any permissions set as the old folders had, just an inheritance of the library permissions. 

 

This seems to be a potential bug in OneDrive synced folders for Sharepoint?   This instance which was just identified happened on Aug 4 2021.  

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