Sync any folder to onedrive in windows 10 onedrive is the online document storage solution created by microsoft which comes bundled as a free service with windows 10. How to change default onedrive folder location on windows 10. This file is stored within the users profile and it cannot be moved to a different location the user can export their bookmarks to an html file and transferbackup the bookmarks. A client computer that is running windows 7 or windows server 2008 r2 is in an active directory domain. Doubleclick the favorites item on the right, and enter the full path for the new location for the favorites folder in the value data edit box. Folder redirection to onedrive on windows 10 with intune. Onedrive stores your files in the cloud and can be accessed through. Glad to hear youre finding success with this solution. How to migrate user home drives from a file server into onedrive for business in office 365. The powershell script below was design to move documents, music, videos, pictures, favorites and desktop to a subfolder in a connected onedrive. Migrating user home drives to onedrive for business in office 365. The user has full control of the redirected folder, and can add shortcuts. Change microsoft edge favorites storage location disable.
This video shows you how to use powershell to synchronize ie favorites with onedrive in windows 8 so that windows 7 users can sync the favorites from onedrive. Document scanning use your mobile device to scan and store documents, receipts, business cards, notes, and. But thats a good idea, i dont see why or wonder if we could setup those links for those folders to onedrive folders, its been too long since ive set those up id have to go refresh my memory on it, but if after you did folder redirection you had the option to setup that linked folder that would be nice. Create a folder in your onedrive sync folder called my documents. Change the default location for saving internet explorer. Disable ese database use legacy favorites storage folder. This will save you having to backup your my documents folder and will also give you anywhere access to your folders and files. There is an ad gpo that can redirect these folders to onedrive, but i dont see how to do this when the files have already been redirected somewhere else. On my lumia 1520, i have quite a number of favoritesbookmarks saved in internet explorer.
In addition the users favorites folder has been redirected to another location via gpo or shell user interface. Most organizations are using tools either in house or by. I wanted to set my favorites folder to a network share, but keep other shell folders like the desktop local. Back up your documents, pictures, and desktop folders with onedrive. The only solutions to is to delete the user profile and recreate. How to set up onedrive syncing in windows 10 dummies. Shawn mentioned that internet explorer causes an extensive number of calls on your file server when browsing so i wanted to dig a little bit deeper into this topic. Using folder redirection in group policy microsoft docs. Whats the best process to migrate users redirected folders desktop, documents, favorites, pictures profile folders, etc. With everyone having multiple devices today laptops, desktops, work pcs, tablets, one of the features lacking in internet explorer ie is the ability to sync and backup favorites. I downloaded the chrome admx files for group policy but cannot find a way to redirect the appdatalocal folder.
Using folder redirection to redirect to onedrive the alternative, and the approach i prefer because it does not rely on folder redirection, is to use gp preferences to redirect the user shell folders registry values to the appropriate locations. Installing the onedrive sync client in permachine mode. You cannot add favorites with redirected favorites folder and. How to setup folder redirection into onedrive for business. Folder redirection to onedrive sync folder microsoft. The latest onedrive sync client now supports the allusers switch which installs the onedrive binaries into c. Easily store and share photos, videos, documents, and more anywhere, on any device, free. In the case that your personal files exceeds main disks limits and you have an additional drive or partition on your system with enough free space, then you can move your files from your main disk into the additional drive by using the move feature, but if you have problems when using the move feature, then you can use windows registry to set a different location for your personal folders. When you install the onedrive sync client with the allusers switch, a new value is created in the runonce key, within the default user hive under. Folder redirection to onedrive for business microsoft intune. Confirm that you want to move your favorites folder. If you change to use legacy favorites folder storage. Jun 04, 2012 doubleclick the favorites item on the right, and enter the full path for the new location for the favorites folder in the value data edit box. At one time the gpo template could be downloaded from microsoft, but right.
Closed okhster opened this issue dec 4, 2018 with docs. In this article this topic presents conceptual information about folder redirection and procedures using the gpmc. I have the group policy setup and folder redirection works. Apr 18, 2019 the powershell script below was design to move documents, music, videos, pictures, favorites and desktop to a subfolder in a connected onedrive. Backup and restore microsoft edge favorites in windows 10. You cannot add favorites with redirected favorites folder. Folder redirection enables you to redirect the location of specific folders within user profiles to a new location, such as a shared network location. Onedrive for business apps for desktop and mobile devices. Why you shouldnt redirect favorites to home folder xenappblog. Now when you download a file from internet using microsoft edge and it defaults to the downloads folder and then you have to reload your machine, you dont have to think about whats in your downloads folder and whether you want to back it up. Mar 02, 20 go to the skydrive folder and create a new folder called favorites.
Rather than storing each bookmark as a separate filefolder, firefox stores all of the bookmarks in a file called places. Account profile download center microsoft store support returns order. If you dont already have one there, create a folder named favorites inside your onedrive folder. You use a group policy object gpo to configure the folder redirection policy to redirect a document folder to a share folder. Learn how to set up onedrive pc folder backup for your important folders in. On the location tab, click move, and choose the favorites folder you created in step 1. Sync files with onedrive on mac os x office support. Change personal folders location by using registry windows 8. Onedrive desktop app for previous versions of windows onedrive. Change personal folders location by using registry. However, for one user, in windows 10 ltsb, using ie11 clicking on a favorite does nothing. If you add, change, or delete a file or folder on the onedrive website, the file or folder is added. This practice is being more commonly adopted in other organizations rollouts as well.
Ie 11 cannot sync favorites between two computers respectively with windows 7 and. I know about gpobased methods such as known folder redirection to do this by redirecting the files to the users windows profile on the c. When you install the onedrive sync app for mac, a copy of your onedrive is downloaded to your mac and put in the onedrive folder. This article shows you how to redirect your my documents folder to onedrive. You might need to click the show hidden icons arrow next to the notification area to see the onedrive icon. How to add ie favorites to onedrive in windows 8 allin. I didnt know that every time the user types an url into the browser the favorites folder is queried. During citrix synergy 2012 in san francisco it was argued numerous times by shawn bass that redirecting favorites to the home folder is a very bad idea. To download and install the onedrive for business app for android, ios, or windows mobile devices, click the microsoft links below from your mobile device. Apply a new folder redirection policy that directs documents and. But you can still make this happen by redirecting favorites to a skydrive folder.
Redirect and move windows known folders to onedrive. Before we initiate our task, make sure your machines are up to date and verify there is no an old gpo or any antivirus software that can block us from continuing. Close the registry editor by selecting exit from the file menu. We want to migrate about 500 windows 10 users redirected folders to onedrive documents, desktop, pictures, favorites. Do you need to export browser bookmarks from another computer into. The documents and pictures folder redirect to documents and pictures inside the onedrive folder instead of the actual pictures and documents folder of your userprofile. Folder redirection policy fails after you redirect a. Going to properties of the shortcut and copying and pasting the url works. Removing onedrive folder redirection in documents and pictures. One of my issues is that we have users that are on ms sync folder redirect csc cache and when we run ms onedrive folder redirect it errors to backup documents. Sync your desktop, documents and favorites folders to the cloud. Migrate redirected folders to onedrive for business. For some reason, i do not see any of them up on onedrive.
We have to create a new environment variable which will contain the location. I dont disagree with you and shawn, but its always a challenge to get these things right up front in your design so that the users settings follow them, including their favorites. Synchronize internet explorer favorites with onedrive. Sync your windows 10 desktop and documents to onedrive. Sync your edge favorites to onedrive or any cloud storage. I currently have a batch file that will create a directory in onedrive but i need it to actually redirect the location so there is not 2 my documents. Sync internet explorer favorites with skydrive desktop. How to sync your desktop to the cloud with onedrive. Hi guys, as you already understood from the subject, im going to show you how to configure onedriver service as folder redirection. Our end goal is to redirect desktop and documents using group policy to users onedrive account.
Note this require server 2016 or updated admx templates. Since this is the first time youve set up onedrive on the computer, onedrive displays an opening screen. In a recent customer project, we have redirected the users personal desktop, documents and favorites folders to the cloud using onedrive. How to unlink my documents folder from my onedrive account. Onedrive folder redirection networking spiceworks community. Configure folder redirection in 3 steps the configuration requires 3 steps. When prompted for an email address and password during the installation, use your usc netid email address and password. Sync internet explorer favorites with skydrive desktop guy. Mar 28, 20 in addition the users favorites folder has been redirected to another location via gpo or shell user interface. This will redirect all user folders to the local computer and sync to onedrive in a domain. Redirects documents, pictures, favorites, downloads, desktop to onedrive.
By default, windows stores your personal favorites folder in your accounts %userprofile% folder ex. Redirect and move windows known folders to onedrive onedrive. The firefox bookmark system works differently from a browser like internet explorer. Migrate existing redirected folders to onedrive file. Click the select folder button, and youll notice that the default location path has. Explorer window will appear showing you all the filesfolders you currently have stored in your onedrive for. After that completes, install onedrive, log em into it, then move the desktop, documents, and whatever else into the onedrive folder.
I am doing some testing with onedrive and folder redirection. In a recent customer project, we have redirected the users personal desktop, documents and favorites folders to the september 7, 2018 latest articles, migrations, office 365, office 365 general, onedrive. This has the same affect as folder redirection, when users sign into onedrive on a new pc they will have access to all of their files. The onedrive known folder move group policy objects wont work if you previously used windows folder redirection group policy objects to redirect the documents, pictures, or desktop folders to a location other than onedrive. Rightclick the favorites folder, and choose properties on the location tab, click move, and choose the favorites folder you created in step 1. It is designed for windows 10 to be faster, safer, and compatible with the modern web. Users can get to their files from anywhere and the files are safe in onedrive if anything happens to the devices. Dec 04, 2018 we have a lot of trouble getting our mac users to use onedrive as it doesnt seamlessly sync the most crucial folders in finder. Documents, pictures, or desktop folders to a location other than onedrive. Log in to outlook on the web open the app launcher tool in the top left of your outlook on the web window as shown below select onedrive for business from the list of available apps. When using the registry method to change the location of the favorites folder, you must manually copy the subfolders and. This means that if you login to more than one computer you will have a different set of favorites each time.
You can back up your important folders your desktop, documents, and. You can change where files in this favorites folder are stored to another place on the hard drive, another drive, or another computer on the. This feature existed in live mesh but was removed when replaced with skydrive. Say xbox, bing and then onedrive, or browse apps to install onedrive from the store. Move location of favorites folder in windows 10 tutorials. Desktop, pictures, etc from users computers to onedrive without. Redirect and move known folder to onedrive from mac. Why you shouldnt redirect favorites to home folder. Ensure that the onedrive or your favorite cloud storage vendor sync client is installed on every machine where users will roam. Internet explorer and onedrive favorites windows central.
Onedrive for business redirect my documents pennine it. Access all your onedrive files in windows 10 without taking up space on your pc. Download the registry registration entries file extract from zip below to change the setting for storage location of favorites in edge web browser directly. In theory the script does not depend on onedrive and could be adjusted to any other destination. From the taskbar, click the file explorer icon and click the onedrive icon in the folders left edge. Synchronize internet explorer favorites with onedrive in windows 10 8. Create and work together on word, excel or powerpoint documents. How to add ie favorites to onedrive in windows 8 allinone script. How to move your favorites folder location in windows 10 your favorites from internet explorer are saved into your favorites folder.
Close onedrive by rightclicking the onedrive icon in the notification area, at the far right of the taskbar, and then clicking exit. Is it possible to redirect favourites folder to onedrive for business, using group policy. It can be used to store your documents and other data online in the cloud. Sep 07, 2018 in a recent customer project, we have redirected the users personal desktop, documents and favorites folders to the cloud using onedrive. If i log into onedrive then apply the folder redirection policy everything works as it. Browse the onedrive folder and open the newly created documents folder.
After this, it tells me that it cant remove the folder because there is a folder in the same location that cant be redirected. Onedrive desktop app for previous versions of windows. Unless you are using roaming profiles, your favorites folder will always be on your local hard drive. Kfm is great feature, but also need to redirect downloads folder which. Redirect the favorites folder remote administration for. Click the opening screens get started button, and, if asked, sign in with your microsoft account and password. If you need to move a data manually to one drive for making a. The onedrive group policy objects wont affect the music and videos folders, so you can keep them redirected with the. When you install skydrive on other devices, the favorites folder should already sync. Redirect folders favourites to onedrive microsoft tech. I am needing to have a ps script to redirect a users my documents to their onedrive. B eginning from windows 10 build 10565 somewhere between windows 10 rtm and windows 10 november 1511 update, which means if you upgraded to build 10586, youre affected, the favorites in microsoft edge storage location.
The documents would then move back over to their local machine. Move user documents and desktop to onedrive itadmins. In this article, youll learn how to redirect users documents folders or other known folders to onedrive. The steps above are being used by these organizations as well, so we recommend this method.
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