Windows 10: Sharepoint not syncing to File Explorer in Windows 11

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Many Windows 11 users rely on syncing their SharePoint document libraries directly to File Explorer via OneDrive for seamless offline access. However, a common and frustrating issue occurs when this sync process stops working, leaving files outdated or missing locally. In this post, we are going to see what to do if the Sharepoint is not […]

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Restore SharePoint mappings in Windows Explorer

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In my company we use a selfmade tool which makes a backup of network mappings, installed network printers, specific user settings, custom files/folders, ... We are now in a transition to Office 365 and SharePoint.

If you go via a web browser to a SharePoint Document Folder you have a button Sync. This button adds a link to the SharePoint Document Folder in your Windows Explorer.

My goal is to make a backup of these SharePoint links so that I easily can add these links back in Windows Explorer if a user gets a new computer (or in case computer must be reinstalled).

• I found out that these "SharePoint links" are stored in the registry under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\OneDrive\Accounts
• I exported that branch out of the registry.
• Then I stopped the sync of the SharePoint Document Folders in my Windows Explorer so the links are gone.
• I than imported the registry keys but this does not show the SharePoint Document Folders in my Windows Explorer (even not after a restart)

Does someone know how to solve this?

 

Windows 11 file explorer opens SharePoint URL in Edge instead of File Explorer

Hello there,

We have a new problem with Windows 11. In Windows 10 we would paste a SharePoint URL into file explorer and it would open there. This would bypass a lot of the SharePoint limitations with opening and moving files. Now when you paste the URL into Windows 11's file explorer, it opens Edge.

I never want a URL in file explorer to open Edge... If I wanted to use Edge I would paste the URL in Edge...

 

Open a Sharepoint link in FIle explorer

Hi,

My company uses Sharepoint (and I despise it). My computer is synced to Sharepoint so all company files show in file explorer on my computer. People frequently send me links to files they want me to review and comment on or add a section to. I want to be able to easily open the sharepoint link they send me such that it opens the folder where the file is located in file explorer, NOT sharepoint, because 1-I hate using Sharepoint and 2-I will need to go into the file frequently for a period of time and I want to be able to find it, and 3-if someone does a save as of that file and starts a new version, I want to see that in the folder so that I am not working off of an old version. How can I do this? Can I write a macro to do it?

Things I have tried that don't work:

-Other sites have said to right click on the hyperlink in the email and then paste it into file explorer, but that does not work-It gives an error message saying that Windows can't find it.

-Right click on sharepoint hyperlink in the email and select Open with desktop app. This is not what I need. I want to be able to find it easily in file explorer.

-Open link in sharepoint, Select filename on the upper right of the screen, select the arrow next to location in the dropdown, use that screen to help me find my way to the file in file explorer. This is intensely frustrating and time consuming.

Would welcome any suggestions.

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