ODOPEN sync issue

Question

I have synced a sharepoint site folder using powershell using ODOPEN, which works fine right after syncing.

Issue is when I restart app / computer, then it removes my synced sharepoint folder from synced accounts.

As a note, whenever this happens, the following key gets deleted: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\OneDrive\Accounts\Business1\Tenants\company name\KeyNameOfFolder
But the syncengine regkey stays at: Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SyncEngines\Providers\OneDrive\KeyValue

ODOPEN string used: odopen://sync/?siteId=&webId=&listId=&folderId=&userEmail=&webUrl=&folderUrl=&listTitle=&webTitle=

Any ideas? :)

Answer 1

Hi @tim christiansen ,

According to my research and testing, please try to use the following PowerShell code to sync a SharePoint site folder:

$WebURL = "https://tenantname.sharepoint.com/sites/"  
$SiteName = "MySiteName"  
$SiteID = "{my Site GUID}"  
$WebID = "{my Web GUID}"  
$ListID = "{my List GUID}"  
  
# Give Windows some time to load before getting the email address  
Start-Sleep -s 20  
  
$UserName = $env:USERNAME  
$Domain = "@yourdomain.com"  
  
# Use a "Do" loop to check to see if OneDrive process has started and continue to check until it does  
Do{  
    # Check to see if OneDrive is running  
    $ODStatus = Get-Process onedrive -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue  
      
    # If it is start the sync. If not, loopback and check again  
    If ($ODStatus)   
    {  
        # Give OneDrive some time to start and authenticate before syncing library  
        Start-Sleep -s 30  
  
        # set the path for odopen  
        $odopen = "odopen://sync/?siteId=" + $SiteID + "&webId=" + $WebID + "&webUrl=" + $webURL + $SiteName + "&listId=" + $ListID + "&userEmail=" + $UserName + $Domain + "&webTitle=" + $SiteName + ""  
          
        #Start the sync  
        Start-Process $odopen  
    }  
}  
Until ($ODStatus)  

More information for reference:
how to sync a sharepoint 365 folder using a .bat or powershell?
Syncing SharePoint Document Libraries on Non-Persistent Virtual Computers

Hope it can help you. Thanks for your understanding.

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