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Prevent users from changing the location of their OneDrive folder

Supported on: At least Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7

Registry

HKCU SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\OneDrive

Value name: DisableCustomRoot

Options

List (registry values) list - list under Software\Policies\Microsoft\OneDrive\DisableCustomRoot

Description

This setting lets you block users from changing the location of their OneDrive - {organization name} folder during setup of the OneDrive sync app. If you enable this setting, the "Change location" link is hidden in OneDrive Setup. The OneDrive folder will be created in the default location, or in the custom location you specified if you enabled the "Set the default location for the OneDrive folder" setting. If you disable or do not configure this setting, users can click the "Change location" link to change the location of their OneDrive folder in OneDrive Setup.