How do you mitigate block OneDrive sync of INI files in your organization

Janice Lu 1 Reputation point
2021-02-23T19:42:44.697+00:00

OneDrive sync of file type INI is unsupported by Microsoft. How do you mitigate this in your organization?

My (very common) scenario: I discovered file type INI that is more than desktop.ini. There are INI files for various applications. Even some that IT admins create.

Where do you store INI files after the users adopt OneDrive?

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  1. Emi Zhang-MSFT 21,471 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2021-02-24T07:11:19.587+00:00

    Hi @Janice Lu ,
    I tested with .ini file in OneDrive and I can sync .in file format from local to web and from web to local:

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    I suggest you try to provide more information about INI file or you can upload a screenshot so that I can get more accurate solutions to this problem. I’m glad to help and follow up your reply.

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  2. Janice Lu 1 Reputation point
    2021-02-25T18:01:32.36+00:00

    @Emi Zhang-MSFT while the OneDrive Sync App will sync file type INI, Microsoft does not allow it.

    The follow verbiage I copied from:
    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/invalid-file-names-and-file-types-in-onedrive-and-sharepoint-64883a5d-228e-48f5-b3d2-eb39e07630fa?ui=en-us&rs=en-us&ad=us#invalidcharacters

    "Files that are used by your local computer, such as desktop.ini on Windows or .ds_store on macOS, don't normally sync. If these files do get uploaded to OneDrive during a migration, the sync app will delete the cloud copy and leave the local copy."

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