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(I had the SharePoint web site open at the parent folder and hit F5 till I confirmed the files/folder had gone).

Make sure you have a local backup copy of the files you have the issue with.

So the steps I followed to work around the issue: This time the sync worked file, and viewing the name_files folder in OneDrive online, now shows all the files (rather than an empty folder as before).

I then copied a backup copy of the files back into Just moving the files didn't seem to help, but completely deleting the local folder (and the related HTML file), then waiting for OneDrive NG to catch up and re-sync (so deleting the hidden on-line files). Name_files folders via the web site, but are visible locally).Īfter updating to the NG client, it seems the NG client was trying to upload the folders again, and for some reason (presumably due to the folders being hidden on the SharePoint site, but not locally) clashed with the site contents, so refused to upload It looks like it's a difference in how the old OneDrive for Business and the NG clients work.įor some reason the old client uploaded these linked folders, and their contents to SharePoint, but hid the contents (no items visible in the

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Is there anything that can be done to resolve this? As we have quite a few reference documents that follow this 'saved as HTML' format.Īn update to this, as I had a sudden thought, and testing seems to bear this out.

Note: If I view on the site ( Then the name_files folders are visible, but when you look inside the folder, they are empty, as if Sharepoint is hiding the contents, despite the local folders and their contents not being hidden.įor reference, this issue didn't show up with Groove.exe, and I could sync these files without any error with the old client. It seems that OneDrive (NG) uploads the new copy, then hides them on the web site, then compains about syncing them afterwards. Moving the files does not seem to fix the issue.

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With a Resolution to ' Move the file to a different folder on this PC to upload it.' The specific error is: ' A hidden file with this name already exists online.' The HTML/HTM files themselves are fine, it's everything in the the related

(If you copy one, the other is automatically coppied. js files that were saved allong with the HTML file itself. where you have a name.html file, and then a name_files folder containing things like images, or. I've just switched over from the old 'Groove' client, to the new Next Gen client and noticed I now get errors for any saved HTML pages that have a _files folder accociated with them.

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