Installing OneDrive NextGen Synchronisation Client
The OneDrive for Business client can give some difficulties, like unable to synchronize:
Unable to sync files with OneDrive for Business.
This can be solved by installing the new OneDrive Next Gen Sync Client. In this article I will describe how this application can be installed via SCCM 2012.
Please be informed that you still need the OneDrive for Business client to synchronize with Sharepoint lists.
Background information
The OneDrive NextGen Sync Client is installed the users’ %LOCALAPPDATA% directory. As the application is installed the %LOCALAPPDATA% directory, you can assume that you can install the application with user rights in SCCM 2012. If you do so, the installation will fail:
Failure as admin rights are needed to install.
As you can see, there are ‘hidden’ admin rights needed.
The solution
- Created a vscript that installs the application and sets a detection rule after a successful installation. The detection rule can be used in SCCM 2012 to detect a successful installation.
' ================================================================================================ ' Installs Microsoft OneDriveNextGenSyncClient 17.3.6386.0412 ' Created by Willem-Jan Vroom ' Version history: ' ' 0.0.1 ' Initial version ' ' 1.0.0 ' Final version ' ' ================================================================================================ ' ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ' Declare the most variables. ' ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Option Explicit Dim objShell : set objShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") Dim objLogFileFSO : Set objLogFileFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Dim objFSO : Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Dim objProcessEnv : Set objProcessEnv = objShell.Environment("PROCESS") Dim objWMIService : Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\.\root\cimv2") Dim fn_objWMIService : Set fn_objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\.\root\cimv2") Dim objReg : Set objReg = GetObject("winmgmts:\\.\root\default:StdRegProv") Dim objLogFile Dim CurrentDir : CurrentDir = Left(Wscript.ScriptFullname, InstrRev(Wscript.ScriptFullname, "\")) CurrentDir = Left(CurrentDir,len(CurrentDir)-1) Dim strcomputerName : strcomputerName = objProcessEnv("COMPUTERNAME") Dim strLogLocation : strLogLocation = "C:\WINDOWS\system32\Logfiles" Dim strOutputFile : strOutputFile = strLogLocation & "\" & strcomputerName & "_Installation_OneDriveSyncClient_" & Replace(FormatDateTime(Now(), 2),"/","-") & ".log" Dim strArchitecture : strArchitecture = "x86" Dim strCurrentUser : strCurrentUser = "" Dim strCurrentUserSID : strCurrentUserSID = "" Dim strOS : strOS = "" Dim strCommand : strCommand = "" Dim strLine : strLine = "" Dim strQuery : strQuery = "" Dim strCommonDesktop : strCommonDesktop = "" Dim strArray : strArray = "" Dim strProcess : strProcess = "" Dim strLanguage : strLanguage = "" Dim strInstallLanguage : strInstallLanguage = "" Dim strDetectUserUILanguage : strDetectUserUILanguage = "" Dim strValue : strValue = "" Dim strKeyPath : strKeyPath = "" Dim strValueName : strValueName = "" Dim strCommonPrograms : strCommonPrograms = "" Dim strFileToDelete : strFileToDelete = "" dim strProgramFilesFolder : strProgramFilesFolder = objProcessEnv("ProgramFiles") Dim strDotNetInstallPath : strDotNetInstallPath = "" Dim strWindir : strWinDir = objShell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%WinDir%") Dim dwValue : dwValue = 0 Dim arrFileNamesToKill : arrFileNamesToKill = Array("doesnotexist.exe") Dim objFileNameToKill Dim arrArguments Dim arrLanguage Dim strDNSDomain : strDNSDomain = CreateObject("ADSystemInfo").DomainShortName Dim valCounter Dim valResult Dim valReturnCode Dim colProcess, objProcess Dim valOSBuildNumber Dim objSubfolder Dim colItems, objItem, Subfolder Dim colSoftware, objSoftware Dim arrValues, arrSubKeys Const ForWriting = 2 Const ForReading = 1 Const ForAppending = 8 Const OverWriteFiles = True const HKEY_CURRENT_USER = &H80000001 const HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE = &H80000002 Const HKEY_USERS = &H80000003 Const DEBUGMODE = False ' ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ' Create the log location (if not exists) ' Open the logfile. ' ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CreateFolderStructure(strLogLocation) OpenLogFile() WriteToLog "- ACTION: script started." WriteToLog " " ' ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ' Detect the current OS. ' ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select Caption,BuildNumber from Win32_OperatingSystem") For Each objItem in colItems strOS = objItem.Caption valOSBuildNumber = objItem.BuildNumber next ' ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ' Find the currently logged on userid. ' And translate it to the users SID. ' ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Set colProcess = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_Process where Name = 'explorer.exe'") For Each objProcess in colProcess valReturnCode = objProcess.GetOwner(strCurrentUser) if valReturnCode <> 0 Then strCurrentUser = "Unable to find the username!" Next strCurrentUser = Ucase(strDNSDomain) & "\" & strCurrentUser strCurrentUserSID = GetSIDFromUser(strCurrentUser) ' ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ' Detect the current processor architecture. ' ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ if objFSO.FolderExists(strWindir & "\syswow64") Then strArchitecture = "x64" strProgramFilesFolder = objProcessEnv("ProgramFiles(x86)") end if ' ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ' Detect the current User Interface MUI. ' ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ strDetectUserUILanguage = DetectUserUILanguage WriteToLog("########## Details regarding operating system and logged on user ##########") WriteToLog("Found Operating System: " & strOS) WriteToLog("Found architecture: " & strArchitecture) WriteToLog("Logged on userid: " & strCurrentUser) WriteToLog("Logged on user SID: " & strCurrentUserSID) WriteToLog("Language: " & strDetectUserUILanguage) WriteToLog("########## End details regarding operating system and logged on user ##########") WriteToLog(" ") WriteToLog("########## Installation ##########") ' ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ' Close applications that might screw up the installation. ' ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For Each objFileNameToKill in arrFileNamesToKill fnKillProcess(objFileNameToKill) Next ' ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ' Sets SEE_MASK_NOZONECHECKS to 1. ' That will avoid a screen that asks for permission to run an application from ' a share or mapped drive. ' ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ objProcessEnv("SEE_MASK_NOZONECHECKS") = 1 ' ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ' Uninstall other Samsung Kies installations. ' if the command line option '/uninstall' is given, then only a uninstall and quit. ' ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ if wscript.arguments.count > 0 Then if lcase(wscript.arguments(0)) = "/uninstall" or lcase(wscript.arguments(0)) = "/remove" then WriteToLog("The command line option '" & wscript.arguments(0) & "' was found, so only a silent uninstall will be performed.") RemoveOneDriveSyncClient() WriteToLog("########## End Uninstall ##########") WriteToLog(" ") CloseLogFile() wscript.quit end if end if ' ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ' Start the base installation ' ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ strCommand = chr(34) & CurrentDir & "\OneDriveSetup.exe" & chr(34) strCommand = strCommand & " /silent" WriteToLog ("Running command: " & strCommand) valResult = objShell.Run (strCommand,6,True) WriteToLog("Result: " & valResult) if valResult = 0 Then GenereteSCCM2012DetectionRule end if WriteToLog("########## End Installation ##########") WriteToLog(" ") CloseLogFile() wscript.quit valReturnCode Sub OpenLogFile() ' ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ' Subroutine: OpenLogFile() ' The name of the logfile is mentinoed in the variabele strOutputFile. ' ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ If objLogFileFSO.FileExists(strOutputFile) Then Set objLogFile = objLogFileFSO.OpenTextFile(strOutputFile, ForAppending) Else Set objLogFile = objLogFileFSO.CreateTextFile(strOutputFile) End If End Sub Sub CloseLogFile() ' ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ' Subroutine: CloseLogFile() ' Close the log file. ' ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WriteToLog "- ACTION: script ended." objLogFile.Close Set objLogfileFSO = Nothing End Sub Function WriteToLog(sLogMessage) ' ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ' Function: WriteToLog(sLogMessage) ' Writes an entry 'sLogMessage' in the logfile. ' ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ if instr(sLogMessage, "- ACTION: ") = 0 then sLogMessage = " " & sLogMessage objLogFile.WriteLine("Time: " & now & " " & sLogMessage) End Function Function GetSIDFromUser(UserName) ' ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ' Function: GetSIDFromUser(UserName) ' Gets the SID from the give username. ' We use the registry to avoid an empty result if run under the SYSTEM account. ' ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dim DomainName, Result, WMIUser If InStr(UserName, "\") > 0 Then DomainName = Mid(UserName, 1, InStr(UserName, "\") - 1) UserName = Mid(UserName, InStr(UserName, "\") + 1) Else DomainName = CreateObject("WScript.Network").UserDomain End If On Error Resume Next Set WMIUser = GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationlevel=impersonate}!" _ & "/root/cimv2:Win32_UserAccount.Domain='" & DomainName & "'" _ & ",Name='" & UserName & "'") If Err.Number = 0 Then Result = WMIUser.SID Else Result = "" End If On Error GoTo 0 GetSIDFromUser = Result End Function Sub CreateFolderStructure(strFolderNameToBeCreated) ' ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ' Subroutine: CreateFolderStructure(strFolderNameToBeCreated) ' Creates the map as mentioned in strFolderNameToBeCreated. ' ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dim arrFoldersTMP : arrFoldersTMP = split (strFolderNameToBeCreated,"\") Dim strFolder : strFolder = "" Dim objFolderTMP For Each objFolderTMP in arrFoldersTMP strFolder = strFolder & objFolderTMP If NOT objFSO.FolderExists(strFolder) Then objFSO.CreateFolder(strFolder) end If strFolder = strFolder & "\" Next End Sub Function DetectUserUILanguage ' ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ' Function: DetectUserUILanguage ' Detects the User Interface Language ' Modified by Willem-Jan Vroom d.d 12 Feb 14: also detects Czech, Finnish, Hungarian, Polish, ' Russian, Slovak, Slovian and Turkish languages on Windows 7. ' ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ if instr(lcase(strOS),"windows xp") > 0 then strKeyPath = strCurrentUserSID & "\Control Panel\Desktop" strValueName = "MultiUILanguageId" strLanguage = "eng" objReg.GetStringvalue HKEY_USERS,strKeyPath,strValueName,strValue if NOT IsEmpty(strValue) Then strValue = UCase(right(strValue,4)) if strValue = "040C" then strLanguage = "fra" if strValue = "0410" then strLanguage = "ita" if strValue = "0407" then strLanguage = "ger" if strValue = "040A" then strLanguage = "spa" if strValue = "0C0A" then strLanguage = "spa" end if else strKeyPath = strCurrentUserSID & "\Control Panel\Desktop" strValueName = "PreferredUILanguages" strLanguage = "eng" objReg.GetMultiStringValue HKEY_USERS,strKeyPath,strValueName,arrValues if not IsNull(arrValues) Then strValue=arrValues(0) if NOT IsEmpty(strValue) then strValue = lcase(left(strValue,2)) if strValue = "fr" then strLanguage = "fra" if strValue = "it" then strLanguage = "ita" if strValue = "de" then strLanguage = "ger" if strValue = "es" then strLanguage = "spa" if strValue = "cs" then strLanguage = "cze" if strValue = "fi" then strLanguage = "fin" if strValue = "hu" then strLanguage = "hun" if strValue = "pl" then strLanguage = "pol" if strValue = "ru" then strLanguage = "rus" if strValue = "sk" then strLanguage = "sky" if strValue = "sl" then strLanguage = "slv" if strValue = "sv" then strLanguage = "swe" if strValue = "tr" then strLanguage = "tur" if strValue = "nb" then strLanguage = "nor" end if end if if strLanguage = "eng" then strKeyPath = ".DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop\MuiCached" strValueName = "MachinePreferredUILanguages" objReg.GetMultiStringValue HKEY_USERS,strKeyPath,strValueName,arrValues if not IsNull(arrValues) Then strValue=arrValues(0) if NOT IsEmpty(strValue) then strValue = lcase(left(strValue,2)) if strValue = "fr" then strLanguage = "fra" if strValue = "it" then strLanguage = "ita" if strValue = "de" then strLanguage = "ger" if strValue = "es" then strLanguage = "spa" if strValue = "cs" then strLanguage = "cze" if strValue = "fi" then strLanguage = "fin" if strValue = "hu" then strLanguage = "hun" if strValue = "pl" then strLanguage = "pol" if strValue = "ru" then strLanguage = "rus" if strValue = "sk" then strLanguage = "sky" if strValue = "sl" then strLanguage = "slv" if strValue = "sv" then strLanguage = "swe" if strValue = "tr" then strLanguage = "tur" if strValue = "nb" then strLanguage = "nor" end if end if end if end if DetectUserUILanguage = strLanguage End Function Function fnKillProcess(strProcessName) ' ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ' Function: fnKillProcess(strProcessName) ' Terminates the given processname. ' ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Set colProcess = fn_objWMIService.ExecQuery ("Select * From Win32_Process") For Each objProcess In colProcess If Instr(LCase(objProcess.Name),LCase(strProcessName)) > 0 Then objShell.Run "TASKKILL /F /T /IM " & objProcess.Name, 0, False objProcess.Terminate() WriteToLog("Terminating application: " & objProcess.Name) End If Next End Function Function GenereteSCCM2012DetectionRule ' ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ' Function: GenereteSCCM2012DetectionRule ' Creates the SCCM 2012 Detection Rule to detect a successfull installation. ' ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WriteToLog ("Creates the SCCM 2012 Detection Rule.") strKeyPath = "SOFTWARE\VroomSoft\SCCM2012DetectionRules" strValueName = "Install_OneDriveSyncClient_17.3.6386.0412" strValue = "true" objReg.CreateKey HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, strKeyPath objReg.SetStringValue HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, strKeyPath, strValueName, strValue End Function Function RemoveOneDriveSyncClient() ' ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ' Function: RemoveOneDriveSyncClient() ' Removes OneDrive Next Gen Sync Client. ' ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ strCommand = chr(34) & CurrentDir & "\OneDriveSetup.exe" & chr(34) strCommand = strCommand & " /uninstall" WriteToLog ("Running command: " & strCommand) valResult = objShell.Run (strCommand,6,True) WriteToLog("Result: " & valResult) if valResult = 0 Then strKeyPath = "SOFTWARE\VroomSoft\SCCM2012DetectionRules" strValueName = "Install_OneDriveSyncClient_17.3.6386.0412" objReg.DeleteValue HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, strKeyPath, strValueName end if End Function - This is the detection rule that will be used in SCCM 2012:
Detection rule set in the vbscript.
- Create a ‘installation program’ and ‘uninstall program’:
New application.
- The detection rule:
Detection rule.
- The detection method:
Detection method.
- The application is installed with admin rights:
Installation with admin rights.
- And deploy the application to a deviced based collection:
Deployment to a device based collection.
Deploy as available.
Show all notifications.
- Log on to a client and go to the Software Catalog:
The application is visible in the software center
You can find the new application under installed applications.
- You can use regedit to find the detection rule which is set via vbscript:
The detection rule is found in the registry
- The installation log file (found in c:\windows\system32\logfiles):
Installation log file
- Now you can select the folders you want to synchronize or want to exclude from synchronization:
You can select the folders you want so synchronize.
Unselect the folders you do not want to synchronize.
Implementation in SCCM 2012
Check on a client
Uninstall the application
You can uninstall the OneDrive NextGen Sync Client if you do not want to use it anymore. All the data will remain on the computer:
You can uninstall the client.
The uninstall in the log file.