Office 365 for enterprise apps (aka Pro+) - default saving location via GPO

DavidYorkshire 91 Reputation points
2020-08-06T14:00:31.36+00:00

I've written a GPO for the Office 365 apps and am testing it. I want the programs (Word / Excel, etc) to save by default to a mapped network drive (Y:), and have configured the GPO accordingly.

However, when I apply the GPO they are defaulting to save at the following location:
C:\Users(username)\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Network Shortcuts

I assume this is a conflict with another setting in the GPO? Can anyone advise on how to address this?

Thanks

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  1. Emily Hua-MSFT 27,581 Reputation points
    2020-08-07T05:59:32.41+00:00

    Please install the newest Office administrator templates. Could you please share us which GPOs did you set for the default saving location?
    On my tested in my environment, I set the Default File Location via group policy below, they work fine.

    • Word: Microsoft Word 2016/Word Options/Advanced/File Locations --- Default File Location
    • Excel: Microsoft Excel 2016/Excel Options/Save --- Default file location

    Besides, the location seems to be a network location not a mapped drive, I suggest you check other mapped drives and use a UNC path for a check.

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