Client: [Windows] [MS Office] Accessing ownCloud data from Word 2016 on Win 10, is nearly impossible

[michaelstingl]

Accessing ownCloud data from Word 2016 on Win 10, is nearly impossible:

Related: [Windows] File Explorer integration (#5295), PR: https://github.com/owncloud/client/pull/6113

Expected behaviour

ownCloud accounts and sync folder pairs should show up similar as OneDrive accounts

Actual behaviour

Accessing ownCloud data from Word 2016 on Win 10, is nearly impossible. (see GIF)

Steps to reproduce

1. Install MS Office 2016 on Win 10
2. Install oC client 2.4.1
3. Open file menu in Word 2016

Client configuration

Client version:
2.4.1

Operating system:
Win 10

OS language:
EN

@dschmidt @SamuAlfageme as discussed some time ago, we need specs what needs to be implemented here.

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[ad1rie1]

Hello, you can port the fix on owncloud if you want :)
Or Use this regex adapted to owncloud
`Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; NOTE, this file uses a GUID generated here
; https://www.guidgenerator.com/online-guid-generator.aspx
; IF you are going to have multiple Nextcloud folders in your tree you
; will need to make a new GUID for each folder and find/replace the
; value "38d6662b-09f4-4e73-bf61-b0e512ec41e1" with your unique GUID

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{38d6662b-09f4-4e73-bf61-b0e512ec41e1}]
; Name of the folder, also see last line below
@="Nextcloud"
; Sort order, lower number for higher in list
"SortOrderIndex"=dword:00000040
; 1 for shown, 0 for not shown
"System.IsPinnedToNamespaceTree"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{38d6662b-09f4-4e73-bf61-b0e512ec41e1}\DefaultIcon]
; folder icon, pulled the Nextcloud favicon.ico from nextcloud.com
@="C:\Users\USERNAME\Nextcloud\favicon.ico"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{38d6662b-09f4-4e73-bf61-b0e512ec41e1}\InProcServer32]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,59,00,53,00,54,00,45,00,4d,00,52,00,4f,00,4f,00,54,00,25,\
00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,73,00,68,00,\
65,00,6c,00,6c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,00,00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{38d6662b-09f4-4e73-bf61-b0e512ec41e1}\Instance]
"CLSID"="{0E5AAE11-A475-4c5b-AB00-C66DE400274E}"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{38d6662b-09f4-4e73-bf61-b0e512ec41e1}\Instance\InitPropertyBag]
"Attributes"=dword:00000011
; this is the folder we're pointing at
"TargetFolderPath"="C:\Users\USERNAME\Nextcloud"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{38d6662b-09f4-4e73-bf61-b0e512ec41e1}\ShellFolder]
"Attributes"=dword:f080004d
"FolderValueFlags"=dword:00000028

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel]
"{38d6662b-09f4-4e73-bf61-b0e512ec41e1}"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace{38d6662b-09f4-4e73-bf61-b0e512ec41e1}]
; Name of the folder again
@="Nextcloud"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{38d6662b-09f4-4e73-bf61-b0e512ec41e1}]
; Name of the folder, also see last line below
@="Nextcloud"
; Sort order, lower number for higher in list
"SortOrderIndex"=dword:00000040
; 1 for shown, 0 for not shown
"System.IsPinnedToNamespaceTree"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{38d6662b-09f4-4e73-bf61-b0e512ec41e1}\DefaultIcon]
; folder icon, pulled the Nextcloud favicon.ico from nextcloud.com
@="C:\Users\USERNAME\Nextcloud\favicon.ico"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{38d6662b-09f4-4e73-bf61-b0e512ec41e1}\InProcServer32]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,59,00,53,00,54,00,45,00,4d,00,52,00,4f,00,4f,00,54,00,25,\
00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,73,00,68,00,\
65,00,6c,00,6c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,00,00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{38d6662b-09f4-4e73-bf61-b0e512ec41e1}\Instance]
"CLSID"="{0E5AAE11-A475-4c5b-AB00-C66DE400274E}"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{38d6662b-09f4-4e73-bf61-b0e512ec41e1}\Instance\InitPropertyBag]
"Attributes"=dword:00000011
; this is the folder we're pointing at
"TargetFolderPath"="C:\Users\USERNAME\Nextcloud"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{38d6662b-09f4-4e73-bf61-b0e512ec41e1}\ShellFolder]
"Attributes"=dword:f080004d
"FolderValueFlags"=dword:00000028`

[guruz]

@ad1rie1 thanks :)