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Login

If you have integrated the PowerFolder servers via WebDAV under Windows and you are repeatedly prompted to enter your login information while working on the Cloud Storage, the following registry key can reduce the number of login prompts.

Under WebDAV ask many times to login, in this case use the under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\WebClient\Parameters\, add a value "Value with multiple strings" with the name "AuthForwardServerList" of type REG_MULTI_SZ with the value "https://my.powerfolder.com/" or "https://drive.powerfolder.com/"

Document Editing using MS Office

With the December 2023 After MS security updates for MS Office, Microsoft has now changed the behaviour of MS Office applications when accessing Office documents via WebDAV Previously, MS Office opened a login window when opening documents, in which the user had to log in again. This login window is now no longer displayed, instead a warning appears that the source (drive.powerfolder.com or my.powerfolder.com) uses an insecure login method.2023 the editing of documents using WebDAV is not possible:

Office Fehler.png

If you want to access the documents via WebDAV, there is a workaround to set the PowerFolder servers to an Allow list. You can set the entry directly via a registry entry or via the MS Office group policies.edit, please add this the following or download the file and double-click on the file:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Office\16.0\common\identity]
"basichostallowlist"="my.powerfolder.com;drive.powerfolder.com"

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namePowerFolder_webDAV_fix_for _MSoffice.reg

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