Questions tagged [onedrive]
Cloud storage service from Microsoft (formerly known as SkyDrive)
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How to start afresh with One Drive with the same live.com account but with a new Laptop?
I had OneDrive on my older Laptop where a lot of stuff was backed up. Now I moved to a new Laptop - I didn't want the same directory structure as the old Laptop, so I manually downloaded stuff from ...
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Office document saved to OneDrive cannot be found manually -- it's in a bizarre location
This has happened to me a few times on occasion. I have a Word document with auto-save turned on. It's in OneDrive - Personal/Documents according to the drop-down I click in the title bar. But I ...
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Microsoft Publisher document not opening from OneDrive
I created a document in Microsoft Publisher (Windows 11) and saved it in OneDrive.
I tried opening it through the "open" option in Publisher, and also through Windows File Explorer but I get ...
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Boxcryptor stopped working, how do I access the encrypted files on OnDrive, Dropbox, Google Drive?
I have been using Boxcryptor for client side encryption of files stored in the cloud for a few years now.
They have been bought up by dropbox and the software stopped working today.
How do I access my ...
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What program is behind "Node.js JavaScript Runtime" accessing my files (downloading cloud OneDrive files)?
(Note: This is probably not connected to OneDrive, but OneDrive is letting me see my files are being accessed. It may help others search this same issue if it happens to them.)
Every reboot of my ...
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OneDrive on MacOS: file not available despite "always keep on this device" activated
Onedrive-finder screenshot
I have marked the "03_education" folder as "Always keep on this device" (this can be seen by the white tick on grey background). However, it seems that ...
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How to map a OneDrive Folder -> to a Teams File Folder
Situation:
I have a shared OneDrive Folder with Project Files in it:
want to be able to map this folder to a Teams Channel File Folder
Goal is to be able to edit files in OneDrive by accessing them ...
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OneDrive has suddenly stopped syncing "live" data
Seemingly randomly my OneDrive has stopped syncing my files while they are open or syncing at all for that matter. I am working on an excel sheet with another person and when I used to open it from my ...
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OneDrive: How to re-sync files that were offline for weeks?
I had a working OneDrive installation (corporate Office account) until I had a problem in the whole Office installation and can't log into any Office application anymore, so my files stopped being ...
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How to back up Documents with OneDrive, while also using another cloud service?
I use OneDrive for Business on Windows 11 and I want to back up the Documents folder on my harddrive to OneDrive.
In the OneDrive settings I go to "Sync and backup > Manage backup". Here, ...
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Creating shortcuts in desktop
I have some files that are stored in Onedrive folder and I want to create shortcuts to my desktop for the files that I work on these days. Is working on those shortcut files will guarantee that any ...
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Automatically clean Windows recycle bin files & folders if they originated from a certain directory
How to automatically clean Windows recycle bin files & folders if they originated from a certain directory?
Context: I'm syncing with an App from my mobile phone to OneDrive. If the file gets ...
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Sharepoint/OneDrive - how to exclude a folder from search?
I want to search in OneDrive (online, using Browser). But as I know, this is in fact a Sharepoint.
How has the search string has to look like to find only those files in my documents, that are not ...
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How to update the heading Levels for Table Of Contents in Word Online?
I am able to modify table of content using Desktop Word application installed locally. Id don't see the same option in Word online (OneDrive). Is there a way this can be done using Word online?
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Sync shared folder in Onedrive to external/guest Azure users
I'm looking for a way to synchronise a shared folder on OneDrive to a guest user in our company on Azure.
Basically, we created an external guest user in Azure and then shared a OneDrive folder to him....
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Remove "Start back up" in File Explorer new Windows 11 update
Since the new update that rolled out a few weeks ago, I have this "Start back up" message in my File Explorer:
It has been suggested to exit onedrive but I still want to use onedrive, I ...
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Computer Super slow after syncing with one drive (windows 10)
My computer is very slow after I synced my onedrive in my computer. The C drive is not loading and deleting a trivial file is taking forever. Here is a screenshot
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Where do offline changes in a OneDrive/Word document go?
trying to help an end-user friend recover some lost writing à la 1995. Windows 10 Home, Office 365 Word, low-grade laptop. File in question was already large and had gone through a great deal of ...
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Adobe Acrobat Reader - is that possible log out from OneDrive storage without removing it?
I am using Acrobat Reader to edit pdf stored at Microsoft OneDrive cloud.
This is easy doable by adding "Other file storage" entry.
I would like to force two factor authentication each time ...
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Is it possible to free up space on OneDrive from WSL2?
Is it possible to remove the local copy of a OneDrive file but maintain the cloud version (i.e., free up space) using WSL2?
For what it's worth, I know that I can manually remove the local copy of a ...
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Weird Bug in OneDrive gives incorrect folder size
I've added an image that shows two files totaling 2.8 MB. However, OneDrive displays the folder size as 5.0 MB.
This isn't the only folder it does it for and it regularly displays a size that's not ...
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On latest version, the status column displays in explorer even though files on demand is turned off
The last time this column appeared, all I had to do is uncheck files on demand in Onedrive settings and it was gone. I don't like this column at all, and do not want it to appear. Since I have files ...
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BitLocker: A valid USB key wasn't detected
I was using OneDrive and I have uninstalled it.
After having uninstalled it an E:\ drive appeared but I cannot access it:
Load key from USB drive
A valid USB key wasn't detected
Is there any way I ...
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Open specific file in Microsoft Teams straight from File Explorer? (Not in SharePoint, nor Office)
The title explains what I'm trying to do. I've tried this by selecting a file on my synced OneDrive/SharePoint, selecting "Open With", and choosing Teams.exe from the following path: "C:...
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OneDrive sync precedence: seldom asked [closed]
OneDrive sync is two-way, so deleting a file in the folder deletes it on the website and vice versa.
How does it know which of the two should be used as the reference?
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I add item A on OneDrive ...
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Win 10 - Help correct Desktop folder locations
I am using Windows 10 Pro ver 22H2 (build 190045.3208). It was an upgrade from Windows 7 Pro.
Background & info:
My Lenovo T520 was bricked during an unsuccessful attempt at updating the BIOS. ...
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How do I remove Windows user shell folders in Windows 11? [closed]
OneDrive is a cancer on my computer that I just can't get rid of.
I uninstalled OneDrive, but Windows still insists on automatically creating these folders after I delete them.
After some Googling I ...
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Multiple OneDrive icons in Windows Explorer
I'm not sure why I have multiple OneDrive icons. When I click on the folder icon, it opens a new window with all of my OneDrive files. I dragged the folder onto Quick Access section and it turned into ...
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Powerpoint file downloaded from Sharepoint gets ruined by upstream changes in bizarre fashion
I downloaded a pptx file from our company's Sharepoint repository (by right-clicking and choosing 'Download'). Then I moved the file on to my Desktop, which is synchronized into OneDrive. Then I made ...
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Why does OneDrive display smaller folder size than local?
On OneDrive, I saw that the folders and files I uploaded were 374GB. When I ran Get-ChildItem -Recurse -File folder_name | Measure-Object -Property Length -sum on Powershell, it gave me 402GB. I ...
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how to exclude specific file from onedirve syncing
I know how to exclude files with specific extensions, but files that doesn't have them how to exclude them by exact filename?
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OneDrive variable in Oracle SQL Developer
We are storing SQL scripts in a shared Onedrive.
Since colleagues have personal and a shared OneDrive I want to use the %OneDriveCommercial% variable.
This one works fine (I run this in Oracle SQL ...
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Publish Word document as web page via OneDrive for Business
I need to share a Word document (named MyPage.docx) with tables and images via OneDrive Business as a web page with colleagues. The Word document is updated regularly.
When I save the Word document as ...
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Change OneDrive display name on Windows 11
For some context: I am a transgender university student. My university provides me with a lot of useful OneDrive storage space. However, since I haven't been able to update my legal name (and my ...
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Undo/redo in Outlook, message body history
[My Computer: Win.10; 2016 MS Microsoft; Lenovo Laptop;]
In the process of highlighting a letter in an email in MS Outlook to copy it, I accidentally deleted the entire message body, leaving behind ...
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It seems that there are folders in onedrive if opened from one note but such folders does not exist in normal onedrive
I have 2 mysterious notebook I want to delete
If I open location from one note this is what I see
As you see there are 2 folders that most likely correspond to my notebook. systemdocumentation and ...
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OneDrive Show sync status on file icons
Since the last update my OneDrive doesn't show the sync status superimposed on the file icons anymore. The status is now in a seperate column in Windows Explorer. How do I revert this? I kinda liked ...
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Using OneDrive to create PC back up
I've just migrated from Google Drive to OneDrive. On Google Drive, there was a feature where chosen folders on your laptop were automatically backed up on the cloud when changes occurred, but the ...
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Disable OneDrive Status column in explorer windows
Looking for help on how you can permanently remove the OneDrive Status column in Windows 10. If you right-click and remove the column, then navigate back to the same folder, it will re-appear.
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AWS S3 <-> MS Onedrive sync with rules
Is it possible to have an automatic synchronization between a specific AWS S3 bucket and a OneDrive folder ? and to specify rules e.g. remove certain files extensions from the sync ; only sync ...
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Link to onedrive file opens without logged in
I have made an Outlook free account. With this account I have 5GB free storage on opendrive and the use of Ms Office web applications. I made an online excel file and I take the link to it. I realize ...
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How can I restore the missing Auto-save toggle in Microsoft Office on MacOS after reinstalling OneDrive?
I had to reformate my macbook and reinstall OneDrive. After reinstalling when I opened a microsoft office file (word, excel or pp) the autosave toggle disappeared.
Can anybody help me with this issue?
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Opening Old & Unlinked OneDrive Folder Also Opens New OneDrive Folder in New Window
I recently migrated from OneDrive Personal to OneDrive Business. During the process, I also performed steps outlined here to rename and shorten the OneDrive Business folder. Though the process was ...
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How to exclude folders from gallery?
I use OneDrive for many things and there are images everywhere outside the Pictures folder.
OneDrive shows them in the Gallery (Photos > Gallery > All Photos) which is useless and makes working ...
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OneDrive SMB access
Is there a way to access OneDrive via SMB? I mean, for creating a local or network drive in Windows for accessing the cloud storage through. Maybe through other layers offered by another software? ...
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Removing my previous company's OneDrive folder
I have a OneDrive folder set up on my desktop from my previous employer. I recently left that company and want to remove the folder, but can't see how to do that - googling shows how to remove ...
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OneDrive "remembers" accounts not used/signed-in on new MacBook
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I have been struggling find a solution to this for about a week and need some help. I have recently bought a personal MacBook as dev machine for my research, so all it will have installed is ...
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How to restore favorite in Edge from OneDrive favorites folder?
I use to keep all my Bookmarks on Windows 10 on IE11 and backed them on the OneDrive Favorites folder.
But since IE11 had been discontinued I was maintaining the Favorites manually in the OneDrive ...
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Remove One drive login prompt
I'm regularly getting prompted by onedrive to login and then it shows the prompt to log into my former schools office 365. of course I don't have an account there anymore and have removed the account ...
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Why can't I share (personal 365) OneDrive files with people signed into a work account?
I am trying to share files (and OneNote's) from my personal (Office 365) OneDrive account. If the recipient isn't signed in at all, it works fine. If the recipient is signed into a personal Microsoft ...
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