Questions tagged [onedrive]
Cloud storage service from Microsoft (formerly known as SkyDrive)
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Onedrive not syncing many folders. Why?
Just look at those pictures. Onedrive says your files are synced.
And yet so many folers like htdocs, hyk Documents are not synced.
Status is still waiting to sync.
What is going on.
Checking on ...
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Anyone else that has changed to using OneDrive and having issues with Visual Studio trying to reach out to the old path?
We are starting to use OneDrive, but Visual Studios still tries to use C:\users\username\documents instead of the new C:\users\username\onedrive folder\documents folder.
So now the Visual studio ...
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Windows Explorer integration of a shared OneDrive/Sharepoint folder without an account
With OneDrive/Sharepoint (please excuse my conflating of them), it is possible to create a shared folder, which can be set to "Anyone with the link can edit".
Thus, it is possible to share ...
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How do I disable OneDrive on Windows 11 permanently?
What are the steps to disable OneDrive permanently on the latest Windows 11?
I'd also like to erase any data that was previously backed up to OneDrive.
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OneDrive web and 1st PC synced but the 2nd one doesn't
I have a laptop (Windows 11) and a PC (Windows 10) which both sync to an OneDrive account.
On the PC (Windows 10) I've moved / deleted some folders / files then it has been sync to the web, but on the ...
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Issues with unlinking OneDrive account from folders - alphanumeric keys in registry
I did a clean install of Windows 11. I didn't experience this issue before since I would do an "offline" setup of Windows without an account login, but it's a pain to do this with Windows 11....
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How do I delete 1 of 2 One Drives from a Dell laptop?
My previous job was remote. Once my contract expired, they let me keep the laptop provided. I am able to use it but a message requesting me to log in into my previous job's drive pops constantly. I ...
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Add a specific folder to OneDrive, outside of "My Documents" [duplicate]
I know the following dialog box in the OneDrive settings.
But how can I add an arbitrary folder to OneDrive sync, which is outside of "My Documents", "My Music", "My Pictures&...
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Is it possible to have the OneDrive directory inside a VeraCrypt container?
I created a VeraCrypt partition on my PC's disk (~40GB).
Said partition is mounted and available normally - I can create/copy/use files on it as normal.
I then installed the latest, freshly downloaded ...
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What causes an application on one PC to be able to open OneDrive "files" but not on another PC?
I have an application that uses files I have sync'd with OneDrive.
On machine A, when I launch this application (Blender 4.0, as it happens) and use the application's "File->Open" menu to ...
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How can I set up a NAS on my PC and connect it to OneDrive? [closed]
I have a Xiaomi Mi 360 security camera, and can only connect to it using a NAS server. However, I want the data from the camera to be saved on my OneDrive storage.
Is it possible to use, say, 30GB of ...
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Difference between /D and /J options for mklink command when syncing folders to OneDrive
I want to sync a large folder on my Windows machine to OneDrive without duplicating it on my local drive. I have read two tutorials suggesting using the mklink command to create a link between the ...
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Add Link Reference in Excel using OneDrive
I have two workbooks, and I am trying to link the two files in Excel O365 in OneDrive.
I have had limited success doing the following command on my PC or directly on OneDrive. Placing this command in ...
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How to sync an Outlook email folder to a Onedrive folder
Is it possible to synchronize a Onedrive folder with an Outlook email folder on a Windows 10 PC? If so, how to set this up? If not, I would greatly appreciate suggestions on how to make an Outlook ...
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Microsoft account permanently suspended - access to OneDrive data?
A child of mine has had unauthorized activity on their Microsoft account (the validation email got changed by malicious actors). We contacted Microsoft support, and unfortunately,
The only option we ...
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Backing up Outlook files (.pst)
I have scrolled through all the related questions to this problem. In short, I have emails from 2012 that need to be recovered; supposedly I have the back-up .pst file. However, this error reoccurs:
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Change the DISPLAY NAME (not the path) of a Business OneDrive folder in Windows File Explorer
For context: I am transgender and OneDrive for my university is showing my birth name ("deadname"), and I'd like to change it to either show my chosen name, or no name at all, just locally ...
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Disable autosave in Office 2019 when logged into OneDrive?
MS Community Question
I have Office 2019, as well as a OneDrive account, and Office 365 on some machines..
When I use Excel 365 and save to OneDrive it defaults to autosave, however I can use the ...
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How to move some mails from Outlook.com to free up some space while keeping the complete conversation view in Outlook of Office?
Due to the recent policy changes to the Outlook.com, i.e. 5GB limit on attachment, my email account is running out of space online, and I’m thinking to move some mails offline to free up some space.
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How to index Desktop in Windows 11 where Desktop is part of OneDrive
Since I use OneDrive and Desktop is part of my OneDrive Backup folders, it's located at %UserProfile%\OneDrive\Desktop
I can't find the OneDrive directory and hence can't find Desktop to index; how do ...
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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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I already tried ...
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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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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?
E.g.
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?