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Block/prevent specific folders from being sync'ed
As OneDrive admins we would like to block/prevent specific folders from being sync'ed (i.e node_modules), using policies. In the roadmap there is this item: https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?id=178292 that was supposed to be rolling by now, any information about its status. Thanks
Is it possible to restore a folder to a previous state?
Is there a way to restore a folder to its previous state? For example its state as at one week ago? I see this is possible for individual files, but not for folders. (Maybe the solution is to delete the folder and then look for a version in the onedrive recycle bin - will this work?)
Onedrive file sync issue
I just recently had an issue where my files were not synced because i had run out of onedrive storage space so i just got rid of a bunch of unnecessary files sitting around which freed up a ton of space. The files still werent synced so i resett one drive to sync them back up but when i did that it just restored the files i had just deleted. I kept trying over and over again but the same kept happening and now i cant sycn my files. Ive tried everything, restarted my computer. Reinstalled onedrive but its all not working and my files and folders wonf sync. What do i do to fix this?OneDrive wanted me to set up backing up to OneDrive, again
When I logged into my Windows 11 machine here at home, I was presented with a full-window popup from OneDrive. It wanted me to set up backing up my important folders like Documents, Photos, etc. I have been paying for Microsoft 365 Family Edition for at least 10 years, so I've done this already. But I thought I'd go ahead and do it again. But now I'm wondering, might I have accidentally created a second schedule job to back up my Documents, Photos, etc. to OneDrive, duplicating what I've done when I set those things up years ago?
OneDrive for Business is showing I've used 700BG of space even though I've deleted everything.
OneDrive for Business is showing I've used 700BG of space. However, I have deleted everything from OneDrive and emptied both levels of recycle bin. Even the OneDrive page that shows you the biggest files in OneDrive is empty. And yet OneDrive claims 700GB are in use. I have NO files. Why is OneDrive showing 700GB used space?
Date taken option removed!
I’m finding One Drive increasingly frustrating as a photographer as the date taken option has been removed and my files are badly muddled, this option was part of the app for years so why did the developer remove it. Very annoying for professional photo work so bring it back.
Changing to Always Keep... changes all folders
Within a folder on OneDrive,there are other folders and files. I want to have some just on the cloud, and always keep some on my computer. When I click on Always Keep On This Computer, all the other folders at that folder level also change to Always Keep On This Computer. I'm not talking about the contents of the folder (which I'd expect to change), I'm talking about the folders at the same level as the one I change. Also, I have a couple of folders and files that show the white checked status icon in windows explorer (as opposed to the solid green one). The right click list shows a check on those for Always Keep on this computer. Why don't they have the solid green status icon? They don't even change in the situation described above.
Syncing Minecraft Worlds to Onedrive
Hello I am trying to sync my Minecraft "saves" folder to Onedrive. It has all of my Minecraft worlds folders on it. I can upload a copy of it to Onedrive, but I am unsure if the data in the world folders updates automatically as I play in my worlds. Does the data in the world folders update as I play them? How to I sync the "saves" folder to Onedrive (it does not give me the option when I right click. For reference, the saves folder is located at: C:\Users\mixma\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\savesOne Drive Context Menu Share Button Missing!
Good Day All, So I manage an enterprise account which has one drive for business. Recently I have noticed that users complain about the "Share" Context Menu Item is missing! I can confirm it is missing and uninstalling and re-installing One drive Either Downloaded / from the microsoft store does not resolve the issue. The button in question is the following: I have tried some "Fixes" from the Infamous google search engine such as a registry edit to the following key: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\ FileSyncEx] @="{CB3D0F55-BC2C-4C1A-85ED-23ED75B5106B}" And this one: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\ FileSyncEx] @="{CB3D0F55-BC2C-4C1A-85ED-23ED75B5106B}" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\7-Zip] @="{23170F69-40C1-278A-1000-000100020000}" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\AccExt] @="{2A118EB5-5797-4F5E-8B3D-F4ECBA3C98E4}" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\ANotepad++64] @="{B298D29A-A6ED-11DE-BA8C-A68E55D89593}" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\BriefcaseMenu] @="{85BBD920-42A0-1069-A2E4-08002B30309D}" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\DropboxExt] @="{ECD97DE5-3C8F-4ACB-AEEE-CCAB78F7711C}" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\ESET Security Shell] @="{B089FE88-FB52-11D3-BDF1-0050DA34150D}" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\ModernSharing] @="{e2bf9676-5f8f-435c-97eb-11607a5bedf7}" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Open With] @="{09799AFB-AD67-11d1-ABCD-00C04FC30936}" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Open With EncryptionMenu] @="{A470F8CF-A1E8-4f65-8335-227475AA5C46}" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Sharing] @="{f81e9010-6ea4-11ce-a7ff-00aa003ca9f6}" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Sophos.Encryption.ContextMenu] @="{D6FB32CA-BE48-4DA9-B077-622BC4FE6E37}" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\WorkFolders] @="{E61BF828-5E63-4287-BEF1-60B1A4FDE0E3}" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\{90AA3A4E-1CBA-4233-B8BB-535773D48449}] @="Taskband Pin" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\{a2a9545d-a0c2-42b4-9708-a0b2badd77c8}] @="Start Menu Pin" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\DragDropHandlers] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers\BriefcasePage] @="{85BBD920-42A0-1069-A2E4-08002B30309D}" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers\CryptoSignMenu] @="{7444C719-39BF-11D1-8CD9-00C04FC29D45}" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers\FCI Properties] @="{748F920F-FB24-4D09-B360-BAF6F199AD6D}" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers\{1f2e5c40-9550-11ce-99d2-00aa006e086c}] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers\{3EA48300-8CF6-101B-84FB-666CCB9BCD32}] @="OLE DocFile Property Page" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers\{883373C3-BF89-11D1-BE35-080036B11A03}] @="Summary Properties Page" Yet nothing seems to get it back! Can any Microsoft Personel or those of you here just helping please help me before I lose myself slowly...OneDrive changes metadata on files
I'll try to make this brief. OneDrive is not accepting/changing the metadata on my images after edit. What happens is this: 1) I create an image file with keywords in DAM 2) OD uploads correctly. 3) I make a change to the file, e.g. keywords 4) OD uploads OK. Then 5) a minute or two later OD redownloads the file without the keyword edit, reverting to previous version. 6) DAM sees the change, and reverts the keywords. And then I'm in a perpetual loop. I have had 2 MS support cases on this, supplied videos, had screen share sessions and on all occasions, the support agents stop responding either by email or by phone. This is a very worrying issue and I see that others have experienced this over the last few years. I have had to remove my Photo library from OD, work on a local drive and rely on backups. Does anyone have any idea how to resolve this?OneDrive deleted thousands of my files?
I'm hoping somebody here can help me, because I can't find any kind of "Support" link just for OneDrive. Yesterday, for no reason I can determine, OneDrive (personal) deleted a couple thousand old files of mine and put them in the Recycle Bin. I was not using even half of my 1 TB storage, and I did not delete these files myself. They were in various folders. Some had been accessed very recently, some had not been accessed in years. I looked for the files on the app on my phone, on the website, and by trying to find deleted files through apps on my phone (i.e. I looked for a deleted Excel file and it was not found). They were all different file types - Excel, Word, PDF, pictures. I cannot figure out why it did this, and I haven't been able to find any documentation of a known glitch. Has anyone else had this happen?
OneDrive folders no longer have picture previews
ALL folders in OneDrive were just fine until I downloaded all recent Windows 10 updates. Now, the majority of my folders in OneDrive have no picture preview, just a tiny icon instead. The same goes for picture folders outside of OneDrive. Why do so many of my folders look like this? How do I get the previews back?OneDrive stuck on "signing in"
Hi, I'm trying to use Onedrive and Onenote, but it seems to be really terrible 50% of the time. Sometimes when I log on my pc, it says I have to log in, and in doing so, is stuck on a "signing in" loop, until it says some error code about me not having an internet connection. Here's what I've tried: 1. Close and open Onedrive 2. Removing auth from the pc and adding it again 3. Reinstalling Onedrive 4. Change Wi-Fi 5. Do a /reset in Windows run AND cmd 6. Update drivers 7. Install the newest Onedrive from the website 8. Try the app-version found in Windows Store What am I supposed to do? I don't want to restart my pc every time it doesn't work, that's a terrible fix.OneDrive for Business sync issues.
Hello Please i need your help on this issue. We are having OneDrive for Business sync issues. Our Client rossmachineshop.onmicrosoft.com has been having issues with long onedrive sync issues for some time. We have been working to help them move files to new libraries to reduce quantity of files being synced. Recently it seems that nearly all users are experiencing issues. We would like assistance in troubleshooting what is happening.
Manage Access in bulk for OneDrive Shared by Me?
I have a very long list of Shared by me files and it is taking me forever to go through each one to remove sharing. The web UI doesn't appear to support multi-select for Manage Access but before I put my head down and take to task I thought I'd ask the community. Is there a way to select multiple files and remove sharing from them in just a few clicks?Hide spesific folder from OneDrive synk all users
We have a cloud application that uses the user's OneDrive while they are working with documents. These files are stored in a specific folder and are removed when the user checks in the files through the application. However, it seems the application does not handle users checking in files while they are syncing. I’ve looked into policies and settings in SharePoint Online and Intune, but I haven’t found a way to exclude the folder for all users. The only solution so far seems to be guiding users to do this manually. Is there really no other way to achieve this?
Most recent files are not sync'd/backed-up unless you pause & restart OneDrive
As per the title - most recent files are not sync'd/backed-up unless you pause & restart OneDrive. This means you are always missing recent files from the backup, unless you remember to pause and restart OneDrive before closing Windows. How can this be prevented?OneDrive Stops Running
I have a Windows 11 on a laptop and have been using Onedrive for a long time. This problem happens when the PC is started. Suddenly the program stops after showing up in the taskbar. It goes through signing in and then quits running. For a while a window kept popping up suggesting an update to PowerDrive. That's when Onedrive stops. I uninstalled the PowerDrive program, but Onedrive stills stops. When following the suggestions on the Microsoft page for resetting Onedrive the message that it cannot find Onedrive shows up. Yet Onedrive presumably has been installed in the correct location. I have uninstalled and re-installed Onedrive. Also, re-installed Windows, and the Microsoft 365 family. Each time Onedrive shows up and then stops running. I can start Onedrive, the folder opens, the icons shows up. But a few seconds later the icon is gone. Ideas?
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