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OneDrive Q regarding file access from 2 systems
Scenario: Within the root of one drive I have a directory named RESOURCE_FILES. Within that I have a txt file named MyFile.txt . SCENARIO1: I am at my laptop (named MyLP01) connected to one drive and using a text editor app (note NotePad) I open MyFile.txt that is in OneDrive. If I move to my workstation (MyPC01) and open MyFile.txt using a text editor (not NotePad) I can have teh file open on both systems. If a change is made to MyFile.txt on either PC, the other will get a notice that the file has changed and tge text editor app asks me if I want to reload the updated file. This is expected behavior. SCENARIO2: I am at my laptop (named MyLP01) connected to one drive and using a text editor app (note NotePad) I open MyFile.txt that is in OneDrive. Without closing the file or altering it, I activate teh VPN to my office and then I launch RDP (Remote Desktop) and connect my pc at work (MyWORKPC01). I then launch a text editor app (not NotePad) and open MyFile.txt located in OneDrive. When I try to open teh file after about 15-20 seconds I get an error msg that there is a problem accessing teh file. Why in scenario 1 can I have 1 file in OneDrive open from 2 different systems but I can't in scenario#2? Thanks
Sharing Link - Something Went Wrong
I've had a lot of trouble recently with the use of sharing links. I'll create a sharing link from within Office, send it out, then when someone clicks on it the link doesn't work. Yesterday this happened, so I created a new sharing link, then tested it myself. The other users were able to access the document and respond with comments, so this morning I updated the document, and when I look in OneDrive now, the document is no longer listed as Shared and the sharing link that worked yesterday no longer works. Has anyone else observed this sort of behavior and have you found any solutions? The error you get on attempted access is: Sorry, something went wrong Sorry, you cannot access this document. Please contact the person who shared it with you. TECHNICAL DETAILS Troubleshoot issues with Microsoft SharePoint Foundation. Correlation ID: dcede79d-600e-3000-19a3-b291e8b565cf Date and Time: 4/14/2017 6:39:45 AM
People Section in Photos on OneDrive app
Why can I not see the 'People' section in Photos on the OneDrive app that is depicted in the following Microsoft support topic titled 'Group photos by people'. The purpose is to enable users to find photos that have particular people in them. Great feature, just can't find it in my OneDrive apps on either my Business or Personal Microsoft 365 services? Group photos by people - Microsoft Support Is this a new feature that hasn't been rolled out yet, and if so when is it coming?
Lost all Onedrive files
I manage my Onedrive files primarily on my desktop and when I went into my computer today I couldn’t access any file because they all had the red X sync error. Then I went into the web to access them and they were all gone. I checked the recycle bin and restore and nothing was there. Any idea what happened and how I can get my files back? I have multiple accounts (two for work and one personal) and this was my personal account. My work is doing updates on my work laptop this week and my concern is somehow they deleted all my personal files.
OneDrive Context Menu Missing on Windows 11
OneDrive Context menu missing Hi guys, I’m having some issues regarding OneDrive and it’s Context Menu not being present on files. Environment: Windows 11 23H2, Intune managed OneDrive Build: 25.005.0112.30003 (64-bit) Affected users: all I tried all the fixes I could find on the Internet, but none have helped. Devices don’t have issues with synchronization, they only have an issue with the Context Menu missing. I can only see Always Keep on this Device and Free Up Space. Even if I press Show More Options, only the same only two previously mentioned appear. Is there anything else which I could have missed? Intune policies – no one seems to control such a thing, the context menu. Is there really not a known fix for this issue? 1. UAC control - ⦁ How to change the User Account Control policies to allow OneDrive context menus - Microsoft Support In my case, both explorer and onedrive are with No, at the Elevated status According to the above article, the following Local Security policies are in place: 2. Check if the shell extension is blocked Add or Remove "Move to OneDrive" context menu in Windows 11 | Windows 11 Forum The Key Blocked did not even exist on the device. I’ve went and added it manually, for both current user and all users, nothing has changed. 3. Fresh install of OneDrive, downloaded from ⦁ Download the OneDrive App for PC, Mac, Android, or iOS – Microsoft OneDrive – no luck 4. Reinstalling OneDrive with /allusers parameter – no luck. Had a look through HKRoot\* - nothing I did made a difference. I can see that other users are complaining of this issue to this day - Windows 11 File Explorer context menu missing View Online and Version - Microsoft Community Options OneDrive not visible in File Explorers context menu - Microsoft Community
Slow OneDrive uploadspeed!
For a few years i used an university MS-account with 2TB OneDrive storage. Now these cooperation runs out and i made my own MS account with those 1TB OneDrive storage. I have like ~500GB of data in that old OneDrive and right now try to copy everything to my new personal one... But the uploadspeed is horrible! Referring to speedtests I have like 50Mbit/s (Ethernet so quite stable) so ~ like 6.25MB/s upload. The maximum onedrive reaches is like 1.5MB/s.... and in average i get like 750kB/s... My PC is already running for 2 days... Do you have any idea to solve this problem or is this just something i have to accept? Is it possible that institutions like universities have better uploadspeeds, or are just prioritized and so on? Thanks in advance! BR
What do I need to connect OneDrive with non-Azure cloud using webhooks?
Currently, I have a Dropbox shared folder connected with AWS processing pipeline via webhooks. In this setup, every time a user authenticated by Dropbox makes a change in the Dropbox folder, an AWS Lambda is triggered to download the changed file to AWS infrastructure and do some computations there. Now, our partner requested Dropbox to be replaced with OneDrive, but to keep the existing AWS pipeline for processing. Thus, a question arises: what would be sufficient to connect existing AWS infrastructure with OneDrive shared folder (after every change to a file in OneDrive the file has to be sent to AWS)? What should I recommend to our partner for this use case? Especially: - should I recommend the "OneDrive for business" license? - is a stand-alone OneDrive license enough to utilize webhooks or are additional solutions like Azure needed? Please note that the relationship with the partner is a formal one, so I can't change my recommendation. Also, for unrelated reasons I am unable to set up my own account, prototype and check for myself, as I normally would. In the future I will be able to make additional recommendations when specification changes, so there isn't any problem with changing the license to a higher one later on. Research I've done so far: - I've read the [OneDrive API documentation on webhooks](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/onedrive/developer/rest-api/concepts/using-webhooks), but it is unclear to me what pre-requisites I need to set this up. Especially, is it supported on every license? - The onedrive-webhooks-aspnet repo on GitHub lists prerequisites, but since the README.md was updated 6 years ago, I am unsure how up-to-date it is. It advises to use OneDrive Personal registered with the Microsoft registration portal or OneDrive for Business with Microsoft Azure Active Directory and Office 365 app registration tool. The links do not work, though. - There is also a fairly recent guide on rollout.com on implementing webhooks in OneDrive, but it relies on Microsoft Graph. Is Microsoft Graph a necessity? Any additional links to resources on how to set this up are welcomed :)OneDrive affects Internet connection speed - everything is synced
Hi, on one computer in my household, OneDrive causes extreme internet connection slowness. The computer is running Windows 10, everything up to date. OneDrive says in the system tray that the sync is up to date and nothing is currently syncing. It is not causing any visible traffic in Task Manager. With OneDrive running and active, Speedtest.net reports a download speed of less than 5 Mbps, and surfing the internet becomes near impossible. When I pause OneDrive sync, Speedtest.net reports a download speed of over 100 Mbps. Turn OneDrive sync on again and the connection speed goes back to a crawl. It's repeatable and consistent. OneDrive sync is up to date, so it's not actually moving any data when the connection speed is slow. It appears to slow down the Mbps throughput for the whole internet connection for some reason. Any ideas what to do about that, other than constantly pausing OneDrive sync, so the internet is usable again? This is OneDrive Personal, as part of a M365 Family subscription.Stop OneDrive backing up photos
Hi, I have both a private and a business MS OneDrive account. I use a work PC and an Android phone (Samsung). My problem concern my private account. No matter what I do, OneDrive insists on backing up my private photos. I've tried MS online guides, but turning off the "backup photos and videos" doesn't work and my storage is constantly over the limit! Please help!Uploading files to OneDrive Personal via API fails when filename starts with "Windows"
Hi everyone, We've encountered a strange issue with our backup tool that affects random users. Files with names starting with "Windows" (e.g., Windows.gif) fail to upload to OneDrive Personal accounts, regardless of whether we're using: Simple Item Upload (PUT request) Resumable Item Upload (POST to create an upload session) Both methods return a 404 Not Found error. Details: Simple Upload Fails after the PUT completes. Resumable Upload Fails during the session creation call. No issues with filenames not starting with "Windows." A similar unresolved issue was reported here. Sample Request & Response: Simple Upload: PUT /v1.0/drive/items/{item-id}:/Windows.gif:/content Authorization: Bearer [token] Host: api.onedrive.com Response: HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found Payload: json { "error": { "code": "itemNotFound", "message": "Item does not exist" } } Resumable Upload: bash POST /v1.0/drive/items/{item-id}:/Windows.gif:/upload.createSession Authorization: Bearer [token] Content-Type: application/json Response: HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found Payload: json { "error": { "code": "itemNotFound", "message": "Item does not exist" } } Key Observations: Random Accounts Affected: Issue occurs inconsistently across different OneDrive Personal accounts. No Request ID: Failed responses lack request IDs, making tracing difficult. Inconsistent Reproduction: I can't reproduce it on my account, but my colleague can. Uploading the same file via the OneDrive web interface works fine. Trying to force URL-encode the filename in the request results in the same error Questions: Has anyone encountered this before? Could this be related to reserved keywords or API filtering rules? Any advice on debugging this further, given the lack of request IDs? Thanks.OneDrive
Good Day I have my director that can't log into his Onedrive. It keeps asking for a passcode but I don't get one smsed or get one on the Microsoft authenticator or on recovery email. I have also tried google authenticator but no help. Any idea? When I phone Microsoft I just get a BOT and no help
Microsoft OneDrive has folder with only nums in it's name
So recently I started noticing SharePoint process in working in background. (I used procexp.exe app). I don't have SharePoint installed on my computer, so I clicked on it and looked it's path in properties. It took me to "Microsoft OneDrive" folder, but the process .exe file was in folder with a lot of nums in it's name. Name looks like a.b.c.d (a, b, c, d are some numbers) So this folder has 2 folders with nums in the name, first one has only one file, while second has a lot more folders, dll files, some .exe and some other types, and the Microsoft.SharePoint.exe which is the process exe file I saw in procexp. While I don't really use any Microsoft apps (I only use Word, where I have autosave option disabled). And, as I mentioned, I don't have SharePoint installed, so it's the only app with that name on my pc. This program is signed by Microsoft, so I am sure it's not a malware. So I have 2 questions: 1) What can this program do in my pc (procexp says it is in LISTENING mode) ? 2) How to disable it, or, at least, disable autostart?
Signing in
I'm having trouble signing in to my OneDrive on my Wife's phone (we have 365 - she is included). When I go through the sign-in process it gives me a number to select in the "Microsoft App". I don't know what that is ! So I opted for an email instead, which I received. That contained a link to the password reset dialog. I don't want to do that. How can I actually sign in the OneDrive ? ThanksUnlink OneDrive folder in Windows 10
Hello I have problem with OneDrive. User is not signed in OneDrive but the folder 'C:\Users\%username%\OneDrive - My Org' exist and you can browse all file names and open files which are cached locally. I have found out that you can clear saved user credentials by deleteing this json file (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/clear-onedrive-cached-credentials-5b7d944e-89ce-4fbd-812c-a1d93645cfd1) but this does not help because the user is not logged in OneDrive. del /q /f "%userprofile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive\settings\PreSignInSettingsConfig.json" In this document https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/troubleshoot/sync/onedrive-local-folder-name-not-updated it's guided to unlink the user account from OneDrive Settings but this cannot be done because user is not logged in OneDrive. I have also deleted this reg key as suggested in the document but this this did not help. reg delete "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\OneDrive" /f 2>nul Only solution so far have been backing up all files, then removing the whole user profile but this is not practical. I would like to unlink the OneDrive by using PowerShell or a batch file.
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