Forum Widgets
Latest Discussions
Local Onedrive files won't open when away from Wifi
Why can't I open a Onedrive file that is saved to my Surface harddrive when I am away from WiFi. I literally opened the file up while I was with WiFi, so when I travelled to the non-WiFi location, the file would be available, or updated, or not be corrupted, or not do whatever crazy thing it does when it can't connect. Sadly I forgot to plug it in so it had to restart and did an update. When I tried to re-open the file that is literally on my harddrive, it said "Excel cannot open the file because the file format or the file extension is not valid". This is ridiculous, and not the only time it has happened. Even if my Onedrive sync is up to date, at times when I am away from WiFi, when trying to open a file I get the same report. To be safe, I have made a practice to open the files I need to ensure that they will be available when I am away from WiFi. If the files are on my computer drive, why can't I open them?? Please give a better solution then me hoping it is going to work every time I go out.
OneDrive repeatedly misguiding users
Hi, Just letting you guys know that you are pushing the OneDrive agenda way too much and you are repeatedly misguiding and misrepresenting users on how and where they should store their files, without acquiring proper permission, without disclosing proper procedures, and without informing users on the consequences of their decisions. It's not your place to dictate to users how they should store their files and where to store them and organize them. Additionally, I have brought this up to support in the past: Windows Updates get installed and before I can even login, I get these blue screen prompts to go back to using Edge, as well as to use OneDrive, and to "Backup with OneDrive." The users are essentially being pushed or tricked into agreeing with whatever you want them to do and this is completely wrong. Where do these backups go? What are the folder structures? What "apps" get backed up? How do you offer Restoration in the event of a failure? What is the proper procedure to recover lost files? Do you have File/Version History? Who said it's correct, for example, to synchronize the Windows Desktop among computers? Who is issuing all these incorrect procedures on file management, backup, and synchronization?
Congratulations, Microsoft products couldn't have been worse even if you tried.
I was thinking why should I bother posting about this, who would read it, and would it make Microsoft any better if someone reads this? But the world would never improve if no one reports this kind of bad design. So here we go. Why make it so hard to sign up for Azure, register an app, set up permissions, register an app in the MDN (whatever the F it stands for), just to be able to connect to build an ETL job that pulls from multi-tenant onedrive. Why so much text everywhere that it becomes unreasonable to read and find information that matters. Why pretend you have an AI called Copilot when it doesn't have access to data and all it does is spit back information from the docs. How to fix this? Put yourself in the shoes of someone new who's integrating Microsoft products for the first time. No assumptions. No required prior knowledge. Less text, straight to the point. No weird error messages with complicated Error IDs. If no one understands them, why bother bloat the limited screen space with it? Why not have an actual AI that can give concrete pointers instead of showing a link to a generic documentation page? This could go on, but I'm gonna practice what I preach and get straight to the point with the suggestions above. The only moat Microsoft has is the heavy corporate contracts that bind stupid corporations to use Microsoft products and services. The moment a new provider with simpler/faster/cheaper services shows up, developers and people working day-to-day with Microsoft services will gladly migrate over. My 2-cent bottle in the sea.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.
File close event
Hello, I have been looking for finding different technique by which i can know that i file was closed by different users after collaboration. There webhooks, however it send only updated event and there is no webhook event closed or not in use or latest in OneDrive. I want this event take the file from OneDrive and send across some workflow. Is there a way by which this can be done? Also file will be opened by different user in browser or desktop. Thanks DeveloperOneDrive direct download link
Hi, We have tried to get direct download link or to access publicly shared drive file with Graph API . It seems that the the URL structure has changed as well as the API. The thing behind the API is that i cant access file though https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/shares/{sharedDriveItem-id} this endpoint since when i get the link and try to encode it to get sharedDriveItem-id the response is that the "The sharing link no longer exists, or you do not have permission to access it.". Anyone has any idea how to get direct download URL from initial public share URL give by someone? Thank you.
