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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
New unlicensed OneDrive user accounts policy
Hi Guys just checking and questions about OneDrive new policy about to apply in 27th Feb 2025 https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/unlicensed-onedrive-accounts#delete-unlicensed-onedrive-account My org has 5000 plus accounts which is unlicensed and sign in block users , some of accounts reassigned their OneDrive account to their manager , most of the accounts are old ones unlicensed in 2022 my question is according to the article will all of them will get deleted if there is retention for those created accounts 2022 ? can some one tell how i can get a list that assigned to manager so that we can tell the manager about this change without going mass communication best Regards Radika
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?
OneDrive Application keeps processing large number of files even if it is not syncing
We have a cloud file storage that we plan to migrate to SharePoint sites. One of the sites that I copied to test performance has approx. 550 GB and 320K files (total storage has 5.2 TB and 1.1 million files). I opened SharePoint site and clicked button to add to OneDrive but didn't click sync button. I want to see folder structure in Windows Explorer but don't want to download files. The problem is that OneDrive Windows app keeps processing forever consuming a lot of CPU and memory. Most of us work on laptops and OneDrive app seems to restarting processing every time laptop is started, so it can't finish during the day. My users want accept browsing files using a web browser, so client app is an only option for me. Am I hitting a limit of OneDrive app?OneDrive link not working once shared
When sharing a video over OneDrive to someone else, once the other person gets the link...it just open the thumbnail and says wait for browser to start downloading..and it just stays this way for infinity. Workaround for this is to create folder, and share the folder instead. Tried same video over google drive it works without issue. This was a problem for me like a year ago. Is there some reason for this?
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.
how to save two different computers seperately with the same microsoft account to one drive?
how do you save two differnt (or more your PCs) to the same one drive so they don't blur together? As my computers age, I tend to change them and thought I could save my old PCs to the cloud under one drive. Now I am confused. I think I might have done this before but I'm not sure. Since my new PC purchases, it drops all of my then current PC down into the device. My first new one was just a notebook and I wanted it to remain emptish/clean of anything in order to think. Also a notebook brain is not too big. I had it sinking, but I'm not sure how now. My new desktop also automatically just dumped the old PC (windows 10) to this new PC (windows 11) which I like sort of blank so I can relearn the computer and to start new. I only use one Microsoft and think they made it a law that we, the consumer, only has one Microsoft account, free or paid per person. Please help!
Onedrive settings window stuck on the loading circle
Hi, I'm having trouble accessing the OneDrive settings window in Windows 11. I've tried several troubleshooting steps, including resetting, reinstalling, and deleting configuration files (located in the %localappdata% directory). Additionally, I ran an SFC /scannow command, but it didn't detect any errors. The Settings window appears to be stuck, as shown in the attached image. I will appreciate any help. Cheers, Rafał
One Drive processing over 75K changes (Macintosh)...
This morning I noticed my One Drive folder in my DocK start to "jump" every 10 seconds or so. I investigated and the One Drive app was processing over 75K changes. I have not touched any file on my One Drive in a few weeks. I upgraded to the latest Mac OS Sequoia Beta about 1 week ago (not the one that just came out yesterday). This is odd behavior, IMHO. It doesn't look like there are any changes to the files, or changes to the update dates. I believe if MS or Apple changed something in the meta data of a file, that that changes might cause this behavior. Or if you "reset" OneDrive. In either case it is processing changes that are really not changes to the files, correct? I also read that MS is adding (unwanted in my opinion) AI features to 365. Could that be causing some behind the scene changes? Weird. BryanOld Onedrive storage location on External HD causing problems with Windows apps on laptop
Hi Everyone, Until a few months ago, I used to work in an organisation, where I was given an office laptop linked to a Microsoft Onedrive account ("Official Onedrive"). I had set up a personal external HD (Per-HD1") to act as a storage location for this Onedrive account. Periodically, I would connect this Per-HD1 to my personal laptop, open the Official Onedrive, and it would sync my office data to the Per-HD1 in a sub-folder called "Sync-latest". I also had a personal laptop, an HP 2009 model, where I had built up, over the years, a sizeable inventory of personal documents. Other personal documents were saved on another external HD ("Per-HD2"). And lastly, I also used to have a personal Onedrive account since many years, which I used for storing some random news cuttings, etc, consuming less than 20% of the Onedrive allowance of 5GB. A few months ago, I left that organisation. At this point, (a) my office data was saved in Per-HD1 (b) my personal data was saved partly in the 2009 laptop, partly in my Per-HD2, and partly in my personal Onedrive. As I wanted to buy a new personal laptop and trade-in my old 2009 laptop, I copy-pasted my personal data from my old 2009 laptop to Per-HD1. I then bought the new personal laptop, loaded with MS Office 2021 Home & Student Edition, Windows 11, and simultaneously traded-in the old 2009 laptop to the seller, after formatting the hard disk. I then did the following: a) CUT-PASTED my personal data from Per-HD1 to my new personal laptop's C drive under "Documents" folder b) CUT-PASTED my last office data from the "Sync-latest" sub-folder in my Per-HD1 to my new laptop's C drive under "Documents" folder. Just to re-emphasise, the "Sync-latest" sub-folder on my Per-HD1, is the external hard drive location, where I used to sync my office data from my Official Onedrive. c) created a few more Word/Excel documents in my personal Onedrive. So now, my documents are spread out as follows: Some are in my personal Onedrive Some others are in my C drive under "Documents" Some others are in my Per-HD2 My Per-HD1, which does not contain any of my useful or relevant documents any more, but which is the source of the problem, now looks as shown below: CANNOT PUBLISH THE SCREENSHOT, LET ME KNOW HOW TO, SO THAT YOU GET A CLEARER IDEA OF THE PROBLEM The three folders shown in the red box above, have the following contents: 1. The "Sync-latest" folder has the following two (lowest level) sub-folders: (a) "Desktop" as shown below - which contains shortcuts to some personal documents (not from my old employment) which are located either in my personal onedrive, or in my Per-HD2, and whose shortcuts I created and sent them to the desktop of my personal laptop. CANNOT PUBLISH THE SCREENSHOT, LET ME KNOW HOW TO, SO THAT YOU GET A CLEARER IDEA OF THE PROBLEM and (b) "Screenshots" as shown below - which contains the screenshots that have been copy-pasted on this page, as shown below: CANNOT PUBLISH THE SCREENSHOT, LET ME KNOW HOW TO, SO THAT YOU GET A CLEARER IDEA OF THE PROBLEM As you can see, the "Sync-latest" folder on my Per-HD1, which used to earlier contain my synced office data from my Official Onedrive, and from where I had cut-pasted all my office data to my personal laptop's "Documents" folder, is still somehow "active" and contains the shortcuts that were created on my personal laptop (how??), as well as screenshots that I take from the screen snipper application on my personal laptop (how??) !!!! 2. The "OLD BACKUPS" folder contains my superceded office data 3. The "OneDrive Temp" folder looks as shown in the screenshot below: CANNOT PUBLISH THE SCREENSHOT, LET ME KNOW HOW TO, SO THAT YOU GET A CLEARER IDEA OF THE PROBLEM I noted that the above strangely numbered sub-folders were created at the time of the last syncing of my office data with Per-HD1 on the dates indicated. I recall running into some sync issues back then, but then was able to somehow (no idea how) ensure that all my office data was properly synced and available on Per-HD1, before I returned the office laptop. I have noted that deleting these sub-folders causes some unexpected problems, so restored them back from the Recycle Bin. So the PROBLEMS which require an urgent resolution are: 1. If I do not connect Per-HD1 to my personal laptop before starting it, OR if I delete the "Sync-latest" folder in Per-HD1, two major things happen: (i) each and every app on the home screen as shown in the screenshot below (in red boxes) disappears, but if I shut down the laptop, reconnect PerHD1, and then restart the laptop, these apps re-appear on the desktop and taskbar. CANNOT PUBLISH THE SCREENSHOT, LET ME KNOW HOW TO, SO THAT YOU GET A CLEARER IDEA OF THE PROBLEM (ii) none of the documents using MS office (Word, Excel, PPT, etc) can be opened, regardless of where they are stored - C drive, PerHD2, or personal Onedrive. NB: Non-MS Office documents, eg. PDF, wherever stored, can however be opened 2. If I delete the "OneDrive Temp" folder, some problem happens, whose details I have forgotten, and do not want to re-create the problem for fear of losing access to my data. In sum, as you can see, it looks like Per-HD1 has somehow got a "stranglehold" on my personal laptop, due to the fact that it used to be my Official Onedrive sync location. I need to, without losing any data, delink Per-HD1 from my personal laptop, otherwise I will have to forever carry Per-HD1 around with my laptop wherever I go. Just in case it is relevant to the issue, I had delinked my official Onedrive account from my new personal laptop, before giving my office laptop back to the organisation. And I had also delinked my old 2009 laptop from my personal Onedrive account. So now, my personal Onedrive account is linked only to my new personal laptop.
