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Files On-Demand, OneDrive automatically downloads GBs of files you freed up every time after reboot
OneDrive Build 21.052.0314.0001, Windows 10 19042.928 OneDrive option Files On-Demand ON. I've opened some online files from my OneDrive, and they were correctly downloaded also locally as expec...
I've found something interesting looking in detail at OneDrive actions when the mentioned issue happens and it starts re-downloading on my local disk GBs of files I freed up, after next reboot.
The task triggering the issue seems 'CompatTelRunner.exe' (telemetry/compatibility background OS process):
Can someone in the OneDrive team fix this issue ASAP, preventing OS telemetry tasks from automatically re-downloading OneDrive files you freed up locally (Files On-Demand feature of OneDrive).
Thank you.
Hexaae This issue still exists as of 28 July 2022, on the following system:
Windows:
Windows 10 Version 21H2 (OS Build 19044.1826)
OneDrive:
Version 2022 (Build 22.141.0703.0002) (64-bit)
This should be handled on two levels (I don't care which team acts first, but both changes should eventually be enacted):
- `CompatTelRunner.exe` should automatically exclude from its scans any files noted in the filesystem as 'placeholders' by programs such as OneDrive
- OneDrive should refuse to automatically download any files for `CompatTelRunner.exe`, just like it does for other automated processes such as 'Windows Defender' anti-virus scans.
Related: Just as `CompatTelRunner.exe` downloads 'Files-on-Demand' `.exe` files within a OneDrive library, `WmiPrvSE.exe` is also guilty of doing this for `.msi` files.
Tl;dr:
Prompt action is required from both the Windows 'Application Experience' team and the OneDrive team.
