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Missing OneDrive context menu in windows 10
donreak Hi there,
Our documentation changes with time and the article I previously mention is one of them.
For the OneDrive missing context menu we have now this one - https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/how-to-change-the-user-account-control-policies-to-allow-onedrive-context-menus-1f957672-848d-48bb-bfe8-5af828613211
Hope this helps
WaddoNow that I think of it and realize what we mean by UAC, that seems highly unlikely to fix my problem because I have UAC disabled on 2 computers, but only my laptop is having the context menu issue. Nonetheless, I adjusted the UAC slider and I'm about to check my context menus after rebooting. If that doesn't fix it (or if the fix doesn't persist after I disable UAC again because frankly, I find UAC to be more annoying than helpful/protective), I'll try running the installer with BentleyC's extra argument, and go from there if that doesn't work. Will edit or reply to this message accordingly within about half an hour.
thank you both for the help, in any event.
edit: okay, I guess I stand corrected. While UAC probably isn't the cause of the problem, enabling it, restarting, and then disabling it and restarting again seems to have fixed my issue. Thanks Waddo
PhillipM glad you got it sorted with the UAC change, thanks for the update. UAC is annoying but it is there for a reason.
We run over 1000 windows 10 machines in different locations around the globe and this is always the fix. We have had different System Admins make changes to UAC for certain APPs, like remote install of Sophos AV, and straight away One Drive Context menu disappears. Revert back = Fixed.
BentleyC - As you can see nothing to do with the installer. UAC is the solution. Why are you installing One drive when it is built in? Thats the bit that has me stumped. Apology not required. You are spreading mis information. Even Microsoft have posted the fix for this which is UAC. 🙂
One drive is built in, no install required, so nothing to do with the installer, did you just make that up or have real world experience going around in circles with this? One Drive is installed already on the win10 machines from new build, so you just sign in as each user for different profiles and Bingo you have one drive with no installation. All our Staff when Hot desk simply login to the Desktop and using SSO they have one drive automatically.
- Read the last sentence of his reply. 🙂
Ok so if the Fix for "missing context menu for One drive" is not to simply enable UAC correctly and reboot, but as you suggest re-install One drive using /allusers switch, even though One drive is installed for all users by default and all they need to do is simply sign in?
I would say you need to spread your vast expertise and knowledge around, its not fair you keeping all this to yourself. Waddo Wow, someone in charge of "a 1000 systems" who doesn't have the reading comprehension of a 6 year old. Scary.
He didn't say your fix worked, he said he was skeptical.
The fix _I_ posted also comes from Microsoft. So apology necessary from YOU.
If you have an older installed version of Windows 10, prior to 1903, the installed version does not have this issue.
Check yourself pal.
