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Missing OneDrive context menu in windows 10
Hi, I'm missing the context menu on synced OneDrive for Business files. The icons on the cloud status are visible, but in the right-click menu I have no section on OneDrive. So no chance of changin...
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
Open (User) Folder, Select View tab at top and View Options at far right.
In View Option dialog select to "show hidden windows system files" and accept security warnings.
(1) Check for any duplicate OneDrive folders. Open each folder to determine which one has your files in it and delete all other duplicate folders.
(2) Check for "desktop.ini" files and delete ALL but the most current file. (Right click, >Properties:
I noticed this issue came up after restoring data from October 2018 Update. Upon a restart after update, my PC would no longer boot and all attempts to repair the installation failed. I had to completely wipe my drive, reinstall Win10 Insider and then restore files and folders using Acronis True Image 2018. This created duplicate system folders and .ini files resulting in the loss of OneDrive Context menu as well as OneDrive not syncing files properly.
(3) Re-open Folder View Options and clear "hide windows system folders" option.
How do you restore the option 'Free up Space" when you right-click the folder?