Forum Discussion
OneDrive stuck on "getting in sync" icons
- Jul 22, 2018
Not sure if this is still an issue for some users but I recently had this happen for one of my clients. I realized after some testing that if I renamed one of the folders showing the "Getting in Sync" status, created a new folder, then copied over all the items from that folder, the issue would subside. When I proceeded to delete the original folder, it prompted me if I wanted to remove a temp system file.
This helped me realize that the folders in question that would not sync all had locked/corrupt temp system files (which are hidden by default) and are not meant to sync with the OneDrive Client. This included temp files for word docs, thumbnail/icon database files, etc.
Moving forward I temporarily changed the folder options as follows (Windows 10):
1. In File Explorer > View Tab > Options (All the way to the right)
2. View Tab
3. Select the radio button for "Show hidden files, folders, and drives"
4. Finally uncheck the box that shows "Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)"
Once that was done, I could browse through each folder and remove all locked/corrupted temp files and the folder would show as synced after that.
Note: Remember to undo the folder options mentioned above when done.
This may not be the end all solution for everyone but it helped in my situation.
Hi Susan, I was having the same problem and pausing the sync and resuming it would fix the display issues. After a restart the display issue was coming back. And it is really a display issue because when adding a new file or folder the sync was doing fine and was showing the new addition as synced.
We are seeing this issue on Windows 10 (1703, 1709) and Windows 7.
Then I update my computer with the new release of the insider preview or Windows 10 (Build 17063) and I am now running the client version 17.3.7289.1207 and there is no issue at the moment.
I do think that the issue is with the version of the client you are running. There should be no problem with the sync but I agree that it is not easy to explain to client running into that kind of issues.