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RESOLVED - Sync ONE (or specified) folders/files to OneDrive personal
Hello,
Without needing to get, configure, and map a NAS on my home network, how do I use OneDrive on my Windows 10 Home to sync ONE single folder? In the Settings' Choose Folders option, I can only select Desktop, Documents, etc. entirely - there's no folder tree drop-down or any options. It's an all or none.
Also, I "backed up" my Desktop for testing and found the location of Desktop went from C:\Desktop to C:\Users\MY NAME\OneDrive\Desktop - MOVED to the cloud instead of syncing from my PC. I still need my data local to my PC if I'm using OneDrive.
Any steps to achieve my requirements would be much appreciated. Thank you.
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Well, I tired that and still all or none. Thanks for all the feedback however.
As much as I basically use MSO for everything I can and love MSO (esp. Excel), their SaaS is just simply trash. The code for OneDrive is just poor, it doesn't have good/useful options, it breaks desktop.ini files, it won't download all your folders when trying to bring folders from OneDrive to PC (it just downloads the ones with files in them and discards the empty ones, which is obnoxious because people like me still have those as part of a file structure whether currently in use or not), and overall has caused many issues. All my IT coworkers and everyone else I know who has similar needs agrees to not even use OneDrive as a solution, past being a non-computer-savvy person who just wants their wedding photos or grandkids on their phone from their PC.
My solution is to use Google Drive (solved all the issues addressed in this post) or buy a NAS if it just needs to be within your private network. If it is a home network and smaller needs, absolutely just plug an external hard drive into your router (if you have one with a USB port) or if needed, buy a NAS adapter for about $15-$20 (USB to ethernet) off Amazon to connect. Use the network folder on your devices from there.
And, (I'm in IT but I don't recommend doing this unless your a professional) if you know good port security, you can even port forward your NAS to be your own cloud service on the internet from your home network. I do believe there's programs/devices to make that easier though. However, it's still going to be more advanced than using a Google Drive regardless.
- That seems like a solution for the data's storage location but what about syncing only one folder?
Also, annoyingly it dropped all my desktop.ini icon configs so I don't feel like going through all my folders again to set back the icons - don't feel like backing up desktop again to test.
