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Change in Files On-Demand behaviour in recent update to OneDrive for Windows
I have two PCs - one I use at home and another I use at work. Both are running Windows 11 23H2 and are fully up to date with Microsoft updates. Both are running OneDrive version 23.214.1015.0001. ...
LeonPavesicRichard_Gration I can confirm that using this option is vastly different than being able to disable Files On-Demand entirely and is having quite the impact in my work space, especially since the Files On-Demand system doesn't seem to allow two people to operate in the same document at the same time. Its possible that it would be better if all of the computers were changed to this system, but if it isn't then we're essentially going back in time 10 years in OneDrive functionality.
Has anyone come up with a solution to solve this problem, or is this another case of Microsoft handicapping their users for no apparent reason?
This is a joke!
I have thousands of files in my OneDrive and every time I reboot my machine it takes hours to 'Process Changes' before any changes to existing files I make uploads, rendering OneDrive a much worse experience to what I had before without the ability to disable files on demand.
Not to mention, half the 'Status' icons are just incorrect:
I figured this one out!
You want to navigate to
C:\Program Files\Microsoft OneDrive\Build Number\adm\
Or
%localappdata%\Microsoft\OneDrive\Build Number\adm\
If it is a user installation
Make sure build number is replaced with the build number.
Then you should copy the ADMX file to C:\Windows\PolicyDefinitions.
After that copy the ADML file to C:\Windows\PolicyDefinitions\en-US
With that done you should be able to go to administrative templates then OneDrive and set "Use Files On Demand" to disabled.
After that you should be able to re-open OneDrive and it should work.
I hope this guide helped someone out :).
Also this is my first post on the forum so sorry if its bad
Edit: Sorry I didn't mention that this was on windows 10 the behaviour might be different in windows 11
- Thanks for posting this. I gave it a try and, as expected, it does make the OneDrive administrative template appear in gpedit.msc. However, setting 'Use Files On Demand' to disabled makes no difference, even after rebooting the machine. I presently have OneDrive version: Build 24.101.0519.0010 (64-bit).
So, unfortunately the problem still persists as per my original post. It is clearly possible for the previous OneDrive behaviour to still work with the current version of the OneDrive software as my work PC continues to allow 'Files On Demand' to be toggled off with exactly the same version of OneDrive installed.
It is disrespectful of its customers that Microsoft forces these changes on users. Users should be able to select whether they want 'Files On Demand' or not, and not be forced into a change they don't want or need.Interesting, maybe Microsoft changed the behaviour as I did this so I could access my OneDrive sync folder through my Linux install. After doing the group policy edit it allowed me to access the folder in Linux. If I didn't do this I would get a error code saying it was unreadable. Also I forgot to mention that it was done on windows 10 so Microsoft may have changed something in windows 11 to make that OS even more worse
ImNotExpecting i tried all of these and thy didn't work. OneDrive seems to ignore group policy and registry .. i have windows 11 pro ( 23H2) and the OneDrive version: Build 24.101.0519.0010 (64-bit)
