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Files-On-Demand: Some folders show the "syncing" icon but everything inside the folder is green.
Ah Ha! I figured it out. I had to go into File Explorer and turn off the Hide Protected System Files option. I then found some orphaned Word/Excel files with the ~$Filename.docx type name. I'll forcibly kill those and I think we'll be good.
Ah Ha! I figured it out. I had to go into File Explorer and turn off the Hide Protected System Files option. I then found some orphaned Word/Excel files with the ~$Filename.docx type name. I'll forcibly kill those and I think we'll be good.
- Just for those who still have the problem - I always have hidden files visible and that's not my problem.
Kelemvor333 Thanks, Mike. Yes, your solution works if the reason for the continuous syncing is the presence of orphaned files. However, many of my continuously syncing folders do not contain orphaned files. In these cases, the only way I have been able to resolve the problem is to create a new folder and transfer all of the contents from the continuously syncing problem-folder to it. So far, there has been no problem getting the new folder, with the original contents, to sync in OneDrive. When syncing of the new folder completes, I delete the problem-folder and rename the new one. I do not know why this works. It implies that the problem is in the features of the problem-folder, not in the files it contains; but I cannot see anything in the properties or settings of the problem-folder that would explain it.
Kelemvor333 Thanks so much! This has been driving me nuts for months.
I'm not really familiar with these files, there's a bit more information at the following link if anyone is interested or wary about deleting them: https://superuser.com/questions/901730/why-do-i-see-filename-hidden-excel-files
- Wow!
Really, thanks for this solution, it was driving me crazy.
I had the same problem, but somehow missed to think about orphaned .docx files.
Thanks
