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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
There is no OneDrive in the menu you should have the cloud icon next to Share and that’s it. If that’s the case you need to make sure you enabled files on demand on the OneDrive client settings. By default it’s not on. I’m remote now so cannot look but it’s on the first tab. Once that’s on the shell should update to show the make available offline etc.
Christopher, a customer of mine is facing the same issue. He has a Windows 10 laptop (version 1803) and have enabled files on-demand feature. But the context menu is not available furthermore he's not able to free up space
Any news, i need this urgent
(1) Open (User) folder on PC
(2) Select View tab and click View Options at far right
(3) In folder options dialog box, select View Tab and check "Hide Protected Operating system files" and click OK.
(4) In (User) folder, delete all but the newest "desktop.ini" files.
(5) Check for any duplicate "One Drive" folders and delete all but the one that has your files and folders in it.
(6) Return to Folder Options and clear "Hide Protected system files" option and click OK.
I had an orphaned folder from a system rebuild that was installed with windows. I did a file restore with Acronis and it copied the backed up One Drive folder to the previous installation location on my D: drive, leaving the C:\Users\One Drive folder location in place. I should have moved my user folders to the D: drive FIRST, then run file restore..
My user folder not have any desktop.ini file =/
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.
- I'm also experiencing this problem with my Windows 10 home edition laptop, and it's rather unfortunate since I need OneDrive to work at its best for school. I'm going to try what the Anonymous posts on 12-09-2018 said, but if that doesn't work (and it very well might not since I'm on home edition and therefore have less configuration flexibility. I normally have hidden files shown and have never seen desktop.ini anywhere, for instance), does anyone know what else I could try?
