@Matthew888 @dazuk
This is the most comprehensive thread on the issue I've could find. I've just upgraded from Windows 10 to Windows 11 and looks like I'm on the same boat.
I am running Windows 11 22H2 Build 22621.160 and OneDrive Build 22.116.0529.0003 64-bit. I'm enrolled in the Insider program.
- Start the PC, OneDrive Personal shows up on the system tray as a dashed cloud icon stating it is Not signed in. Left or right clicking on it gives nothing.
- I've noticed that the Widgets item on the Taskbar doesn't load up correctly until OneDrive manages to sign in. I cannot open the widgets menu and whereas the icon itself usually display relevant info about the current weather, in this state it's a blank greyed out generic icon with no info. Left or right clicking on it, as well as hovering the mouse over it, gives nothing.
- Same, cannot use the Snipping Tool via the keyboard shortcut (Win + Shift + S) and though I can open the app through the Start Menu, clicking on the + New button to manually take a snap gives me nothing;
- Trying to open the Feedback Hub while in this state also won't work. The window with the splash screen pops up, stays there for a while, then disappears with no warning.
- Windows Explorer I won't even mention. It's exactly what you guys are/were going through and running it in Full Screen mode (F11) is the only way to get a serviceable experience.
All these issues are somehow fixed or improved when OneDrive manages to sign in. I used to get it to do so by manually ending the task via Task Manager and relaunching the app on the Start Menu. Another way was to open the Run dialog box and execute:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft OneDrive\onedrive.exe /reset
This would get OneDrive to go through its sync index again but doesn't affect the local files and would jump start the app back to function again.
The .bat file that @dazuk suggested seemed like a great idea. At first I just had to fix the path since this:
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive\OneDrive.exe
would give me an error message. Instead I used "C:\Program Files\Microsoft OneDrive\onedrive.exe". However, when booting the system it would say it could not shutdown the task and that I would have to do so manually.
After a while, even manually terminating the OneDrive task in Task Manager wouldn't work. It would end alright, but reopening the app would not get it to sign in.
All this time I noticed that Microsoft Windows Search Indexer would also be running on the background. Every minute search I did wherever would warn me that I should turn it on for better results, and opening the Indexing Options would register the service as paused. Decided to terminate the task in Task Manager and voila, everything blinked and in an instant the Widgets loaded up, the Snipping Tool would jolt awake and the previous snap requests would finally register, and OneDrive signed it!
This is a mess. It's June 2022 and it's still a mess.
