Windows 10: Screensaver and onedrive re-downloads local copies of files to fill my hard drive

Discus and support Screensaver and onedrive re-downloads local copies of files to fill my hard drive in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; I've moved all 900GB of files to OneDrive, which leaves 190GB free on my 250GB surface book. Wonderful. However, it remains like this only until I... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Network and Sharing' started by cdavidbutler8061133, Oct 15, 2019.

  1. Screensaver and onedrive re-downloads local copies of files to fill my hard drive


    I've moved all 900GB of files to OneDrive, which leaves 190GB free on my 250GB surface book. Wonderful. However, it remains like this only until I start screensaver. Notifications of screensvr.exe saving each displayed file locally start appearing and, after several hours, my hard drive is full. If I stop screensaver, restore my windows 10 pro installation, restart onedrive, and set all local files to cloud only, I regain my l190GB of free hard drive space. That is, until I restart screensaver. Is there a way to make screensaver point directly to onedrive online (i.e., to an http url address) , or remove each local copy of the file after it downloads and displays it, or in some way allow screensaver to be used without filling my hard drive?

    Thanks,

    :)
     
    cdavidbutler8061133, Oct 15, 2019
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  2. Copying Onedrive online only files to network share (without making a local copy)

    Hi,

    I would like to copy large amount of Onedrive online only files to \\somenetwork\share. However, simple drag-drop copying in File Explorer is very unreliable, since it first downloads the file, make a local-copy ("downloads on demand") and only then the
    file is copied to \share. Naturally, free space of local drive decreases rapidly (and when one wants to restore free space, one must make the files "online only" after copying, only then the local copies are deleted).

    Is there some way to copy Onedrive online only files to \share without making a local copy? I. e. without touching local hard drive?
     
    Severin Pošta, Oct 15, 2019
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  3. ThewlynOh Win User
    OneDrive files not accessible on my local drive

    Hello.

    I am trying to repurpose my wife's old all-in-one for our middle schooler. I am trying to copy the files from her OneDrive to an external hard drive. OneDrive went through the whole copy process and didn't copy a single file directly to the external drive.

    So I highlighted the OneDrive contents, hit copy, then hit paste into her local Documents folder, and it seemed to copy them all ok.

    However, now that they are local to the hard drive, when I try to move them to the external drive, it says "Can't read from the source file or disk". EVERY file is like this.

    What am I doing wrong?
     
    ThewlynOh, Oct 15, 2019
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  4. terrace Win User

    Screensaver and onedrive re-downloads local copies of files to fill my hard drive

    Screensaver shortcut


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    I would suggest you to try the following steps and check if that helps.

    • Go to the folder C:\Windows\System32 and sort by file type.
    • Look for the screensaver file type (.scr).
    • Find the file scrnsave.scr(you can choose any of the screensavers).
    • Right click and select send to>desktop (create shortcut). The shortcut on my attachment, but when i click on it my screen goes off and on and nothing else.Screensaver and onedrive re-downloads local copies of files to fill my hard drive :)
     
    terrace, Oct 15, 2019
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