Windows 10: Add Open or Close OneDrive Context Menu in Windows 10

How to: Add Open or Close OneDrive Context Menu in Windows 10

How to Add a OneDrive Open or Close Context Menu in Windows 10


OneDrive is a cloud-based storage service where you can view, browse, upload, and share the files you saved online to OneDrive.

By default, choose to sync in OneDrive on your PC is automatically kept in sync with your online OneDrive.

This tutorial will show you how to add a 'Open/Close OneDrive' desktop context menu that will allow users to quickly toggle to open and close OneDrive for syncing as needed in Windows 10. This can be handy if there are times you do not want OneDrive on your PC to sync until you open OneDrive next.

While you must be signed in as an administrator to be able to add or remove the context menu, all users on the PC will be able to use the context menu.


How does the context menu work?

When you right click or press and hold on your desktop and click/tap on the Open/Close OneDrive context menu, it will check to see if the OneDrive.exe process is currently running or not.

If the OneDrive.exe process is running, then the process will be killed (end task) to close OneDrive and stop syncing with your online OneDrive. You will get the notification below to let you know that OneDrive is now closed. (If you have OneDrive set to start when you sign in to Windows, then OneDrive will automatically start again after you sign in to Windows next.)



If the OneDrive.exe process is not running, then it will be started to open and run OneDrive to start syncing with your online OneDrive. OneDrive will open, and you will get the notification below to let you know that OneDrive is now running.




CONTENTS:

• Option One: Add 'Open/Close OneDrive" to Desktop Context Menu
• Option Two: Remove 'Open/Close OneDrive" from Desktop Context Menu

EXAMPLE: 'Open/Close OneDrive' desktop context menu









OPTION ONE [/i] Add 'Open/Close OneDrive" to Desktop Context Menu
1. Click/tap on the Download button below to download the .zip file below.
Add_Open-Close_OneDrive_Context_Menu.zip

Download
2. Save the .zip file to your desktop, and unblock the .zip file.

3. Open the .zip file, and extract (drag and drop) the contents to your desktop.

4. Move the extracted Toggle_OneDrive.vbs file from step 3 above into the C:\Windows\System32 folder. If prompted, click/tap on Continue and Yes (UAC) to approve.

*note This .vbs file is what the context menu uses to perform the needed actions. The .vbs file will need to stay in the C:\Windows folder for the context menu to work.
5. Double click/tap on the extracted Add_Open-Close_OneDrive_to_Context_Menu.reg file from step 3 above to merge it.

*note This .reg file is what adds the desktop context menu for all users.

This .reg file references the .vbs file in step 4 above in the C:\Windows folder. If your Windows folder is not on the usual C: drive, then please post a reply to let me know what drive letter you have instead. I'll post a custom .reg file for you to use instead for your drive letter.
6. If prompted, click/tap on Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.

7. If you like, you can delete the left over downloaded files on your desktop.





OPTION TWO [/i] Remove 'Open/Close OneDrive" from Desktop Context Menu
1. Click/tap on the Download button below to download the .reg file below.
Remove_Open-Close_OneDrive_from_Context_Menu.reg

Download
2. Save the .reg file to your desktop.

3. Double click/tap on the .reg file to merge it.

4. If prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.

5. Open File Explorer, open the C:\Windows\System32 folder, and delete the Toggle_OneDrive.vbs file. If prompted, click/tap on Yes (UAC) to approve.

6. When finished, you can close File Explorer and delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.

That's it,
Shawn


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If that is still insufficient, there is a batch uninstaller for OneDrive available online. I can copy the code here if you need it.

 

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So, just throwing this out there, in case somone knows.

I have added a custom context menu entry for the program rightload, since by default the menu is broken in vistax64.

It works pefect with single files, but when I select mutiple files and try to open, I get mutiple instances of the program (which makes sense), here is my entry:

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So, is there something I can pass besides %1 that will do this? I have looked around and can't seem to find an answer anywhere... *Frown

 

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This is Windows 10 Pro... Enterprise is an entirely different deal and I'm sure I won't have problems that route, but I'm not forking over more $ to dipshit developers. The only thing I can think of is un-linking my Office 365 accounts within Office, but that defeats the purpose of accessing the files ONLINE and managing them from there. I have two alumni accounts, not a single problem in Windows 7/8 until M$shit devs decided to integrate Onedrive. I've deleted, renamed, set read-only to "msosync.exe," ... but windows continues to add it again and again, and NOW I just noticed it's now linking to groove.exe, instead of onedrive. Sooo fn annoying!



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[/quote] Click to expand... Sorry, but I think you're confused and keep referring to Onedrive. There is a big difference between the consumer version of Onedrive business O365 version. I do not have the consumer version of Onedrive installed... it is Onedrive for Business. Also, this script is for "Onedrive" .... not Onedrive for Business. Thanks anyway.

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