Windows 10: How exactly to merge between items on PC and in Onedrive to avoid downloading to PC and...

If I have a large folder stored in my Onedrive and I want to sync it in the Onedrive folder on my PC, then what happens if, instead of waiting for it to download from the cloud onto my PC, I copy that same folder from an external hard drive to the Onedrive folder on the PC? Is it possible to make Onedrive detect that the same folder is in the cloud and in the Onedrive folder on the PC, so that it neither attempts to download it from the cloud to the PC nor upload it from the PC to the cloud?

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OneDrive - Foldertree - item: PCs


The OneDrive foldertree shows an item "PCs"
I am not sure what this is supposed to mean, or better, what I can do with it.

Clicked on it and got a screen with a number of PCs that are, already for quite some time, not in use anymore.
But the current PC's (and VM's) they are nót listed, though OneDrive is running on them.

Vainly searched for more information on this. Maybe this is the remainder from the Windows 7/8 time or so?

 

Items listed under This PC are from OneDrive

Hi,

Sometimes, when the OneDrive app is setup on the computer, it changes the location of the local folders in the File Explorer. You can always change the location of the Document folder listed under the This PC. To do this, kindly follow the steps below:

• Right-click on the Document folder under the This PC.
• Click on Properties.
• Click on the Location tab.
• Click the Restore Default button.
• Click OK.

Should you have further queries, feel free to post it.

 

Download from Onedrive to Save Files on PC

Hi!

I have just moved over 500 GB of picture files from my old PC to a new PC using OneDrive. It took a couple of days for the files to download from OneDrive. They now sit on the OneDrive folder on my new PC - only they don't. Every time I open a picture
file I see a message saying downloading file from OneDrive. If I check the properties of the Pictures Folder within the OneDrive folder it shows I have some 435 GB of 503 GB saved on disk. This suggests that not all parts of the files have been download.

I want to save the files from OneDrive on my C: drive in Pictures folder. What is the best way to do it? Do I Copy or Move the files in the OneDrive folder?

All suggestions welcome.

Thanks, Nick