Windows 10: My Onedrive file on my pc has turned into a internet shortcut how do I change this back to...

I use one drive for work, I used to be able to access the file on my pc without it going onto the internet, now it has changed and it has a internet shortcut on it. How do I change this back?

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Image Shortcuts in OneDrive not displaying image

Hello Marcel,

Thank you for posting here in Microsoft Community.

This behavior is different between shortcuts on OneDrive and local disks because OneDrive uses a different thumbnail caching mechanism than the local disk. For me to have a better view of your concern, I'd like to confirm few details:

• Is it only specific to this .JPG files?
  
• Are the files locally saved also on your OneDrive folder?
  

To force shortcuts to image files on OneDrive to show thumbnails, you can try the following steps:



1. Right-click on the OneDrive folder where the image file and shortcut are located.

2. Select "Properties" from the context menu.

3. Click on the "Disk Cleanup" button under the "General" tab.

4. Check the box next to "Thumbnails" and click "OK".

5. Wait for the cleanup process to complete.

6. Open the OneDrive folder and check if the thumbnail for the shortcut is now displaying the image.



If the above steps do not work, you can try check if the display file icon is turned on:

1. Open File Explorer and click the View tab.

2. Click on the Options, under the Folder Options, go to the View tab.

3. Uncheck the Always show icons, never thumbnails.

4. Tick the Display file icon on thumbnails.

Here also things you can check:

• If you're using a PC/Mac, ensure your computer's File Explorer/Finder view is set to medium-sized icons (or larger
  
• If File Explorer/Finder thumbnails still don't show, enable "Always keep on this device" for the file.
  

I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any further questions.

Regards,



Microsoft Moderator

 

"Internet ADSL" shortcut keeps reappearing

I have a very odd problem, I've just re-installed Vista x64 and the shortcut to connect me to my ADSL internet always recreates itself on bootup. I'm sure there must be a registry tweak or something to stop it doing it.

Here's what I've tried:

• Reinstalling ADSL modem drivers
• Deleting shortcut every time
• Deleting connection and recreating connection
  
  

Also it doesn't remember any of my settings associated with this connection. I have unchecked "Prompt me for name, and password..." and changed redialling options lots of times but when I restart the PC the shortcut has recreated itself and my preferences have been reset to default! *Confused

Any ideas?

 

Onedrive "Where are my files" shortcut

You misunderstand the function/purpose of the "Always keep on this device" option. It doesn't mean "Don't copy this file to the cloud", it means:

Turn On or Off OneDrive Files On-Demand in Windows 10

1. The OneDrive option Files on Demand is enabled.
2. Exclude the file from the local deletion associated with that option

You need to turn off "Backup" for all folders: