Windows 10: ONDRIVE IS LOSING FILES that have been backed up manually using File Explorer in WIN 10

I have a few hundred folders and sub folders in four different logical drives on my Win 10 desktop.


I do not want any automatic backup to ONEDRIVE and I think I have turned that feature off.

The account has been upgraded to 1 Terabyte in capacity via subscription to Office 365.


What I want to do is manually copy folders and contents into select folders that I set up

on ONEDRIVE with folder names such as BACKUP-March 17-20. I have been doing

that for over a year now using WIN 10 File Explorer. I am having a real problem now in that

when I look at the folder contents on ONEDRIVE with some folders I can see the files individually

using File Explorer which shows file size and creation date but when the collection of files are

JPG image files I cannot view them or download them back to my WIN 10 desktop.


So this is catastrophic. I have sent the files to backup in Onedrive and now I cannot retrieve them.


I am doing the manual backups because by dating the backup folders I can create a type

of version control and I want to later be about to retrieve certain files from certain date periods.


For some folders repeatable I get an error message that says something like "cloud server not running"

The result is that without being able to retrieve these files they are "LOST". This is not what backup is supposed to be !


In essence, what I am doing and want to do is manage the ONEDRIVE cloud storage "EXACTLY" like it was simply an additional

ONE terrabyte logical drive on my desktop that I can copy files to a from.


I really need for someone in tech support to see how this is failing. I would be willing to pay for this support if necessary.

:)

 

Windows 10 Tweaks

Pressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.

Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:

• Open a new Explorer window.
• Click View in the ribbon.
• Click Options.
• Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to:” choose “This PC.”
• Click OK

credit to Lifehacker.

 

File Explorer default veiw setting Win 10 Pro

Hi Bob,

You can change the default settings of your File Explorer view. If you would like to sort it by Date, we suggest that you follow the steps below:

• Go to Start, type File Explorer.
• Select View located at the top of the address bar.
• Locate Sort by.
• Select Date.
• Choose between Ascending and Descending.
• Close the File Explorer and check back if the changes applied.

Let us know if you need anything else. We're here to help.

 

File Explorer Search Not Working


I am trying to search in File Explorer (Windows Explorer, My Computer) and it will not find anything. I can copy text from a name in the list and paste it in the search box and it still finds nothing. I have looked at the suggestions that have been posted and nothing I find that is relative to this works. Anyone have any suggestions? I am running Win 10 Pro on an I3 coustom desktop computer.