Windows 10: One Drive File question

I am not aware of how One Drive works. I got out of it for awhile and then realized I needed something inside of it. I am looking at a file in Documents - Granfelt - Arizona Willow Planting Report 2018. I cannot open it, it get the usual choose a word processing program to open it but there is nothing recent enough to use and it doesn't work. I can do the rest of the 2018, or the ones I've tried. This is the file I need. Can you help me? In addition, I would like to have all files in One Drive returned to my computer, I believe I have enough memory to handle this. I don't know why the files were removed without my permission, what is the criteria? I had missing file after an accident at the end of 2019 and I lost many files. I see that One Drive has a recycle bin, is there any chance my missing files could be in there? More than one question but I would appreciate any help you can give me.

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Need solution for automating transferring of files to flash drives

I am wary of jumping straight in at the deep end so I have a couple of questions.

1 How do you know which files to copy to which memory stick? Can you put a list for each one in a text file?
2 Are you free to give each memory stick a specific label so that it can be detected in order to trigger the specific list that you have written for that memory stick?

I do have a batch file procedure for identifying the drive letter currently being used for a given external drive label. So perhaps you could trigger a common batch file that
Step 1 - checks each drive in turn to read its label and then find its current drive letter
Step 2 - for each detected drive, look up the list given in the batch file to identify which [if any] text file to look in to find the files to copy to that memory stick.
Step 3 - copies the files listed in the relevant text file

Denis

 

how to copy files from the CD to the Computer drive

Hi Hankriegler,

I would suggest you to follow the steps below:

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  Press Windows key + X.
  
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  Click file explorer from the list.
  
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  Select the CD/DVD drive and hit Enter.
  
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  Select the files you want to copy from the CD/DVD, then select the drive where you want to paste or save.
  

I hope the information is helpful.

Thank you.

 

Optical Drive Issue

Hi Jerry, you're welcome.

Here's mine after I rt clk'd on my Documents Folder like you show in Scrsht 11:




I'd like to wait until you reply to my question in Scrsht 12, if it is a remnant of the process try deleting the one on the dsktp and see if the one in send to also disappears. If it stays in send to, test it, and if you're still having problems I'd suggest you could go back to: Option One: To Add or Remove Items in Send To context menu for Your Account (current user) and do Step 3 to remove it and start over using Step 4 but be very careful of your steps in creating the shortcut and be sure you d&d that shortcut to the send to part of the address.

I'm busy today and I probably won't be back until the evening.