Windows 10: OneDrive context menu in build 9879

adamf · Nov 12, 2014

I'm missing context menu items for "Make available Offline" and "Online only" in the File explorer context menu in latest build. Are these really gone? It was a nice easy way of moving things off your hard disk.

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MercedesGuyW211 · Nov 12, 2014

No OneDrive placeholders on WIn 10?

Work Around Instructions

This works great.. a work around...not perfect. but ok

1 Sign-in to your OneDrive account in your web browser

2 Click on Files

3 From the address bar copy the CID ID. This is the part of the URL after
“?cid=”. The URL looks something like this: OneDrive. In this case, I will copy the this part
“d1sareageat38asde9ec6”.

4 Open File Explorer and go to This
PC

5 From the ribbon menu, go to Computer, and then click
Map
Network
Drive

6 In the Folder field type the following address:

LonerMcBookworm · Nov 12, 2014

Onedrive on Windows 10

You can map your OneDrive as a network drive. You will need your CID ID which I had to find in the source code of the page as it wasn't displayed in the browser (F12+Ctrl F "CID" or "vcid"). Its not perfect, but seems to be working. I found the steps
here:

How to bring OneDrive placeholder back to Windows 10 • Pureinfotech

Brink · Nov 12, 2014

It's been changed with the new 9879 build.

New build available to the Windows Insider Program

New ways to use OneDrive:

We’re also introducing changes to how OneDrive syncs your files in this build. In Windows 8.1, we use placeholders on your PC to represent files you have stored in OneDrive. People had to learn the difference between what files were “available online” (placeholders) versus what was “available offline” and physically on your PC. We heard a lot of feedback around this behavior. For example, people would expect that any files they see in File Explorer would be available offline by default. Then they would hop onto a flight (or go someplace without connectivity) and try to access a file they thought was on their PC and it wasn’t available because it was just a placeholder. It didn’t feel like sync was as reliable as it needed to be. For Windows 10, having OneDrive provide fast and reliable sync of your files is important. Starting with this build, OneDrive will use selective sync. This means you choose what you want synced to your PC and it will be. What you see is really there and you don’t need to worry about downloading it. You can choose to have all of your OneDrive files synced to your PC, or just the ones you select.

Also in Windows 8.1, there were multiple ways you could get to your OneDrive files such as through the modern OneDrive app or through File Explorer. We heard a lot of feedback around this as well. It wasn’t obvious exactly where to go for your OneDrive files. In Windows 10, we are providing people with one easy way to get to their OneDrive files – through File Explorer. To manage OneDrive, just right-click on the OneDrive icon in the notification area and click “Settings” to manage how OneDrive behaves. You’ll be able to adjust things like auto save, choose which folders are synced offline, and more.

If you have any feedback around these new OneDrive changes in this build – please let us know! Use the Windows Feedback app to let us know what you like or don’t like about the new design.
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adamf · Nov 12, 2014

Ahh thats a shame.

It is a bit laborious going through OneDrive Tray Icon -> Settings -> "Choose Folders" -> "Chose Folders" -> "Choose Folders to Sync" and then opening up the tree.

Then if you don't want to sync one file in a folder you can't - it is all the contents or none.

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I'll leave some feedback *Smile

lparsons21 · Nov 12, 2014

I've been reading here and there, and it seems the new OneDrive change is not getting rave reviews at all. Just the opposite.

I have no problem with what they have, just don't see the reason to get rid of the OneDrive app.

adamf · Nov 12, 2014

I've been reading here and there, and it seems the new OneDrive change is not getting rave reviews at all. Just the opposite.

I have no problem with what they have, just don't see the reason to get rid of the OneDrive app.
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Actually I like it - it is clearer what is happening. Just having a context menu to choose a specific file would be more efficient and useful especially if it was big and you are running out of local disk space (which I always am).

Brink · Apr 5, 2018

New tutorial to help with this. *Smile

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/2...dows-10-a.html

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