Windows 10: OneDrive Temp Folder

I have a desktop with 512GB of storage, I am syncing my Documents and Pictures folders using OneDrive personal Though OneDrive Business is installed, I don't use it. These take up a total of about 250GB.

There is a very large Virtual Hard Disc file called {94339EA8-ED5A-4998-AFAA-5F1E10C9835E}.vhdx in the 'OneDrive Temp' folder, so large that I only have 45GB space left. As a result, I cannot make manual backups to an external hard drive.


I cannot delete the vhdx file; Windows says it is 'in use by System'


I've read the threads that I can find on this issue, and the conclusion seems to be that this file will be deleted by OneDrive when it has finished syncing.


However OneDrive says it is up to date and has stopped syncing although a few files and folders are still showing 'sync pending' in Windows Explorer, but that's a different question.

I'm running Windows 10 Business edition the installation is supplied by my employer not sure which flavour. My employer is also stumped.

Is there a fix for this? Unfortunately I cannot work around this problem even though there is still some free space, because it is preventing me making manual backups which I want to do, as an additional precaution.

:)

 

OneDrive Temp Folder

Hi,

Thank you contacting Microsoft Community.

• What is the size of both OneDrive and OneDrive Temp folder?
• Is all files syncing to OneDrive Temp folder or any specific files/folders?

Get back to us with the required information to assist you further.

 

OneDrive Temp Folder

I checked another computer that had OneDrive for a number of months and found it also had a OneDrive Temp folder but without any files. Apparently the temp folder is an
integral part of OneDrive and after all files are synced to the OneDrive folder the temp folder automatically deletes its contents.

 

OneDrive Temp Folder

I thought I had this fixed. I moved my local OneDrive to another location then deleted both the old OneDrive and the OneDrive Temp. The new local OneDrive began syncing late last night. This morning when I checked,
the OneDrive Temp is back and is syncing.

G:\Storage\OneDrive (new location) (modified 9/1/2015) (currently 11.7 of 255GB) and growing.

G:\OneDrive Temp (modified 9/2/2015) (currently 6.62 of 255GB) Within this folder is another folder S-1-5-21-3459682553-3355248039-92494815-1000. Inside that folder are about 100+ files and growing with very, very long file names that begin with 9F2BB41D38884688!101
followed by two similar groups of characters then a final odd group that ends in .temp.

Still need to stop syncing and remove the Temp folder. The temp is doubling the used disk space.