Windows 10: Start sync with OneDrive

I've recently reinstalled Windows 10. Now I can see the files within OneDrive but I can't open them. When I click the OneDrive app nothing happens. I remember I previously had placed the OneDrive map in a different location witch I now can't quite remember. How do I start syncing to OneDrive with default settings?

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Windows 10 - OneDrive

Right click on the app and one of the properties has an option to not automatically start it. Uncheck, restart the computer, and it should stop. If you want to go another step further, find the OneDrive app in the start menu, right click on it and uninstall.

If that is still insufficient, there is a batch uninstaller for OneDrive available online. I can copy the code here if you need it.

 

OneDrive Placeholders are coming back, now called On-Demand Sync




"At Ignite 2016, Microsoft has just announced that it is bringing Placeholders back to OneDrive on Windows 10. Now, they are not called Placeholders anymore — Microsoft is renaming the feature to “On-Demand Sync” which makes a lot more sense than “Placeholders”.

The company demoed this feature at Microsoft Ignite today, and it works just like it used to previously. As you can see in the screenshot above, the files stored in OneDrive weighed in around 9GB, but the actual size on disk was only around 3MB which is really neat. Of course, this feature isn’t anything new as it was available back in the Windows 8 days. However, Microsoft removed the feature with Windows 10, and after lots of waiting, they are finally coming back.

In case you are not familiar with OneDrive Placeholders, it’s a pretty neat feature which lets you see all of your OneDrive files on your computer — but they are not actually downloaded on your PC. When you open them, OneDrive will download the files on-demand, saving your local space which is really useful, especially if you have a PC that doesn’t have a lot of storage.

While Microsoft didn’t announce when exactly On-Demand Sync will be available to OneDrive users, we suspect it will be available with Windows 10 Redstone 2 — which is expected to arrive early next year. "

https://mspoweruser.com/onedrive-placeholders-coming-back-now-called-demand-sync/

 

Windows10 Personal Files and Onedrive not Syncing

OneDrive may just not be running on your system. Sometimes it behaves like that. Easy fix if that's the case.

Go to Start>>Programs list>>OneDrive and start it up again. If it is running, the icon will appear in your system tray. Then click on the icon (may be right click, not sure), and select sync. I think it's called sync. But you'll know which one when you see it.

Try that and see if it works,

Kind regards,

Christophe