Windows 10: Sync folder using links with onedrive.

Hi everyone. I need to find a way to sync a folder in my pc with onedrive without actually saving the files inside the onedrive folder. The reason is that the folder must be able to be accessed from Linux, so after booting back in Windows the files added get synced. Onedrive uses a custom reparse point tag for its folder, so Linux won't natively work with it, and workarounds are all complex and not reliable as Microsoft is not supporting onedrive in Linux in any way.I had seen you could simply use a directory junction, or by Microsoft, a directory symbolic link, as per https://superuser.co

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Move the OneDrive Folder

Move the OneDrive Folder in Windows 10

When you set up OneDrive to sync with your computer, a folder C:\Users\XXXX\OneDrive will be created to store the contents. XXXX denotes your username. To move this folder to another location follow these simple steps:

1. Unlink OneDrive from your PC:

• Go to the taskbar notification area
• Right-click on the OneDrive icon
• Select settings
• Click: Unlink this PC

2. Delete the C:\Users\XXXX\OneDrive folder

3. Create a new folder (target folder) for OneDrive contents, e.g. D:\OneDrive

4. Create Directory Junction for the new folder

• In the search area of the taskbar type CMD and press Ctrl+Shift+Enter
• In the command window type

mklink /J C:\Users\XXXX\OneDrive D:\OneDrive

adjusting it to your specific username and selection of the target folder

5. Link again OneDrive to your PC using the OneDrive icon in the taskbar notification area

 

Microsoft turns on shared folder sync for OneDrive

Source: Allow folders to be shared/co-owned with access/sync the same for all co-owners - Feature Suggestions for Microsoft OneDrive

 

Sync Any Folder to OneDrive in Windows 10


Hello Richard, *Smile

That is correct. You'll be able to use mlink to sync any folder with OneDrive.

It basically creates a junction point of the folder you want to link in the OneDrive folder, and this allows it to be synced.