Windows 10: Turn On or Off OneDrive Fetch Files in Windows 10

How to: Turn On or Off OneDrive Fetch Files in Windows 10

How to Turn On or Off OneDrive Fetch Files on your PC in Windows 10



Information OneDrive is a cloud-based storage service where you can view, browse, upload, and share the files you saved online to OneDrive.

The OneDrive Fetch files feature allows you to access all your files on a PC from another computer by going to the OneDrive website. You can even access network locations if they're included in the PC's libraries or mapped as drives. When you browse a PC's files remotely, you can download copies of them to work on. You can also stream video and view photos in a slide show.

To access files on your PC remotely, make sure the PC you want to access is turned on and connected to the Internet. OneDrive also needs to be running on that PC, and the Fetch files setting must be turned on.

This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off using OneDrive to fetch files on your Windows 10 PC from any other PC.



Note You will need to be signed in to Windows 10 with a Microsoft account to be able to use the OneDrive Fetch files feature.

When you go to the OneDrive website on another PC to remotely fetch files on your PC, you will need to sign in to the OneDrive website with the same Microsoft account that you use to sign in to the PC that you want to fetch files from.

When you connect to a PC to fetch its files from the trusted device in your Microsoft account.


EXAMPLE: OneDrive Fetch Files on your PC









Here's How:
1. Right click or press and hold on the OneDrive

notification area icon on the taskbar, click/tap on the menu (3 dots) button, and click/tap on Settings. (see screenshot below)

*note If OneDrive is currently not running to show this icon, then run: %LocalAppData%\Microsoft\OneDrive\OneDrive.exe



2. In the Settings tab, check (turn on) or uncheck (turn off) the Let me use OneDrive to fetch any of my files on this PC box under the top "General" section, and click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below)





That's it,
Shawn


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• How to Turn On or Off Start OneDrive Automatically when you Sign in to Windows 10
• How to Enable or Disable OneDrive Integration in Windows 10
• How to Pause Syncing in OneDrive in Windows 10

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Remote Desktop Connection

OneDrive is easy to access if you have all your files there.

But you can access your local computer files with "Fetch files" from the online OneDrive. Do you have "Fetch" turned on in the OneDrive settings on the PC you are trying to access? If not then Fetch will not work. The computer has to be turned on also
but maybe it could be woken up.

Fetch files on your PC

 

Cannot fetch files with one drive

I have installed Windows 10 on two of my computers and have each setup in OneDrive to allow fetching of files through the OneDrive site. One of my computers will not allow fetching. I have removed the device in OneDrive several times and re-enrolled
but the issue persists? any ideas?