Windows 10: Update on the bug where links are created by Onedrive instead of syncing the files with the...

This is definitely related to the account. I have a machine where I have two Microsoft accounts defined. One one of them OneDrive sync works as normal. On the other Microsoft account, only link files are created for files.On both accounts the OneDrive web access works the same. The system is Windows 11. Having just the links is useless for my application, since the programs I use cannot figure out what to do with them. This was reported months ago and seems to be spreading to other accounts probably based on the server side software being changed.

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Recent shortcuts for apps show files on OneDrive instead of local hard drive

I was able to follow the steps and uncheck the "Use Office apps to sync" box but it didn't change Office's behavior. I opened and closed an Excel spreadsheet on my local hard drive. After that, when I right-clicked on the Excel icon pinned to the taskbar, a link to the OneDrive cloud file was in the list of recent files instead of a link to the file on my hard drive.

Do you have any other suggestions?

Thanks!

 

Files not syncing to OneDrive

Hi,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

I understand that you are facing issues not syncing properly with OneDrive.

I suggest you to refer the troubleshooting steps in the article
Fix OneDrive sync problems and check if it works for you.

For more information, you can check the article to
Sync files with the OneDrive sync client in Windows.

If you are still facing the issue, I suggest you to get in touch with the OneDrive support team.

Sign in to OneDrive.com from any browser, click the ‘?’ help icon on the top banner of the page and select
Email OneDrive support. Submit your question and follow the prompts to request support.

Hope it helps.

Nikhar Khare

Microsoft Community - Moderator

 

2-Way sync doesn't work in OneDrive when using symbolic links or junctions

I’ve already read a lot about the problems with Symbolic Links and Windows 10 on internet, but not about the phenomenon I run into now. So here it is…

My goal is to 2-way sync a folder (‘My Music’), located on a separate data partition of my SSD-drive, to the OneDrive cloud via a symbol link. It all works fine… except the 2-way syncing. It stays a 1-way street somehow. :-(

Both the data partition and the Windows system partition have the NTFS file system. The data partition has the letter (X. I have an existing OneDrive account with no files or folders on it yet.

As far as I understand now, creating a junction is the way to go, although creating a symbolic link could work too in this case. The procedure I followed is this:

1. Opened my OneDrive account online.
   
2. Set up OneDrive on my computer.
   
3. Keep the standard location of my OneDrive on the system partition: C:\Users\<my user name>\OneDrive.
   
4. Opened the command prompt as administrator.
   
5. Created the junction with this command: mklink /J “C:\Users\<my user name>\OneDrive\My Music” “X:\My Music”
   
6. The ‘My Music’ link appears as a folder underneath the OneDrive icon in Windows Explorer.
   
7. Tested if the link with the folder ‘My Music’ on my data-partition actually works. And it does perfectly.
   
8. Over to OneDrive online. The ‘My Music’ folder also appeared in my OneDrive online.
   
9. Uploaded a random file from my computer into the ‘My Music’ folder to test the syncing.
   
10. Uploaded file appears in my OneDrive online.
    
11. Back to Windows Explorer on my computer. The uploaded file has appeared in the ‘My Music’ folder on the data partition via the created link.
    

So far so good. Anything I upload to my OneDrive online appears perfectly in my data partition folder. But the problem is that the 2-way sync fails. If I change anything in the ‘My Music’ folder on the data partition, that change does appear in the same OneDrive folder that is linked (obviously), but that’s where it stops: no syncing to OneDrive online. How come and what is the solution?

Exactly the same happens if I use not a junction, but a symbolic link: mklink /D “C:\Users\<my user name>\OneDrive\My Music” “X:\My Music”

And my 2nd question is: how is it possible that the result is exactly the other way around, when I change the procedure and first create the junction (or symbolic link) and then set up OneDrive on my computer? So in that case syncing a file to OneDrive online via the created link works fine, but if I change anything in the ‘My Music’ folder in OneDrive online, that change does not appear in the folder on my data partition. Again, it’s only 1 way.

I just don’t get it. Does anyone have the answers please? Thanks in advance!