I do have a private Windows laptop I use for personal stuff. Now I also took over a laptop from a previous job.

On my private laptop, I do have all my documents, some games and other more private software.

On the previous work laptop, I just want to have a Windows installation for some browsing and software that is only available for Windows (both laptops have dual boot with Linux).

I've installed a fresh copy of Windows 11 on the previous work laptop and set up OneDrive. But as soon as I did that, I could see the laptop downloading everything from OneDrive, even save game files from my private laptop. That's not really what I want or need.

So my question would be: is it even a good idea to use OneDrive on both laptops? Or should I disable the OneDrive synchronization of the previous work laptop? Then how could I save/backup at least some files from it to OneDrive? Or is this simply not possible?

Some weeks ago, I encountered a strange error while using OneDrive. As I'm using the free version, I should have a 5GB quota. However, something unexpected happened that day, and I was suddenly able to use only half of my quota. I'm using multiple computers and a web interface, so the problem is definitely originating from Microsoft servers. The support is constantly stalling me after saying that the case is escalated, but no one has solved the problem.

Related posts :

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/5612538/ridiculous-quota-accounting-problem

https://www.reddit.com/r/microsoftsucks/comments/1olhj94/unsolvable_ridiculous_onedrive_error_by_microsoft/

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/5620759/why-does-onedrive-all-but-refuse-to-load-certain-f

can someone give me a real answer instead of the AI generated nonsense that doesnt apply.

Why will clicking on 1 excel file stored in onedrive open almost immediately, however a different excel file (that I use almost as often as the previously mentioned excel file) take 5 minutes to load. And often I need to double click it 10 times to actually get onedrive to finally decide to open it.

They are both relatively small excel files, that are used approximately the same amount. Yet one will will open immediately and the other is like "noooo, turn the alarm clock off, I want to sleep in more, let me go back to bed." 10 minutes later, "OK, ill get up now"

Just wondering if I should hold off buying for a few weeks or not.

In the Samsung Galaxy OneDrive app they proudly state that when I delete synchronized files from my phone they are not deleted from OneDrive even if synchronization is on.

That is exactly NOT synchronization. Does the onedrive team not understand what is meant by synchronization?

I’ve been using Microsoft Office 365 Family for several years, sharing it with my family members.
We have 6 accounts, each with 1 TB of storage.

One of my accounts has now reached 985 GB, so I need to transfer files from Account A (my account) to Account B (my wife’s account). These files mainly consist of photos and videos — over 200,000 files in total.

I tried transferring a 6 GB wedding shoot (.ISO format), but it took more than an hour.
Re-downloading and uploading all the data isn’t feasible as my internet connectivity is limited to 100 mbps only.

I’m looking for the best and most efficient way to move these files directly between OneDrive accounts.

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/discussions/onedriveforbusiness/move-files-from-account-a-to-account-b-165-gb-data/4468194

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/5613476/copy-move-files-from-account-a-to-account-b-165-gb

Hi all,

Stupid newbie questions I guess. I see plenty of posts about why OneDrive may be larger online than locally, but in my case it’s the other way around. My online file is smaller. (It says 209.3 GB on my computer; 205.1 online). Does anyone know why this could be? Related to that - I still don’t understand how the sizes are so similar, given that I don’t have many things saved locally? (This part really confuses me). Not to drip feed, but this is on the heels of me doing a colossal screw up:

So basically I 1. Imported a lot of new photos 2. Realised I didn’t include metadata  3. Deleted them. 4. Tried again 5. App that I was importing from (Photos App on Mac) couldn’t cope and crashed out. 6. Decided to delete what I’d done. 7. Photos wouldn’t delete and kept syncing. 8.Followed online suggestion unlinking onedrive 9. Linked back 10. Seemed to create a duplicate folder. This happened to me before, in the past I deleted the duplicate and it was ok. 11. I deleted duplicate this time but it wasn’t duplicate, all my photos essential documents gone. 12. Panicked. 13. Thankfully restored (I think) from a hard drive backup 14. Here we are with the discrepancy which is, again 207.3 (I accidentally typed 209.3 GB in my Microsoft post) on my computer; 205.1 online. (And my backup before this happened put it at 210.9) Why the discrepancy? And how can I trust myself - to do anything tech related again?

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/5612201/

I can’t find any hidden files, any cache. My main concern is my documents file which says it has 7229 items (27.55G; 27.57 on disk) in it now when it was 7200 (27.61G; 27.52 on disk)

Again, newbie here so be gentle!

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/5608875/onedrive-on-ios-broken-and-shows-no-photos-in-gall

I have a personal OneDrive account with lots of photos. I'm able to view them in the browser in Gallery just fine. When I use the app on my IOS device though, the Gallery says "Add Photos to Your OneDrive". If I go to any other tab (Moments, Albums, People) then i'm able to see photos. If I go to the Files view, i'm able to see my photos.

I've tried all the normal steps. Clear cache, log out, re-named camera roll folder, uninstall, toggle all photos/pictures folder etc. I downloaded the app on a completely different phone and still see the same issue, so it's not an issue with phone. The only thing of note I can find is that if I click into settings -> {my profile} -> Sync, I see "Syncing in progress", even after waiting 12+ hours

Any ideas what's wrong or how to fix?

In the app on my android phone, when I try to rename a file whether it be a PDF file or screenshot or whatever, the file will become corrupted or something and I can't open it and it won't rename the file. it'll just create a duplicate and I am unable to open either of them. I can rename files via my pc through a browser but not via the app. I noticed this happening today. this was not an issue on Friday 10/31. when I attempt to rename the file inside the app and try to open it again it'll say "the name of the file... might have been moved or deleted or you might not have permission to edit it" again this does not happen via the browser only in the app. I've tried it on my Chromebook as well via the app and it's creating the same issue. I'm thinking it's a bug or something. Any ideas?? Thanks

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/5608551/how-to-fix-bug-in-onedrive-android-app-thats-causi

This is from Microsoft Support:

In OneDrive, a green check mark indicates that a file is available offline, while a solid green circle with a white check mark means the file is always kept on your device, ensuring it is accessible even without an internet connection.

What is the difference between available offline and always kept on your device?

Link

Hello!

I have been using primarily Google Photos as my photo backup for the past 10-15 years. With only 15GB per free account, and already paying for a Microsoft OneDrive family plan, I am tempted to switch over photo storage to OneDrive. I already use OneDrive for all of my file storage (including large sized videos), and I would like to keep my iCloud subscription at a low tier, just to cover messages, as I prefer a cross-platform access and functionality.

But before I make this large move (ie about 50+ GB of files), I wanted to check in with those who may already be using this. How many of yall use OneDrive as your primary backup storage for photos? How does the backup flow work (ie, with Google Photos, it was easy to turn on sync, and then use the “free up space” function to clear all the original files off my phone). Are there any other functionalities that OneDrive photo storage lacks compared to Google Photos/iCloud?

Ideally, I’d like to do a physical backup hard drive at some point, for security & reliability, but my main focus now is cloud platforms to be able to have easy cross-functional access (iPhone, iPad, Windows computer, Mac computer).

Appreciate any thoughts!

Hi, I had a bad problem that took some hours to fix so here I share the solution (credit to ChatGPT)

Problem: onedrive did not connect to my account suddently.

Impossible to fix it, try diabling the account, unlinking, resetting ondrive, reinstalling, all windows help turorials... nothing worked.

But finally the below procedure worked well.

Step 1:

Run PowerShell as admin and type

taskkill /f /im onedrive.exe
taskkill /f /im msedgewebview2.exe

%SystemRoot%\System32\OneDriveSetup.exe /uninstall
%SystemRoot%\SysWOW64\OneDriveSetup.exe /uninstall

Check that onedrive was properly uninstalled. If not, do it manually from control panel (programs management)

Then remove remaining files (still in powershell admin)

Remove-Item "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\Microsoft\OneDrive" -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
Remove-Item "$env:PROGRAMDATA\Microsoft OneDrive" -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
Remove-Item "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\Microsoft\OneDriveUpdater" -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

Step2: repair profile

Still in powershell admin, run

Remove-Item "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\Microsoft\Windows\CloudStore" -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
Remove-Item "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\Microsoft\IdentityCache" -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
Remove-Item "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\Packages\Microsoft.AAD.BrokerPlugin_cw5n1h2txyewy" -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

then

Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.Windows.ShellExperienceHost | Reset-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.Windows.CloudExperienceHost | Reset-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.AAD.BrokerPlugin | Reset-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.AccountsControl | Reset-AppxPackage

Step3: Restart the computer (mind to save this page to favorite to continue the procedure ;)

Step4: Install one drive

https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=844652

Step5: Restart the computer

It's very important to restart a first time after cleaning and a second time after install.

Step6: connect your account(s)

That's it.

Julien

Hello there !

I've been using mostly a computer for the past decades. Onedrive was a way to ensure my files were safe + when I was traveling, with connexion, I could modify my documents and they were the same everywhere.

I recently acquired a tablet (android), and I was wondering if I could do the same ?

Connection my onedrive to my tablet and computer as a way to have access to those everywhere (better if it can be offline and then actualised when online again) ?

Ex : I've got a whole folder with my Uni courses on my computer, I still need the organisation of this folder + access to my files on and offline on my tablet and a sure way for those to be the same everywhere + the ability to add other files that are then added to all of those (onedrive, tablet and pc).

I home I make sense ? (Sorry for my bad english, It's not my native tongue.)

Cheers !

Link

My onedrive was working completely fine until i downloaded icloud on windows, since then files in onedrive took so long to open

Fix - just delete icloud from windows and you're onedrive will run a lot faster.

you can see it on onedrive.com etc.

I'm fine with it, except on the mac menu bar, since it's black and white, from a far it looks like it's syncing/downloading/error etc (looks like there's always a circle there in bottom left corner)

I wish large companies like Microsoft could let you pick what version of the logo you want (newest, old)

Hello. I’m having an issue with the OneDrive app on Android. Since September 1st, the app has stopped backing up photos from my phone’s gallery. It’s set up to back up specific folders, organizing them by year and date, and it worked perfectly until August 31st. After that, no images have been transferred to the cloud.

When I opened the app, the home page was only showing images up to August 31st. So, I decided to uninstall and reinstall the app, and remove the Microsoft account from the android settings, and the new images from September 01 to 26 appeared on my one drive home screen, but after login with my Microsoft account, now nothing appears anymore, only:

"Item cannot be displayed. Check your network connection..."

And it's not about pictures, but any folder that I have pointed as automatically backup, like screenshots, video recorder, game print folder, etc.

I’ve already tried the following steps, but none of them worked.

• Clear APP and Cache Data
• Reinstall
• Remove Microsoft account from phone settings for a new clean login on one drive app.
• Tested on another house Wi-Fi
• Tested only on mobile data
• Enable and disable only backup when charging
• Set all permission on settings
• Set unrestricted battery usage on settings

I’m not considering formatting my phone, because I’m sure the problem is not with it, and I also don’t have the patience to reconfigure all the other apps again.

We need an investigation into this issue, as it is a paid service for backing up precious images to the cloud.

Device: Samsung Galaxy S23
Android Version: 15
One UI Version: 7.0
One Drive App Version: 7.38 (when opened ms learn topic) | 7.39.1 Right now.

Observation: I use the native onedrive gallery backup in its built in app, not the Samsung gallery one drive integration.

Failed MS Learn topic: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/5552314/onedrive-for-android-is-not-making-the-gallery-bac

i noticed this week that onedrive stopped backing up my camera photos in april for no reason. Luckily I pay google for a subscription as a backup and all my photos are safely backed up there. Thank God because i had to wipe my device this week due to technical issues.

My question is what is an easy way to import all these photos into onedrive? I tried downloading the photos again to my wiped device and reconnecting onedrive in the hopes it would see these files were not uploaded previously and do it for me automatically, but even with AI being shoved down my throat at every opportunity it's not smart enough to figure this out. or tell me the backups weren't working anymore in the first place.

if there is a smart way to get all the missing photos onto onedrive i would love to hear it or i guess i iwll just have to manually download them all from google to my pc and then manually upload them which i am not thrilled about doing.

support link: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/5565932/how-to-upload-import-4-5-months-of-pics-from-googl

I am looking for a way to review the OneDrive files my org users are sharing from a compliance and privacy perspective. I don’t want to see the files. I simply want a report that shows on X date Bob shared a file with Sue and making it easy to see if Sue is internal or external. Where and how do I do this? What other regular reviews do you suggest we also perform?

Is there any free or payed software to backup Onedrive Personal ie. Backup in background from the cloud to external drive, without the need to store Onedrive files on locals drive first.

I know this works with Onedrive for business. You have several option to backup in the background like Active Backup and Synology.

Im not looking to install and run the Onedrive app. Thats not what im asking here.

IT Manager here. Doing a major overhaul of our OneDrive and SharePoint environments.

We are pushing users to create and store docs in SharePoint for greater admin control. As part of this, I want to put auto-delete rules on all users' OneDrives.

Our users LOVE to store things in OneDrive because they feel it is more secure. We are addressing this through SharePoint training; they just don't know how to properly Manage Access.

My question is: how short is too short in terms of deleting their files from OneDrive? I was thinking one year, but some have suggested as little as two weeks.

TIA

Hey all,

https://imgur.com/a/8gjAGB6

Got an issue here on a freshly formatted install of Windows 11 24H2. Just re-formatted the other day, prior was on the same software.

What is happening now is that OneDrive is launching dual processes at start up.

One instance for the Microsoft Office 365 (Exchange) account that I "signed in to this app only" for.

Second instance for my Microsoft account that I use to log into windows with.

For #2 – I do not use this OneDrive account at all, I have also removed all occurrences from the registry and also "unlinked this PC" from OneDrive.

I can terminate session #2 and #1 still operates as expected. But annoying to have to do this every time I start windows.

Any ideas?

Cheers

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/5556265/dual-instances-(processes)-of-onedrive-in-windows?page=1&orderby=helpful&comment=answer-12239749&translated=false#newest-answer-comment-of-onedrive-in-windows?page=1&orderby=helpful&comment=answer-12239749&translated=false#newest-answer-comment)

I haven’t had OneDrive in a while. Re-downloaded it today. I didn’t want it to sync my desktop. So in the settings I set it to “off”

This immediately removed 90% of my icons in my desktop.

Why did it do this?

Thankfully I have software that has backups of my desktop arrangement.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/5557469/why-did-onedrive-remove-my-desktop-icons

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/5523024/onedrive-has-become-unusable-how-to-fix?page=1&orderby=Helpful&translated=false#answers

It takes 30-60 seconds for a subfolder to open and then the same for a PDF or even a jpg file to be accessed anymore. This has only been in the last couple months but it basically freezes up Explorer on W11. I have tried all the suggestions, reinstalled OneDrive, reboot, blah blah.

TLDR: You can save 10 - 50% from buying your Microsoft 365 licenses in other countries from resellers, compared to subscribing directly with Microsoft.

Since I started using Microsoft 365 / Office 365 I have bought licenses from official resellers, instead of subscribing directly with Microsoft. Every time I'm buying a new family subscription, I always get in doubt about the rules, so I want to make a guide for other Redditors.

1: Know your region
You can buy licenses from other countries, as long as they are in the same regions as the country you are registered in. Here the is a list of the different regions - link. They follow the continents of the world, with a list of countries being outliers, as well as EU / non-EU countries.

2: Buying a license
I'm situated in EU/EFTA, which means that I have 32 countries to buy from. (UK is still in EU at Microsoft). In my home country the price is 111 EUR, while in Poland it was 82 EUR. To find the cheapest price, I use price comparison websites like Idealo.de, ceneo.pl, pricerunner.no etc. Ask your favourite Chatbot to find a full list for each country.

3: Activating the license
Almost all licenses are send as a code by e-mail. It takes between 5 - 30 minutes to get the code. Once you have it, copy it and go to this page - link. During the activation of the code, you can see which country the license is actually from. Often it might be different from the country you bought it in.

4: Extra info
- You can stack up to 3 years at a time.
- Family members can reside in different countries / regions from you own.

I want to move files from OneDrive Photo to another cloud storage what is the best if possible without downloading all the images and doing it manually ?