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Cloud storage service from Microsoft (formerly known as SkyDrive)

OneDrive (formerly SkyDrive) is a free cloud storage service from Microsoft. In addition to allowing users to upload they can sync their files with various devices via the web interface or a local drive.

Questions regarding the web interface of OneDrive may already have an answer at Web Applications.

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How to rename the User folder in Windows 10?

After installing Windows 10 on my Surface Pro 3 it took my user name 'Jeremy' and created a user folder named C:\Users\jerem. I want to rename the folder C:\Users\Jeremy. The procedure for Windows 8 does not work. There are a couple of…
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How does OneDrive make its folder not functional for older Windows versions?

After the Fall 2017 Creators Update for Windows 10 OneDrive folder can not be accessed using prior Windows versions. This oddity is described at the official site: If you have installed the Fall 2017 Creators Update for Windows 10 and you sync…
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Duplicated Onedrive icon in explorer

I've installed windows 10 on a new pc, with a secondary hard disk containing my onedrive folder, taken from my old pc. I've configured onedrive in order to use that folder, and it's working fine. The problem is that when I open Explorer I can see…
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How to unlink my Documents folder from my OneDrive account?

I have recently changed the location of my Documents folder (originally located in C:\Users\TermoZour\Documents) to C:\Users\TermoZour\OneDrive\Documents so I could sync the documents folder between 2 PCs. Now I want to remove this "link", but I…
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Can you force a single folder/file to sync with OneDrive?

Surely there's a way to force OneDrive to prioritize/force sync a single folder or file... So often I find myself waiting impatiently, frantically, HYSTERICALLY, for a folder or file to sync across OneDrive, darting between two computers and waiting…
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How to exclude node_modules directory from OneDrive synchronization?

I’m a front-end developer, and I keep my front-end projects in OneDrive. Due to how Node.js organizes dependencies, each project has a node_modules directory with tens of megabytes of tiny files which take forever to sync. What can I do to avoid…
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"Incompatible Office products are installed on your machine" when opening Office documents or browsing OneDrive or SharePoint Site

I'm running Office 2013 Pro Plus 32-bit (MSI-based) on Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit. When trying to open an Excel, Word, or PowerPoint documents I get this error message: Sorry, we can't perform this action. Incompatible Office products are installed…
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Rename OneDrive for Business folder in Explorer

After installing Office 365, I have a new special folder in Explorer called "OneDrive - Company Name LLC". I found a registry key at Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace whose value…
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Downloading a local copy of One Note from Office 365 Online

I have a One Note notebook saved through Office 365 Online. I would like to download a local copy but am having trouble. I've tried going to One Drive and downloading it through there, but it downloads a zip with a text file saying it cannot be…
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Move OneNote file to another OneDrive account

Is it possible to move a OneNote notebook from one OneDrive account to another? I have one very large notebook (several thousand pages) and it is going to be tedious manually copying. I no longer control the domain that the OneDrive account is on so…
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How can I sync SkyDrive/OneDrive on Windows 8.1 when signing in to PC with local account?

I have previously asked how I can install, or upgrade to, Windows 8.1, without using a Microsoft account, because "I like to keep things separate, and just logon with a tradional local account. Any apps that require me to sign-in with my Live…
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How to prevent a folder from being synced on OneDrive?

I recently downloaded a very large amount of images for a Machine Learning project. OneDrive is going a little bit crazy about it and I would like it to "ignore" the folder. Ideally, the folder would be isolated from the rest of the synced folders…
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Remove "Start back up" in File Explorer new Windows 11 update

Since the new update that rolled out a few weeks ago, I have this "Start back up" message in my File Explorer: It has been suggested to exit onedrive but I still want to use onedrive, I just don't want the "Start back up" message.
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How do I remove the OneDrive folder from my File Explorer folder tree in Windows 10?

I don't use or want to use OneDrive, but after upgrading to Windows 10 it's been installed automatically and added to the sidebar of every explorer window: I can't seem to figure out how to get rid of it. I can't uninstall it like a normal app, and…
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How to reset SkyDrive/OneDrive sync?

Is there a way to empty SkyDrive/OneDrive without deleting the files in the cloud. I'm running Windows 8.1 and would like to revert all of the files to "online-only" mode except that the function doesn't work. I'd like to completely restart the sync…
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