File duplicates are created in SharePoint

Question

Hello,

for some days, duplicates of files are created in SharePoint. Upon every edit, a copy is created and a number is added to the new file (see screenshot).

So, we use SharePoint as a document library. We are 3 people in the company. I and one other use the SharePoint to acces files. The third person in the team has set up a OneDrive sync to his local machine, so he accesses files from here.

This has worked perfectly for 2½ years. But now it does not.

I found a setting in SharePoint to create versioning. I thought maybe one of my colleage enabled this, so I disabled versioning. Problem persists.

I also disabled autosave on a file to see if it made a difference. No effect - problem persists.

A strange thing is that when I edit a file and it replicates itself, in SharePoint it appears as if it was my colleage (the one with the local sync) who created and modified the file. My name is not there. 

So, I suspect that it could be the sync job that does something. 

Another thing pointing in this direction - when I delete a file through the SharePoint interface, after a few seconds, the file re-appears. Again, from the guy with the sync to local disk, I assume.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Morten

Answer 1

Hi Morten,

Have you referred to my suggestion? Does the issue go away?

Regards,

Sky