Error code 0xc0e90002 One Drive in S-mode.

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Error code 0xc0e90002 One Drive in S-mode.

Stuart Lutes 0

How can I fix error code 0xc0e90002 in OneDrive without disabling or leaving S-mode? Thank you.

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Stuart Lutes 0

I now have a new problem. It seems that the error code pop-up has generated pop-ups claiming to be from McAfee saying that my computer is infected and that I should get subscribe to McAfee! I checked Windows Defender and it indicates that everything is OK, however, I can't do a quick scan because there is no quick scan button to click on to. Is this because of S-mode? If so, how can I get a quick scan? I'm exasperated! Thank you. Stuart.

Nathan R 500 Reputation points Independent Advisor

2026-08-16T15:41:04.9666667+00:00

Hey there, Stuart Lutes

This isn't because you are in S-mode. This is most likely because your computer may have come with McAfee installed and a trial subscription already active. When the trial ends, McAfee shows a pop-up asking you to renew a subscription.

Because there is already an antivirus software installed and active on the PC, Microsoft Defender is designed to sit back and allow the antivirus software do it's job.

Please can you check if McAfee is installed by clicking onto start and looking for McAfee from the all apps. You can also search in the search bar on the Taskbar for McAfee

If you do see it installed, but would like to uninstall it, please let me know. I can walk you through how to do this.

Thanks,
Nathan
Nathan R 500 Reputation points Independent Advisor

2026-08-16T15:53:41.0266667+00:00

Hey there, Stuart Lutes

Did you manage to find McAfee?

Thanks,
Nathan
Stuart Lutes 0 Reputation points

2026-08-16T15:58:21.2133333+00:00

No. I took McAfee out before the trial period ended. This is something else. The link is coming from a site in India (the address has the letters "in" at the end). I suspect that I'm being hacked.
Stuart Lutes 0 Reputation points

2026-08-16T16:07:49.68+00:00

Nathan, are you there?
Nathan R 500 Reputation points Independent Advisor

2026-08-16T16:59:40.79+00:00

Hey there, Stuart Lutes

Yeah, I am still here.

I took McAfee out before the trial period ended. This is something else. The link is coming from a site in India (the address has the letters "in" at the end).

Right, please can you upload an image of the message you get (Please make sure you remove any personal identifiable information (PII) from the image)?

Do you see this when you visit a website or is it popping up randomly on your computer?

It could be a virus on your computer. Please can you tell me if you have clicked on anything suspicious recently or visited any suspicious sites?

In terms of what to do, please can you turn off your WIFI on the device, so it is offline. Then click onto start and open Windows Security. Please click onto Virus and thread protection, can you run an offline scan?

You want to click onto scan options

This will open scan options. You should see an option to do an offline scan which should be the very last option on the list

Once you have selected this, please click scan now.

Please let me know how this goes,
Nathan
Stuart Lutes 0 Reputation points

2026-08-16T17:55:40.38+00:00

I’m at work right now so I’m away from my computer. But when I get home I’ll get to it. I haven’t visited any strange sites and this started right after I clicked off the error code message this morning.
Stuart Lutes 0 Reputation points

2026-08-17T05:43:30.91+00:00

Hi Nathan! It’s me Stuart again. I did what you advised but unfortunately my Windows Defender app doesn’t have a scan button so I can’t do a quick scan unless it wants me to (characteristic of S-mode I guess). As to those pop-ups that I have been telling you about, they come from Firefox which is my main browser. I went on Microsoft Edge and saw no pop-ups there. My virus protection from Microsoft Defender had a green check ✅ on it indicating no viruses or malware, so I can only conclude that it must be scare ware coming from someone pretending to be McAfee and they’ve infected my main browser.

Do you think system restore might resolve both problems? Please let me know when you get a chance. Thanks for all your help! Stuart.

Answer 2

Hey there, Stuart Lutes

The error code you have mentioned crops up when there is a corrupt system file for OneDrive installation or corrupt system files for the operating system.

The first thing I would recommend doing is resetting OneDrive. This can be done on any version of Windows 11 whether it is in S mode or not.

You can do this by pressing the start key (Windows logo) & R together. You can also right click onto the start icon on the Taskbar and clicking onto "Run"

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This opens the run dialog box on your desktop, just above the Taskbar.

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When this has opened, please can you copy and paste the following command into the textbox on the right-hand side of run. Now depending on the version of Windows and the type of OneDrive installed will depend on which of these work. Please start from the top and work your way down. If you see a message telling you Windows couldn't find... then please move onto the next one.

%localappdata%\Microsoft\OneDrive\onedrive.exe /reset

If that command doesn't work, please try this one

C:\Program Files\Microsoft OneDrive\onedrive.exe /reset

If this that one doesn't work, please try this one

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft OneDrive\onedrive.exe /reset

Once you have done this, OneDrive will reset it's self. Once it has done this, please check if the issue with OneDrive has been resolved. For further information on how to reset OneDrive, please see this article here: https://support.microsoft.com/en-US/onedrive/reset-onedrive

Hope this helps,
Nathan

Stuart Lutes 0 Reputation points

2026-08-16T15:43:18.3166667+00:00

I now have a new problem. The error code pop-up has generated pop-ups from McAfee saying that my computer is infected but I checked with Windows Defender and it says everything is fine. I want to do a quick scan but there's no quick scan button to click on. Is this typical of S-mode computers? How can I do a quick scan when there is no button to click on?

Answer 3

Mohammad Zuheb 0

Cause: The 0xc0e90002 error indicates corrupted OneDrive files or binaries.
__Fix 1 (Reinstall via Microsoft Store):__ Go to Settings > Apps > Installed apps, uninstall Microsoft OneDrive, restart, and reinstall it from the Microsoft Store (works natively in S-Mode).
__Fix 2 (Reset OneDrive):__ Press Win + R, run %localappdata%\Microsoft\OneDrive\onedrive.exe /reset, and reopen OneDrive.
__Fix 3 (System Update):__ Go to Settings > Windows Update and run updates to repair underlying Windows files without needing to disable S-Mode.

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