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Why does Runtime Broker download all my always online files from OneDrive?

Pownas 51 Reputation points
2020-08-27T10:42:26.12+00:00

I have alot of always Online files on my computer from OneDrive.
But suddently Windows Runtime Broker started to download all of my files from OneDrive to make a index of them, but now my harddrive are filled with files I just want on my OneDrive and not locally on my computer.

Is this some kind of bug in Windows 10 v1909?

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OneDrive Management
OneDrive: A Microsoft file hosting and synchronization service.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
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  1. Edgar Walther (ITsmart) 46 Reputation points
    2021-01-29T11:06:16.277+00:00

    Same issue here.
    Just cleaned up my C drive by clicking "Free up space" for all my pictures from 2019 and 2020. But it (Runtime Broker) re-downloads them all...
    The Automatic File Downloads screen in Settings is empty... Where can I find the files that are requesting automatic file downloads?

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  2. Brian Erickson 346 Reputation points
    2021-03-19T13:05:12.057+00:00

    I had an app installed labeled 'Photos Addon' I uninstalled it while the runtimebroker was downloading all my pictures and poof, the runtimebroker went away.

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  3. Brian Erickson 346 Reputation points
    2021-03-19T13:38:06.077+00:00

    This was also a help.

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  4. Stärk, Uli 1 Reputation point
    2021-04-06T09:22:21.02+00:00

    I have the same issue. Its downloading file-by-file from my onedrive. It is using a massive amount of cpu power and the fans keep on running! This behaviour changed like a week ago. I let it work for hours, but it will not finish anytime soon.

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  5. Simon S 1 Reputation point
    2022-03-10T10:39:46.743+00:00

    For me .. it was another App (OBS studio) that was building a slideshow feature with my picture folder. I seems that that app, triggered the runtime environmnet to keep downloading ...

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