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Move Office files to one drive

Greetings I transitioned from Microsoft Office 2019 to Office 365, leveraging the Microsoft OneDrive. Now I have a problem. Some files are on my hard drive, while others are on OneDrive, and sometimes there are duplicate files, which can be very…

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asked 2025-11-10T20:01:41.2633333+00:00
Baha Habashy 60 Reputation points
commented 2025-11-15T00:03:46.18+00:00
Jay Tr 5,640 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Copy as Link

How do I copy a file or document as a link to put into another location in windows 11

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asked 2025-11-04T14:51:59.18+00:00
Nancy Slater 0 Reputation points
edited an answer 2025-11-14T22:51:33.9666667+00:00
Kai-L 5,895 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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A red cross on your OneDrive files

Hi there, I have noticed that my OneDrive has numerous files in different folders with a red cross. I have researched what to do, but I don't really want to reset OneDrive as my storage is 501gb being used from 1TB. Are there any other solutions? Many…

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asked 2025-11-03T17:14:32.1433333+00:00
Sarby 0 Reputation points
edited an answer 2025-11-14T21:59:23.9433333+00:00
Hendrix-C 6,405 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Why does onedrive not startin windows 11 24h2

Why is my onedrive for business not working anymore after updating to windows 11 24H2 from Windows 11 23H2? I've tried. Onedrive.exe /reset PC reset Profile reset Regkey to disable filesync set to 0 Reinstalled onedrive. Sownloaded latest onedrive…

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asked 2025-11-13T14:53:40.0266667+00:00
Eddy Derneden 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-11-14T21:45:20+00:00
Chris Duong 4,160 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Lost data/files (but folders are there) in OneDrive after account frozen and then reinstated

Hi, Hopefully someone can help!! I had my account frozen for a couple of months, and then reinstated - however, after a back-up, whilst OneDrive has backed up from the server the folders, and sub-folders, there are no data files within them. This is…

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asked 2025-11-14T13:53:23.6233333+00:00
simon 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-11-14T20:36:10.43+00:00
simon 0 Reputation points
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How to troubleshoot Windows 11 File Explorer connecting to OneDrive shortcuts.

We have begun to use SharePoint as our company's content/collaboration application. Users are creating library shortcuts to OneDrive and then using Windows File Explorer to access their OneDrive shortcuts. Periodically, users are experiencing issues…

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asked 2025-11-14T16:44:51.3+00:00
Ember Krumwied 5 Reputation points
edited an answer 2025-11-14T17:42:12.1933333+00:00
Kai-L 5,895 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Reopen closed items in Outlook

Accidentally closed Outlook and it did not open previously open emails

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asked 2025-11-12T20:29:39.2566667+00:00
Jarrod Longcor 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-11-14T17:11:23.7966667+00:00
Killian-N 5,200 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Problem with File Explorer only showing onedrive files

Problem with Windows File Explorer only showing onedrive files. Windows File Explorer only shows OneDrive files but not local files. How do I return Windows File Explorer to it's settings BEFORE I turned on backup with OneDrive?

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asked 2025-03-27T19:50:45.6766667+00:00
Gene Pennington 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-11-14T16:49:06.3066667+00:00
Kent Spain 0 Reputation points
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Notifications for external users for OneDrive changes

Hello, is there a way of setting up notifications for external users when the changes are made to the shared folder in OneDrive?

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asked 2025-11-14T11:23:43.01+00:00
MT 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-11-14T14:43:03.8933333+00:00
Nam-D 320 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Not receiving emails

Hi I am not receiving emails on my account .I can send emails. Can you please help ! Regards PII removed

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asked 2025-11-12T12:57:45.9566667+00:00
info 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-11-14T14:19:22.4266667+00:00
Alina-Le 3,800 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Sharepoint, OneDrive signing out issues

We have just transfered all our files onto Sharepoint, and are having issues on all desktops. Whereby once we have have added shortcuts from sharepoint into OneDrive it seems to be not keeping the accounts logged into OneDrive. The user can see the…

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asked 2025-11-12T07:42:13.44+00:00
Steven Jones 0 Reputation points
edited a comment 2025-11-14T14:11:51.28+00:00
Alina-Le 3,800 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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OneDrive folders on Expired Domain not available

We are unable to access a OneDrive folder for a user who has left the business. How do we gain access to the data to move to a different folder which we do have access to?

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asked 2025-11-14T13:45:13.16+00:00
Candice Ferreiro 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-11-14T14:02:47.6766667+00:00
Phoebe-N 5,685 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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why does onedrive all but refuse to load certain files

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…

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asked 2025-11-13T13:19:10.7366667+00:00
Chris Miller 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-11-14T13:45:20.5333333+00:00
Tina L 7,375 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Employee cannot access shared files in OneDrive for certain users

We have a problem in our company when certain users want to share files with a specific employee, Employee X. Employee X is supposed to receive a file from another user via OneDrive for viewing, but only receives a message saying that they do not have…

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asked 2025-11-14T07:06:36.7733333+00:00
Marcel 0 Reputation points
edited an answer 2025-11-14T09:28:49.0533333+00:00
Demi-N 7,205 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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One drive for Business power automate sending emails with ***SPAM*** in the subject field

I have set up some power automation features in a OneDrive for Business account. Basically, whenever an employee uploads a document into a specific folder, I receive an email notifying me of that event. I use Outlook. It's been working fine. Recently,…

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asked 2025-11-05T11:21:53.5766667+00:00
Eurico Almeida 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-11-14T08:54:46.2366667+00:00
Tamara-Hu 6,680 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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i want to create one drive conditional policy

I want to set the one drive conditional policy for specific user

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asked 2025-11-14T06:13:48.7633333+00:00
Santosh Patil 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-11-14T06:49:05.0933333+00:00
Jeanie H 6,325 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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when I tried to sign in on OneDrive I received a strange message

I was trying to sign in on my One Drive account and received this message: Correlation ID: remove PII Date and Time: 11/13/2025 6:03:06 PM URL: https://onedrive.live.com/ Issue Type: Unknown issue. I have no idea what it means, can someone help?

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asked 2025-11-14T02:12:28.19+00:00
SERGIO SOUZA 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-11-14T02:52:22.3833333+00:00
Sophie N 6,535 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Fix OneDrive or get rid of it, It constantly says im over exceeding my storage, And yet Ive Been DELETIng most of it

My onedrive is eighter not updated after I deleted Most of my files and folders,now it still saying i You're over your storage limit (100%) You can't upload new files or send and receive email for this account Get more storage, Why do I have to pay, One…

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asked 2025-11-10T19:05:27.8166667+00:00
NadineTracy-9637 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-11-13T22:32:33.0766667+00:00
Killian-N 5,200 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Files are not syncing between users on the same shared oneDrive

The files updates are not syncing between users: User A can not see user B's files User B can not see user A's files We have tried the unlink and it has not worked.

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asked 2025-11-12T20:06:14.48+00:00
Sally Stewart 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-11-13T22:28:54.7066667+00:00
Jay Tr 5,640 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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i need to upgrade my current personal account to business, get hipaa compliance and populate all my files to the business account

i need to upgrade my current personal account to business, get hipaa compliance and populate all my files to the business account

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asked 2025-11-10T17:31:08.99+00:00
Joey Wyatt 0 Reputation points
edited a comment 2025-11-13T22:12:32.25+00:00
Chris Duong 4,160 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator