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what exactly is happening during automatic file downloads

When icloud, dropbox, onedrive, etc. sync files to/from the cloud, are they using microsofts automatic file downloads feature? If so, is there an underlying windows api that I can use to control this functionality?

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Developer technologies | C#

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asked 2021-01-01T19:47:45.747+00:00
Allen 1 Reputation point
answered 2021-01-04T14:19:25.193+00:00
Allen 1 Reputation point
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

OneDrive Silently Configure - still asking user to choose folders to sync

Hello, I've setup OneDrive for Business to use silent account configuration in our domain. (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/onedrive/use-silent-account-configuration) It's OK up to the point where there is a popup asking the user to choose…

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneDrive | For business | Windows
asked 2020-12-30T11:23:23.533+00:00
GonWild 426 Reputation points
accepted 2021-01-04T07:53:18.06+00:00
GonWild 426 Reputation points
1 answer

documents available by other users in office 365

I share documents on my onedrive, but in a view moments thus documents is also be shown in word explorer of my wife with her shared word license (office 365). How can i block this?

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneDrive | For business | Windows
asked 2020-12-24T21:55:05.857+00:00
René Kuipers 6 Reputation points
commented 2020-12-31T10:00:13.023+00:00
Erin Ding-MSFT 4,491 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Less Sharepoint Space to the Loyal Customer

If I purchase two MS Office Business Essentials Plan under same Domain I get totally 1TB+10GB Sharepoint space. If I purchase two MS Office Business Essentials Plan under different Domains I get 1TB + 1TB Sharepoint space. Is my understanding correct…

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asked 2020-12-24T02:12:38.44+00:00
Allan Fernandes 171 Reputation points
accepted 2020-12-29T21:37:04.533+00:00
Allan Fernandes 171 Reputation points
1 answer

How exactly the default language is setup for OneDrive for Business

Hello, Due to the changes introduced by MS regarding the addition of "Recordings" folder on user OneDrives, we've got our own Recordings folder added for all users on their OneDrive. However, the folder was added in German language by…

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asked 2020-12-14T03:45:14.49+00:00
Prabhat Singh 11 Reputation points
commented 2020-12-25T01:33:52.657+00:00
Emily Du-MSFT 51,976 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
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How can I access OneDrive from deleted gmail account?

I recently deleted a gmail account and cannot access what was stored on the One Drive account for this email account. Please can you advise me how I can access the files on the One drive that was linked to this account? Many thanks, Emma

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asked 2020-12-18T15:13:54.633+00:00
Emma Sorbie 1 Reputation point
commented 2020-12-24T08:08:55.147+00:00
Erin Ding-MSFT 4,491 Reputation points
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

can the admin view, edit or delete my files.

I have been assigned a licence for Office 365 E3 as a user. To what extent does the admin have ownership/viewership of the files saved in Office 365 ? I want to use onedrive to keep all my work files and maybe few personal files, Will my admin have…

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneDrive | For business | Windows
asked 2020-12-20T02:34:29.057+00:00
48083 21 Reputation points
accepted 2020-12-24T01:45:04.813+00:00
48083 21 Reputation points
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getting error while creating code for onedrive storage

While I am trying to generate code it is giving an error, **http://prntscr.com/w7mkjj**:- this is the code I should get but with a paid account i am not getting this code please check once and revert.

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneDrive | For business | Windows
asked 2020-12-22T07:54:38.517+00:00
Soubhagya pradhan 1 Reputation point
commented 2020-12-23T02:46:08.453+00:00
Emi Zhang-MSFT 30,176 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
2 answers

Onedrive up uploading my photo's whithout asking and approving

hello, why is windows automatically uploading my photo's to Ondrive? how do I switch this off? Onedrive does unwanted things?

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneDrive | For business | Windows
asked 2020-12-17T15:17:41.22+00:00
Ivan9180 1 Reputation point
commented 2020-12-22T10:27:20.6+00:00
Erin Ding-MSFT 4,491 Reputation points
1 answer

cloud file wont work

Hi, hello! When I double tap my document, it wont open. And it says on it that it wont ope due to an unexpected problem. It says that it can't be open becuase the cloud file got closed down unexpectedly. And now I can't open it, and I refuse to…

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asked 2020-12-16T14:12:42.227+00:00
Stella Stenman Ek 1 Reputation point
commented 2020-12-21T02:02:52.113+00:00
Emily Hua-MSFT 27,886 Reputation points
1 answer

Unable to sign into OneDrive Desktop Client

Hello Folks - Just for some background, I have a Windows 2008 server (yes, I know, old but its my only option right now) that I am leveraging for some backend integration. In the past, I have had zero issues connecting to OneDrive Business to sync…

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asked 2020-12-01T10:04:24.013+00:00
Chris Takacs 1 Reputation point
commented 2020-12-18T09:38:15.37+00:00
Emi Zhang-MSFT 30,176 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

MySiteRedirect=AllSites brings me to OneDrive

Hi there, in my new SharePoint Farm, in the My Site the MySiteRedirect=AllSites brings me always to the OneDrive Folder and not to /my/sot/social/Sites.aspx Has anyone an idea how to fix this? BR Thorsten

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asked 2020-12-15T08:58:14.313+00:00
Thorsten Schollmeyer 21 Reputation points
accepted 2020-12-17T08:30:17.873+00:00
Thorsten Schollmeyer 21 Reputation points
4 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

OneDrive and Group Policy will not automatically sync the Teams Documents folder

I have successfully setup OneDrive to use the Windows Known Folder redirection. I am trying to setup OneDrive to automatically sync the Teams Documents folder. I have followed the appropriate section in document…

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneDrive | For business | Windows
asked 2020-12-10T22:24:16.38+00:00
David McBride 306 Reputation points
accepted 2020-12-10T23:05:48.537+00:00
David McBride 306 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

OneDrive - privacy of local folders, extra auth?

Hi, Teachers use OneDrive extensively at our school and many of the bring their job notebooks at home where they might occasionally be lent to family members or visitors to help them out when they need access to a computer. We cannot be sure that…

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneDrive | For business | Windows
asked 2020-12-04T08:20:20.093+00:00
BTor 81 Reputation points
accepted 2020-12-08T09:25:58.643+00:00
BTor 81 Reputation points
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

SharePoint online and OneDrive missing from O365 All Admin Centers

I have signed trial version of O365 E3 about 6 month ago. Today I found that both SharePoint online and OneDrive are missing from O365 All Admin Centers. Anyone has the same issue? My All Admin Centers includes the following items, Azure Active…

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Microsoft 365 and Office | OneDrive | For business | Windows
asked 2020-12-07T12:41:28.787+00:00
Peter Wang 21 Reputation points
accepted 2020-12-07T19:52:06.537+00:00
Peter Wang 21 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

OneDrive Shared Folder Syncing

I am writing an App that connects to directly to a OneDrive account (primary) via Microsoft Graph. If that account (primary) has a shared folder to another OneDrive account (secondary), does Microsoft Graph connect directly (via the primary) to the…

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Microsoft Security | Microsoft Graph
asked 2020-11-27T13:02:31.667+00:00
Sunshine Coast 116 Reputation points
commented 2020-11-30T14:47:15.037+00:00
Sunshine Coast 116 Reputation points
1 answer

Something's not right

I dont download , Upload , manage my onedrive., It's show messege " Something's not right The page you requested is temporarily unavailable. We apologize for the inconvenience, please check back in a few minutes. It's very important…

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneDrive | For business | Windows
asked 2020-11-10T05:28:54.157+00:00
37484 6 Reputation points
commented 2020-11-23T01:41:28.563+00:00
Emily Hua-MSFT 27,886 Reputation points
1 answer

one drive authenticator started give EXPIRED message

When attempting to open my one drive vault, the Authenticate app approval now says expired. How can I fix this? Was working fine in the past.

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asked 2020-11-11T01:41:59.373+00:00
Susan Kifer 1 Reputation point
commented 2020-11-20T05:18:22.23+00:00
Emi Zhang-MSFT 30,176 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
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OneDrive for Business Storage Problems; Incorrect Reporting of Used Space

A new problem just popped up today with OneDrive for Business. I receive a message in on my computer that OneDrive is out of space. When I go through the web admin console to check on storage, it shows in the top right that 0GB of the 1TB is free. …

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneDrive | For business | Windows
asked 2020-11-06T22:27:22.08+00:00
Clark H 1 Reputation point
commented 2020-11-20T05:17:02.65+00:00
Emi Zhang-MSFT 30,176 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
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I can login to onedrive, but it says Make sure you’re connected a wifi or cellular network

There’s something wrong with my account. I can’t take the data I have stored in one drive. It may lost, recently ,every times when I login ,it not displays my files, but shows “ Make sure you’re connected a wifi or cellular network ” My network has…

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asked 2020-11-16T07:11:39.923+00:00
Zeki 1 Reputation point
answered 2020-11-17T06:14:20.58+00:00
Erin Ding-MSFT 4,491 Reputation points