I found that if you right click on the OneDrive icon (two white clouds) in the system tray (where your time shows) and then choose "Quit OneDrive" and then start it again from the Start Menu, it would let me access my files that previously gave the "We can't open this file right now. Make sure OneDrive is running on your PC, then try again" error.
We can't open this file right now. Make sure OneDrive is running on your PC, then try again.
I keep getting this error message when I try to recover my files from OneDrive.
"We can't open this file right now. Make sure OneDrive is running on your PC, then try again."
These files were on my windows 8 laptop, but it died so I put everything in OneDrive and now I can't access my files!!!! Help!!!! My new laptop is running on windows 10.
How do I fix this? I need these files ASAP!!!!
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2018-08-19T00:32:49+00:00 I keep getting this error message when I try to recover my files from OneDrive.
"We can't open this file right now. Make sure OneDrive is running on your PC, then try again."
These files were on my windows 8 laptop, but it died so I put everything in OneDrive and now I can't access my files!!!! Help!!!! My new laptop is running on windows 10.
How do I fix this? I need these files ASAP!!!!
Are there ANY MS services that are working ?? Every day without fail I have to refer to these wretched useless forum os find answers because MS is total garbage and the oringinator needs to be sending money BACK to us the guinea pig customers for finding solutions for MS INSTEAD OF BEING A BLOODY PHILANTHROPIST .If I see one more reply from MS saying " clean boot, use SFC I will just laugh.
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Anonymous
2018-08-10T19:37:37+00:00 I noticed the cloud missing from my taskbar, and subsequently pinned it to the taskbar by right-clicking the program app from the menu list. It immediately started syncing and solved my issue.
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