Error 0x8007016A: The Cloud File provider is not running

Anonymous
2018-05-02T20:33:44+00:00

After some problems I reset OneDrive and moved the folder to another location (on another partition).

I pointed OneDrive setting to this new empty folder called OneDrive.

All my files (385GB) are downloading now to this new (empty) OneDrive folder.

I don't want to leave anything just in the cloud on demand.

I don't trust OneDrive anymore.

The downloading (syncing) is very very slow.

While syncing I get the message that there will be 2 copies of the same file created.

The name of the second file has the name of my PC attached.

The OneDrive files are syncing to an empty folder.

How can there be two versions of the same file????

I have to stop the synchronizing before my files get corrupted.

Second problem!

In the old location of the OneDrive folder there is still an "old" folder with all my files.

This folder is not part of OneDrive anymore and is certainly not syncing.

It's just a normal folder with some files.

When I try to delete a folder inside this old OneDrive I get an error saying this is not possible???

This folder cannot be deleted because the cloudprovider is not running.

Error 0x8007016A

Do I have to reset again?

I stil need my files in the OneDrive cloud.

I'm afraid of loosing my files.

Is this the "new" OneDrive?

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Anonymous
2018-05-16T17:29:51+00:00

I get also this error 0x8007016A since the Windows 10 April 2018 update with the files on demand setting. As a workaround I have to switch off file on demand, wait for the restart of OneDrive and then I delete the not fully synced file (only thumbnail but filesize zero). After deletion OneDrive downloads the file again from the cloud. This is definitely a bug!

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-08-11T16:16:44+00:00

    OneDrive started off weak and now periodically becomes nearly useless.  I'm having similar syncing issues (again).  This time, I reorganized a OneDrive directory structure, and moved some folders around.  The only way I recognized that the problem has re-occurred is because what I accessed through my "mount point" in the file system reflects the new directory structure, but the OneDrive Desktop App does not, and neither do any of the Microsoft Office Apps - which demonstrates that my "mount point" is no longer functional. Once again, OneDrive has failed silently.

    I say "again" because this has happened before with this and my other desktops or laptops.  BUT - good news!  THERE IS a fix for this, but it's manual.  The failure is silent, and for whatever reason, the fix is NOT included with Windows Update.

    Microsoft is silent about the problem.  Either they don't know about it, or refuse to recognize it.

    To remediate the situation, just download and re-install the OneDrive drivers/"application" on your PC - "OneDriveSetup.exe".  You'll have to search for it on Microsoft.com, and they don't make it easy.  I would have to say this is the best course - you might be able to find it in your "latest versions" folder, but since there seems to be an issue with Windows Update (above), I wouldn't trust it to actually BE the latest version.

    This fixes my syncing problems. but apparently, the "fix" is only good until Microsoft, in its infinite wisdom, decides to change things up again.

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-08-09T16:54:52+00:00

    I have same problem

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-12-09T22:16:54+00:00

    To everyone having this problem, there might be 2 reasons:

    1. You are running on power saving mode which stops OneDrive from syncing.
    2. You did not activate the syncing of OneDrive on your device.

    Check your settings and try again :)

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  4. Anonymous
    2019-02-05T20:51:52+00:00

    Press Win-X, run powershell as admin, and enter this in. 

    Remove-Item "OneDrive" -Recurse -Force

    If you get this error:

    Remove-Item : Cannot find path 'C:\Users\username\OneDrive' because it does not exist.

    At line:1 char:1

    • Remove-Item "OneDe" -Recurse -Force
    •
    • CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (C:\Users\jthom\OneDe:String) [Remove-Item], ItemNotFoundException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.RemoveItemCommand

    It is because your one drive is named something else like "onedrive personal" and you need to replace the script in quotes with that name or your one drive in a different location than the current path. If the second is the case type 

    C:\users\username\documents 

    or whatever the path is to the folder containing the one drive folder, then try this again:

    Remove-Item "OneDrive" -Recurse -Force

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