Why does my Onedrive.exe file disappear from the %appdata%\local\microsoft\onedrive folder?

I too am experiencing the same problem. OneDrive has always worked fine until this week - the OneDrive folder, subfolders & files are there in File Explorer, and can be opened, however Onedrive wouldn't sync with online files, and I noticed that the icon had disappeared from the Taskbar. On locating OneDrive.exe in the OneDrive folder and clicking, nothing happened.

I managed to locate in C:\Users\NAME\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive\Update\OneDriveSetup.exe and on running it, it installed OneDrive, but a message said it was "preparing for first use". It only took about 1 minute to run, but lo and behold it worked, and it re-instated the Taskbar icon too. This worked for a couple of days, then it was same again, so re-run the installation file to get it working again, the second time being yesterday, 14/07/2018.

I came on here to try to find out why this is happening and a possible cure, and have has mentioned here, found in the OneDrive folder a subfolder - in fact, now 3 subfolders, the latest one being 18.111.0603.0006_1. In each of these folders there is a OneDriveSetup.exe file.

At least it gets it up & running again, but it's a nuisance if I have to do this every couple of days.

Trevor B

As you can see from the last few replies, most of us are NOT Insiders.

https://support.office.com/en-us/article/new-onedrive-sync-client-release-notes-845dcf18-f921-435e-bf28-4e24b95e5fc0

The link above gives current build numbers. I'm on the insiders ring version 18.127.9625.0002 as below:

Is it only the insider ring updates giving this issue, or is someone on the prod/enterprise ring also seeing this issue?

Cheers,

Nick

I am the same setup. NOT Office insider but do have the subscription to Office 365.

It certainly seems to coincide with/relate to updates of OneDrive for me.

The new version gets downloaded to %appdata%..\local\microsoft\onedrive\xx.xxx.xxxx.xxxx however, whatever update process then occurs seems to preclude bothering to put onedrive.exe back in the %appdata%..\local\microsoft\onedrive folder.

What usually tips me off is the Windows Defender Security Center prompting for me to set up OneDrive... or noticing that there are no longer green sync'd indicators on something I'm working on.

Running the  %appdata%..\local\microsoft\onedrive\xx.xxx.xxxx.xxxx\OneDriveSetup.exe works for me, but is a pain in the backside. It does however put the onedrive.exe where it should be.

My system is a completely Microsoft affair. Microsoft Surface Book. Microsoft Windows. Microsoft Office (O365). Windows Defender. Microsoft OneDrive. Makes it a Microsoft issue to resolve. Quickly. Please.