one drive error "your onedrive folder can't be created in the location you selected"

Anonymous
2019-11-19T10:19:58+00:00

I have this error "your onedrive folder can't be created in the location you selected" I had onedrive working fine on my computer for a long time then over the weekend it stopped working and now I have this error. I have tried the following

  1. Remove Onedrive and reinstall it.
  2. It works on other drives but I want all my Data on my Data drive
  3. I have trie downloading and installing OneDrive to the targeted drive, check if the OneDrive can recognize the drive as a right location. You can have a try to see the result, this I can do but it keeps coming up with the same error
  4. I have right clicked my targeted drive >  properties > Security > and checked that I have the Full control permission of the drive.
  5. Create a new test Windows user profile to see the result.

As the issue persists here is the information below:

  1. I attach a screenshot about the drive property showing the NTFS format and
  2. A screenshot about the error message.

Please let me know how I can fix this

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  1. Anonymous
    2019-12-09T17:26:01+00:00

    I have the same problem. I have also tried the steps listed. Please keep me in the loop as Microsoft attempts to fix the problem.

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  2. Anonymous
    2019-12-11T03:41:18+00:00

    As The Royal Air Force would say: "Bingo!"  IE you hit the target chaps (and Chapesses) Here in NZ we've just had a windows update. That inspired me to try one of the OneDrive Fixes.

    So Stop OneDrive, Go to Add/Remove programmes and uninstall Onedrive.

    Go to the MS OneDrive site and download the latest version. During the configuration/sign-in Process there appears (on one of the screens) a checkbox "Get OneDrive Insider Preview Updates before the Release". I clicked that and immediately OneDrive started downloading. When the download and automatic install had completed, my problem was FIXED!

    I can now move my local copy of OneDrive to my big internal disc and get it off the SSD (Which was WAY too small)

    Brilliant work again; you would get that from the money grabbing, no social conscience team at A???e

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  3. Anonymous
    2019-12-11T03:43:25+00:00

    As The Royal Air Force would say: "Bingo!"  IE you hit the target chaps (and Chapesses) Here in NZ we've just had a windows update. That inspired me to try one of the OneDrive Fixes.

    So Stop OneDrive, Go to Add/Remove programmes and uninstall Onedrive.

    Go to the MS OneDrive site and download the latest version. During the configuration/sign-in Process there appears (on one of the screens) a checkbox "Get OneDrive Insider Preview Updates before the Release". I clicked that and immediately OneDrive started downloading. When the download and automatic install had completed, my problem was FIXED!

    I can now move my local copy of OneDrive to my big internal disc and get it off the SSD (Which was WAY too small)

    Brilliant work again; you would NOT get that support from the money grabbing, no social conscience team at A???e

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  4. Craig Long 18,635 Reputation points
    2019-12-11T05:16:02+00:00

    As The Royal Air Force would say: "Bingo!"  IE you hit the target chaps (and Chapesses) Here in NZ we've just had a windows update. That inspired me to try one of the OneDrive Fixes.

    So Stop OneDrive, Go to Add/Remove programmes and uninstall Onedrive.

    Go to the MS OneDrive site and download the latest version. During the configuration/sign-in Process there appears (on one of the screens) a checkbox "Get OneDrive Insider Preview Updates before the Release". I clicked that and immediately OneDrive started downloading. When the download and automatic install had completed, my problem was FIXED!

    I can now move my local copy of OneDrive to my big internal disc and get it off the SSD (Which was WAY too small)

    Brilliant work again; you would get that from the money grabbing, no social conscience team at A???e

    That's the best answer for now!

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  5. Anonymous
    2019-12-11T06:01:04+00:00

    And that's good enough. ;-)

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