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. Craig Long 18,635 Reputation points
    2019-12-09T12:04:00+00:00

    Someone said this works for them:  https://lifehacker.com/how-to-get-early-access-to-new-onedrive-features-1837246635

    So someone give this a try.

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  2. Craig Long 18,635 Reputation points
    2019-12-09T11:54:48+00:00

    When I used to have problems with OneDrive I would uninstall it and then reinstall an older version.  It would always work fine.  Then later OneDrive would automatically update to the latest version and would also work fine.  This is not the official answer of course but I was desperate.

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  3. Anonymous
    2019-12-09T10:51:18+00:00

    Now tried everything people are suggesting except reinstalling Windows 10. Nothing works when trying to move to D drive. Works on the external drive F which is not what I am trying to do. 

    I've just returned to Windows after using a MAC. Beginning to reject it.

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  4. Craig Long 18,635 Reputation points
    2019-12-08T13:46:03+00:00

    I did a Reset of my PC (which reinstalls Windows) and had no problems connecting OneDrive to my large secondary drive.  But I had no problems with OneDrive to begin with.  If you have only a few programs installed and have good data backups you might want to try a Reset.  It may not fix your problem however.  It did fix a browser crashing issue I had.  I often like to start over afresh on my PC.

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  5. Anonymous
    2019-12-08T10:41:25+00:00

    After all these weeks, still waiting for a fix from microsoft.

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