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I use OneDrive's File-on-demand feature.
Somehow out of nowhere, my online-only files (files marked with cloud icon) in my OneDrive folder are marked with this brown box symbol in the lower left-hand corner of each file icons. What does this icon mean?
Many options in the right-click menu are also missing from all files in the OneDrive folder (both with and without brown box icon), notably the option to control OneDrive file-on-demand like "Free up space" and "Always keep file on this device".
The "Status" column that shows the file-on-demand icons like Cloud & green checkmark in Details view is also missing.
I have just encountered this today for the first time. What does this icon brown box icon mean? I've tried searching and can't find any explanation.
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Hi,
I am not sure if everyone has this app, but I had the One Drive App, pre-installed for my new windows 11 device. On the app, just hit sync. Doing this resolved the brown box icon issue for me.
Hope this helps,
Cheers
Okay, so i did fix it myself, just one question, are is your onedrive connected? Because that was my problem
It seems like a lot of us are having trouble with Windows 11 / connectivity issues. Just wondering if one of the kind folks here could help with my wireless card issue? I separately posted and am trying to go through the advice already given but I've tried all of these things to no avail. Thank you in advance! After Windows 11 upgrade, wireless card is not recognized once laptop - Microsoft Community
Thanks a lot, I will test and let you know
I cannot even get OneDrive to open on my computer. It wants me to sign in and create a new account , then won't let me sign in. I have updated both OneDrive and Windows several times and fixed another Windows 11 issue with the graphics card but these broqwn file boxes refuse to go away. I can sign on via a web browser but it is pretty much unusable on my desktop.