Office documents appear with an orange/yellow box in front of them. They won't open

Anonymous
2021-12-15T15:12:22+00:00

I recently upgraded to Windows 11 pro. I reviewing my locally stored documents, several of them have an altered ICON with what looks like a file storage box to the left of the standard application ICON. None of these files will open by double-clicking. I chatted with MS support this morning and the agent couldn't figure it out either. Fortunately, most of these documents are also on OneDrive, but I have >100 with this issue and it will take time to find and restore a working copy.

Has anyone seen this?

Thanks,

Tom

[Moved from Word / For business / Windows]

Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For home | Windows

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  1. Diane Poremsky MVP 17,531 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2022-12-20T03:55:41+00:00

    Yes, it was. Are you using OneDrive or Dropbox or another cloud storage? Are you signed into the server?

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-12-19T23:54:47+00:00

    I am having the same issue. Was this resolved?

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  3. Suzanne S Barnhill 279.3K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2022-10-27T12:31:42+00:00

    Read the previous few replies for suggestions.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-10-27T12:03:09+00:00

    What's the answer to this problem?

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-10-25T02:49:20+00:00

    To anyone who experiences this issue in the future,

    I resolved this issue by going to my OneDrive settings and toggling the "Files On Demand" setting off and then back on again.

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