Force sync in OneDrive

Anonymous
2024-02-13T08:24:30+00:00

Is there any way of forcing OneDrive to sync? Let's say a user uploads a document on one client, and user 2 wants to access that document immediately on his client, but onedrive haven't synced that folder yet.

Is there a way to force a manual sync? Ideally with like a .bat file or something that i can pin to the taskbar that the user can just click to run just to speed up the process

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-12-28T20:28:39+00:00

    Indeed, and you can do it with just one click using the following batch file:

    cd %userprofile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive

    OneDrive.exe /shutdown

    OneDrive.exe /background

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-12-28T14:02:38+00:00

    Simplest solution for me:

    1. Pause syncing
    2. Resume synging

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-12-26T20:42:05+00:00

    Try this:

    cd %userprofile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive

    OneDrive.exe /shutdown

    OneDrive.exe /background

    exit

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-12-26T19:10:35+00:00

    Does not work for me:

    C:\Users\willi>cd %userprofile%\OneDrive

    C:\Users\willi\OneDrive>onedrive.exe /sync

    'onedrive.exe' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

    operable program or batch file.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-12-18T22:29:21+00:00

    Worked perfectly. It immediately started syncing after following all of the steps and hitting the pause button the second time (seems counter intuitive but worked). No hammer required.

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