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
    2024-12-12T20:36:49+00:00

    Rainman, I couldn't agree with you more. Maybe a little less emphasis on vaccines and a little more emphasis on software would be good from Mr. Gates et al.

    Unfortunately, Microsoft has never (to my knowledge, and I've used their products since 1990) been focused on customer service, or releasing software that is bug-free. It's all about getting something out there, no matter how trashy it is, so that you can force the upgrade.

    One man's biased opinion. I hope they accept your offer of help, but we both know what file your info is going to go into

    Lou

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

    Try this:

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

    OneDrive.exe /shutdown

    OneDrive.exe /background

    exit

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