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
    2024-10-04T16:22:35+00:00

    The whole point of having a backup is to have files ready in an emergency immediately, not when Microsoft decides they will be ready.

    When you move a file from one location to another you expect it to be there.

    What is the point of paying for high speed internet only to be stopped on the server side?

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-10-10T05:31:00+00:00

    Batch file idea seems good, but implementation is not quite.

    I suggest the following batch file which should work -

    @echo off

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

    OneDrive.exe /background /sync

    exit

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-10-10T14:38:49+00:00

    my computer does not recognize onedrive.exe /sync

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-10-10T19:39:42+00:00

    Did you switch to the correct directory with the following command? I suspect the issue is with the file location.

    The location where onedrive.exe normally should be found - %userprofile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive

    Batch file I recommend to use for manual syncing:

    @echo off

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

    OneDrive.exe /background /sync

    exit

    To debug the issue if onedrive.exe is not recognized you can check it existence in the folder by using DIR command.

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