Why wont one drive file download

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This includes OneDrive for personal use and OneDrive for school or work if you have set it up. Here is how you can reset the OneDrive desktop sync app:. The OneDrive Files On-Demand feature allows you to save storage space on your device, both for desktop and mobile. OneDrive shows the files you have access to on your computer or mobile but doesn't download the files until you open them.

The Files On-Demand issue is that you need an active internet connection to open the file. To make a file or folder available offline, right-click it and select Always keep on this device. Microsoft has always done the opposite.

Each UI update imposes changes that developers decide are better. Users are forced to fumble around until they figure out where some useful toolbar or button has been moved to. If enough users complain, a subsequent update brings the feature back — like the Start Button in Windows 8.

My recent one-on-one with OneDrive just added another hour to that tally. Fortunately, I persisted in finding a better way, or I would have wasted even more time tediously downloading one file at a time. The lesson in this for me and for you is to look for buttons and links that make it easy to download online content. If you search and come up empty, research the problem. And if all else fails, complain about it. Tell developers how you work and insist they give you the tools that simplify IT for you.

Thanks for the post. Unbelievably stupid design. I wish I could use your workaround. OneDrive has many of the features found in SharePoint sites, but should not be used where governance or records management is required or in place of team sites.

I would like to share a story with you about a customer. Recently, we shared a link to an online PowerPoint presentation with a customer. The customer replied and said that he could not download this presentation and was not sure why.