Uploading files to Onedrive with File Explorer


  1. Posts : 149
    Dual boot windows 10 Pro 22H2 & Win 11 Pro 23H2
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    Uploading files to Onedrive with File Explorer


    I don't sync my folders or files with Onedrive, but use the online storage as a backup for many songs and photos.
    If I highlight all files (several hundred) in a local folder and drag them to the online Onedrive folder with the same name, I get a choice to "replace or keep both" for files already on Onedrive. Replacing them is a waste of time, and I don't want to duplicate them. How do I just copy the files that are new and ignore those already in Onedrive.
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  2. Posts : 2,149
    Windows 11 Pro (latest update ... forever anal)
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    Install Teracopy. When you copy/move/paste it gives you a range of multiple choices to skip (one by one, or all), replace, keep both, replace older, replace newer, et al etc etc.

    Even better, also use these registry tweaks to give you context menu added options Copy to ... and Move to ...
    How to Add "Move to" or "Copy to" to Windows 10's Context Menu
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  3. Posts : 149
    Dual boot windows 10 Pro 22H2 & Win 11 Pro 23H2
    Thread Starter
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    Install Teracopy
    Thanks for the suggestion, but I'm not moving or copying files on my local PC - I'm uploading directly to "Onedrive online". I use Teracopy locally but I can't set an online Onedrive folder as the destination using Teracopy.
    I Right click on the Onedrive cloud symbol in the Notification area, and click "View Online". This shows all the files stored in the cloud, and I copy directly to it, bypassing the sync function. When copying multiple files duplicates are "Replace" or "Keep Both". I'm looking for a way to choose "Ignore" but there is no such choice.
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    Win 10 Pro (22H2) (2nd PC is 22H2)
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    https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...d-ffd8e4d3a4d8

    - That was, granted, 2019.. maybe something's changed. But it sounds as if you're trying to use it in a way not conceived of/designed for.

    As such, you might find a different cloud service offers what you're hoping for.

    However the reply (2023 here) seems to suggest it might be possible, just not very obviously from the dialogue text:
    windows 10 - Move files from local disk to OneDrive without re-uploading - Super User
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    Win 10 Pro 64-bit v1909 - Build 18363 Custom ISO Install
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    Hello @skcusime,


    idgat said:
    Even better, also use these registry tweaks to give you context menu added options Copy to ... and Move to ...
    How to Add "Move to" or "Copy to" to Windows 10's Context Menu
    TenForums also has a Tutorial for this > Add 'Copy To folder' and 'Move To folder' Context Menu in Windows 10

    I hope this helps.
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  6. Posts : 43,020
    Win 10 Pro (22H2) (2nd PC is 22H2)
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    @Paul Black - how exactly does that help with uploading to OneDrive? Thanks!
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  7. Posts : 18,044
    Win 10 Pro 64-bit v1909 - Build 18363 Custom ISO Install
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    dalchina said:
    @Paul Black - how exactly does that help with uploading to OneDrive? Thanks!
    Additional information to Post #2.
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