Turn On or Off OneDrive Files On-Demand in Windows 10  

slicendice said:

Yes it has downloaded an update. Reboot and it should start by default. If not then manually install that one from the location you found.

I've Restarted a couple of times and it hasn't changed.

One curious thing the version numbers:
In C:\Users\{Username}\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive\Update\Update.xml
, it says:

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<root>
  <update minapplicable="16.0.0.0" maxapplicable="17.9.9999.9999" currentversion="17.3.6998.0830" rescan="1440" throttle="100">
    <binary url="https://oneclient.sfx.ms/Win/Prod/17.3.6998.0830/OneDriveSetup.exe" sha256hash="Yr6bOGqbvLj4RpBcTia4kfU7ajLYx3j/0tTTaLDOc/Q=" sha1hash="XPsJDRnSljVfb/Nhw5hIRGw5r5o=" />
  </update>
</root>

But when I look at the Settings Cog in Onedrive itself, and look at About, it reports the older version:


I wonder if the update.xml is fooling the computer into thinking it has the later version (perhaps in 16296, or downloaded soon after I installed it) but 16299.15 put the older version in place without changing or deleting update.xml?

Me said:

In C:\Users\{Username}\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive\Update\Update.xml
, it says:

Code:

.. currentversion="17.3.6998.0830"

But when I look at the Settings Cog in Onedrive itself, and look at About, it reports the older version:

I wonder if the update.xml is fooling the computer into thinking it has the later version (perhaps in 16296, or downloaded soon after I installed it) but 16299.15 put the older version in place without changing or deleting update.xml?

... so I deleted the C:\Users\{Username}\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive\Update folder (actually I renamed it) and Restarted.

Result=success! Or at least it seems so. After the Restart it then downloaded a new version of Onedrive and placeholders appeared. (Of course I can't prove this wouldn't have happened anyway.)

It was a VM with no user data so it was fairly low risk for me, but if it works for others it feels simpler than using Revo.

I was already an Insider so I don't think that was the original cause of the issue, however I did a bit more testing and get the same behaviour as this:

cereberus said:

I discovered if you leave the Programme, Files on Demand are not available EVEN if you are running version 7010.

I left the programme on the VM and the placeholder icons disappeared, the same as cereberus found.

I thought that version with Files On-Demand feature will be preinstalled in RTM build of Fall Creators Update. Not insider here :)

...well nothing happened in release day and day after :) so here is manual download for v17.3.7073

https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=851311

This is very helpful - thanks to shawn as usual - I just need to remember it all so it becomes automatic - I have yet to work out (I am sure the information is in the thread) how to add or remove files so that they always do or do not remain on the device I am using) - mostly I want to access the stuff rather than keep it always assuming OneDrive will never go completely Kaput unless those who will come after me also go Kaput then none of this will matter.