Sync Any Folder to OneDrive in Windows 10  

bkr009 said:

I later realized that folders such as Contacts, Favorites, Searches were all missing.
Went searching and found that they're in the \Shell Folders instead of \User Shell Folders.
I was really confused about the difference and which registry key values to modify.

But then I found an old post with you in it Brink!
Registry: differences between Shell Folders and User Shell Folders? Solved - Windows 7 Help Forums

The entries in this subkey can appear in both the Shell Folders subkey and the User Shell Folders and in both HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and HKEY_CURRENT_USER. The entries that appear in user User Shell Folders take precedence over those in Shell Folders. The entries that appear in HKEY_CURRENT_USER take precedence over those in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. \Shell Folders exists for backwards compatibility apparently.

Looks like I was mistaken:

The Shell Folders key is a "legacy" key. If you look at the first value under that key, its name is: "!Do not use this registry key" .

There is a Favorites value under User Shell Folders. For the other folders, they are only created when the folders are relocated. For instance, if you relocate Contacts, a value named {56784854-C6CB-462B-8169-88E350ACB882} will be created. Others, like Screenshots, only need explicit redirection if they are no longer a subfolder of Pictures. Here's a list extracted from the FolderDescriptions key under HKLM\...\Explorer:

Code:

PSChildName                            Name

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{31C0DD25-9439-4F12-BF41-7FF4EDA38722} 3D Objects

{008CA0B1-55B4-4C56-B8A8-4DE4B299D3BE} AccountPictures

{724EF170-A42D-4FEF-9F26-B60E846FBA4F} Administrative Tools

{3EB685DB-65F9-4CF6-A03A-E3EF65729F3D} AppData

{B2C5E279-7ADD-439F-B28C-C41FE1BBF672} AppDataDesktop

{7BE16610-1F7F-44AC-BFF0-83E15F2FFCA1} AppDataDocuments

{7CFBEFBC-DE1F-45AA-B843-A542AC536CC9} AppDataFavorites

{559D40A3-A036-40FA-AF61-84CB430A4D34} AppDataProgramData

{A3918781-E5F2-4890-B3D9-A7E54332328C} Application Shortcuts

{7AD67899-66AF-43BA-9156-6AAD42E6C596} AppMods

{352481E8-33BE-4251-BA85-6007CAEDCF9D} Cache

{AB5FB87B-7CE2-4F83-915D-550846C9537B} Camera Roll

{2B20DF75-1EDA-4039-8097-38798227D5B7} CameraRollLibrary

{EDC0FE71-98D8-4F4A-B920-C8DC133CB165} Captures

{9E52AB10-F80D-49DF-ACB8-4330F5687855} CD Burning

{56784854-C6CB-462B-8169-88E350ACB882} Contacts

{2B0F765D-C0E9-4171-908E-08A611B84FF6} Cookies

{B4BFCC3A-DB2C-424C-B029-7FE99A87C641} Desktop

{DBE8E08E-3053-4BBC-B183-2A7B2B191E59} Development Files

{7b0db17d-9cd2-4a93-9733-46cc89022e7c} DocumentsLibrary

{374DE290-123F-4565-9164-39C4925E467B} Downloads

{1777F761-68AD-4D8A-87BD-30B759FA33DD} Favorites

{054FAE61-4DD8-4787-80B6-090220C4B700} GameTasks

{D9DC8A3B-B784-432E-A781-5A1130A75963} History

{bcb5256f-79f6-4cee-b725-dc34e402fd46} ImplicitAppShortcuts

{1B3EA5DC-B587-4786-B4EF-BD1DC332AEAE} Libraries

{bfb9d5e0-c6a9-404c-b2b2-ae6db6af4968} Links

{F1B32785-6FBA-4FCF-9D55-7B8E7F157091} Local AppData

{f42ee2d3-909f-4907-8871-4c22fc0bf756} Local Documents

{7d83ee9b-2244-4e70-b1f5-5393042af1e4} Local Downloads

{a0c69a99-21c8-4671-8703-7934162fcf1d} Local Music

{0ddd015d-b06c-45d5-8c4c-f59713854639} Local Pictures

{35286a68-3c57-41a1-bbb1-0eae73d76c95} Local Videos

{A520A1A4-1780-4FF6-BD18-167343C5AF16} LocalAppDataLow

{2112AB0A-C86A-4ffe-A368-0DE96E47012E} MusicLibrary

{4BD8D571-6D19-48D3-BE97-422220080E43} My Music

{33E28130-4E1E-4676-835A-98395C3BC3BB} My Pictures

{18989B1D-99B5-455B-841C-AB7C74E4DDFC} My Video

{C5ABBF53-E17F-4121-8900-86626FC2C973} NetHood

{A52BBA46-E9E1-435f-B3D9-28DAA648C0F6} OneDrive

{767E6811-49CB-4273-87C2-20F355E1085B} OneDriveCameraRoll

{24D89E24-2F19-4534-9DDE-6A6671FBB8FE} OneDriveDocuments

{C3F2459E-80D6-45DC-BFEF-1F769F2BE730} OneDriveMusic

{339719B5-8C47-4894-94C2-D8F77ADD44A6} OneDrivePictures

{2C36C0AA-5812-4b87-BFD0-4CD0DFB19B39} Original Images

{FDD39AD0-238F-46AF-ADB4-6C85480369C7} Personal

{69D2CF90-FC33-4FB7-9A0C-EBB0F0FCB43C} PhotoAlbums

{A990AE9F-A03B-4e80-94BC-9912D7504104} PicturesLibrary

{DE92C1C7-837F-4F69-A3BB-86E631204A23} Playlists

{9274BD8D-CFD1-41C3-B35E-B13F55A758F4} PrintHood

{A77F5D77-2E2B-44C3-A6A2-ABA601054A51} Programs

{0482af6c-08f1-4c34-8c90-e17ec98b1e17} PublicAccountPictures

{52a4f021-7b75-48a9-9f6b-4b87a210bc8f} Quick Launch

{AE50C081-EBD2-438A-8655-8A092E34987A} Recent

{2F8B40C2-83ED-48EE-B383-A1F157EC6F9A} Recorded Calls

{C870044B-F49E-4126-A9C3-B52A1FF411E8} Ringtones

{AAA8D5A5-F1D6-4259-BAA8-78E7EF60835E} Roamed Tile Images

{00BCFC5A-ED94-4e48-96A1-3F6217F21990} Roaming Tiles

{4C5C32FF-BB9D-43b0-B5B4-2D72E54EAAA4} SavedGames

{3B193882-D3AD-4eab-965A-69829D1FB59F} SavedPictures

{E25B5812-BE88-4bd9-94B0-29233477B6C3} SavedPicturesLibrary

{b7bede81-df94-4682-a7d8-57a52620b86f} Screenshots

{7d1d3a04-debb-4115-95cf-2f29da2920da} Searches

{0D4C3DB6-03A3-462F-A0E6-08924C41B5D4} SearchHistoryFolder

{7E636BFE-DFA9-4D5E-B456-D7B39851D8A9} SearchTemplatesFolder

{8983036C-27C0-404B-8F08-102D10DCFD74} SendTo

{625B53C3-AB48-4EC1-BA1F-A1EF4146FC19} Start Menu

{B97D20BB-F46A-4C97-BA10-5E3608430854} Startup

{A63293E8-664E-48DB-A079-DF759E0509F7} Templates

{754AC886-DF64-4CBA-86B5-F7FBF4FBCEF5} ThisPCDesktopFolder

{9e3995ab-1f9c-4f13-b827-48b24b6c7174} User Pinned

{5cd7aee2-2219-4a67-b85d-6c9ce15660cb} UserProgramFiles

{bcbd3057-ca5c-4622-b42d-bc56db0ae516} UserProgramFilesCommon

{491E922F-5643-4af4-A7EB-4E7A138D8174} VideosLibrary

My folders are synced correctly, but when the syncing is done, that blue symbols still present. Can I do anything to make it "green" tick?


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updated
Well it seems a bug since I saw someone said that in another post.

Brink,

Grateful for your help.

I followed your instructions and entered my request and got the answer below:

C:\Windows\System32>mklink /j "User\user\OneDrive\Rotary" "C:\Rotary"The system cannot find the path specified.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks for your help,

dgo47

Brink,

Many thanks. You are correct. Problem solved!

dgo47

Brink,

I am now trying to set up OneDrive on my laptop and I want the Rotary folder on RLS ,inc to update the Rotary file in the C: drive. Thus both my desktop and laptop would be in sync..

When I entered the same instruction on my laptop as before (mklink /j "C:\Users\user\OneDrive - RLS ,inc\Rotary" "C:\Rotary"), the system came back "Can not create a file when that file already exists". Obviously there is already a file called Rotary in the OneDrive folder.

How can I link the folder Rotary in OneDrive to my C Drive?

Thank for your help.

dgo47