Onedrive Explorer Shell Options Missing

[virtualdanger]

When I right click on a folder, I don't get the explorer shell option to sync with one drive. I've seen several review of Windows 10 online, and the explorer shell has about 4 Onedrive related options, but I don't see any.

I'm currently running Windows 10 build 10240 (x64)

Please let me know if you have a solution.

Due to this, I am unable to backup/sync any additional folder that i'd like to have on Onedrive.

 

[basroil]

You need to be logged in with a (linked) microsoft account to use onedrive properly in 8 and 10.

 

[virtualdanger]

You need to be logged in with a (linked) microsoft account to use onedrive properly in 8 and 10.

Yes, I'm using a Microsoft account to sign-in (not a local account).

If I right-click the Onedrive icon in my system tray notification area, I'm able to successfully go-to my Onedrive account, linked to my Microsoft account. So the login seems to be fine.

For some reason the explorer shell integration is missing.

 

[basroil]

You need to be logged in with a (linked) microsoft account to use onedrive properly in 8 and 10.

Yes, I'm using a Microsoft account to sign-in (not a local account).

If I right-click the Onedrive icon in my system tray notification area, I'm able to successfully go-to my Onedrive account, linked to my Microsoft account. So the login seems to be fine.

For some reason the explorer shell integration is missing.

Did you remember to set up which folders you wanted to sync? You can change the settings by right clicking on the onedrive icon in the notifications area

 

[virtualdanger]

You need to be logged in with a (linked) microsoft account to use onedrive properly in 8 and 10.

Yes, I'm using a Microsoft account to sign-in (not a local account).

If I right-click the Onedrive icon in my system tray notification area, I'm able to successfully go-to my Onedrive account, linked to my Microsoft account. So the login seems to be fine.

For some reason the explorer shell integration is missing.

Did you remember to set up which folders you wanted to sync? You can change the settings by right clicking on the onedrive icon in the notifications area

Going by various reviews of Windows 10 i've read online, right clicking on any folder in Windows Explorer should give the option to backup on Onedrive. But I dont get the option. My right click menu (the explorer shell), does not have Onedrive options.

 

[basroil]

Never seen that option actually. Perhaps you're talking about the Windows 7 application for OneDrive?

 

[virtualdanger]

Never seen that option actually. Perhaps you're talking about the Windows 7 application for OneDrive?

Thank you for that. I was expecting to see the explorer shell options in a place where it does not actually appear. Based on this comment of yours I went back and did some more online research and figured where my expectation was incorrect.

 

[virtualdanger]

I had seen OneDrive integration into the Explorer Shell, which I was looking for, but the mistake I'd made is that it only appears within the OneDrive folder, and not in other My Computer locations.

Please see the below image from an Anandtech review. (Note - Anandtech has a great detailed review on Windwows 10, and most of its key features. You can look it up at: http://www.anandtech.com/show/9543/the-windows-10-review)

These Explorer Shell options only appear when clicking on a folder within the OneDrive folder.

Since what I was originally trying to do was add other locations/folders to the OneDrive list of folders being backed-up on the cloud, I decided I wanted to move the default OneDrive folder, which is usually under the user folder in C:.

In my case C: is a SSD, with limited space, and I keep my documents and other important files on D:, which is a regular mechanical HDD, with much more space. So I wanted to move my default OneDrive folder to D:. The process for that is below:

1) Right-click and exit the OneDrive program from the tray.
2) Then delete the OneDrive folder from your user directory.
3) Then re-launch the OneDrive desktop app either by rebooting or searching for it.
4) The setup wizard will now ask you where you want to put it!