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so both my laptop (dell xps 13) and desktop are running windows 10 and for some reason when i change the wallpaper on one machine it changes on the other one aswell is there anyway to change this so i can have different wallpapers on each machine?

- Now I want to use the Microsoft OneDrive but it seem like I somehow disable it! - I want to use the OneDrive as in the file explorer, it seems like the folder is still there but it loss the Onedrive icon and more important I can't sync stuff with my cloud service! it act just like a normal folder in C drive! - iIdon't want to use One drive as an APP by downloading in window store! but more like an build in system cloud drive! Pls help, thanks!

Hey guys, I've tried asking on the Microsoft forums but I haven't gotten anywhere, so I thought I'd try this community as a fan of Linus' videos Just to clarify, I'm attempting this via onedrive.live.com. Basically I'd like to give a user view-access on the root folder and edit access over a certain sub-folder which I thought would be pretty simple, but nope. If I add a user with view-access on the root folder and then change the user's permission on a sub-folder to 'edit' access, it also erroneously changes their permission on the root folder to edit (and therefore all other sub-folders/files). The other method I've tried is instead of changing the existing entry's permission on the sub-folder, adding the user a second time but with edit access - this also changes the other entry's access to edit, meaning that the issue is still present. Does anyone know how I can give a single user different permissions on different folders?

I'm honestly not sure if this was mentioned in a separate Microsoft article, however a recent update to Windows has created an error message that will pop up if your storage drive synced with Microsoft's OneDrive is not an NTFS. Apparently a blog post by Microsoft indicates that this was how OneDrive was supposed to operate all along. As for implications, if your drive is setup with the Windows default, it shouldn't be a big issue as that is NTFS, however, if it was something like an expansion disk then it may not be in the NTFS format then it may be incompatible with OneDrive. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/07/onedrive-has-stopped-working-on-non-ntfs-drives/ So I guess this brings forward two questions... First, who is using OneDrive as opposed to something like Google Drive, Apple's Cloud or some other File Sharing Service? Second, is there anyone out there that is using OneDrive that this would affect as you are syncing with non-NTFS drives?

First off, I highly suggest you go read the guide linked below, as it covers a lot of important information that this will not. However, I hope to cover a lot of things that it doesn't, so read this too when you're done. As a TL;DR of the most important section though, just know that you should have at least two (but ideally three or more) copies of your data, on physically different devices, and in physically different locations. This means the copy on your computer, plus an external drive, plus a cloud backup, for example. If anything goes wrong you have at least one other copy of that data in a safe place from which you can recover. Why So Many Ways? There are a lot of ways to protect your data and each of them check a few boxes, but none of them check them all. This is why you need to combine multiple methods to ensure you are fully protected. You can visualize the available options as sitting somewhere on a 2D grid where one dimension corresponds with proximity and the other perpendicular dimension corresponds with update frequency: There are more variables than this in truth, but these are the two most significant factors in my opinion. In the following section I will be examining the pros and cons of some common strategies. I've listed a few examples for each category above, but this isn't a comprehensive list and there may be strategies that I've not thought to mention. By and large anything from one of these cells will have roughly similar characteristics to anything else that fits into the same cell, but there are certain key differences to consider. RAID should only ever be used to supplement a proper backup strategy and is not a backup in and of itself, but I've included it here for the sake of comparing its characteristics against other actual backup methodologies. I discuss its use in more detail at the end of this guide. The Ideal Scenario Here I will be comparing the various ways you can protect your data under the assumption that you run backups as regularly as you need to. Properties Below is a list of the properties of each strategy. These have an impact on the protections each strategy can offer (discussed later). Recency This refers to how recent your backup is likely to be when you eventually need it. The traditional HDD method is iffy in this regard because even daily backups pale in comparison to the recency of something like RAID or even OneDrive where files are backed up instantly or at worst within a few minutes. An external HDD that is constantly syncing files (for example, Time Machine, or other related services) should keep your files backed up down to the minute, or even second. RAID keeps everything synced between drives at all times No matter how diligent you are about updating your backup regularly, a drive stored at an offsite location that you manage directly is never going to compare with some of the other offerings mentioned here. Much like the traditional HDD, a manually run, "on-demand" cloud service will be as up to date as you keep it. Due to the simplicity, it may slightly outrank the HDD, but they are broadly similar in my opinion. Services like OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox, etc. that keep your files synced at all times should at most be out of date by a few minutes, unless your file is particularly large and is taking a long time to upload. Separation This refers to how the files on your backup are separated from your live data. The traditional HDD is physically disconnected from your system when not in use and thus is physically separated. This makes it impossible for any software issue on the computer to negatively impact your backup. This applies to all strategies with a "Physical" rating. RAID means by definition that all drives are connected to your system at once, and thus anything happening on the system has the opportunity to impact your backup. This applies to all strategies with a "None" rating. OneDrive and other cloud services are separated from your system through a software barrier. Anything that happens on your computer has the ability to influence your files, and these files will then be synced to your backup, but you computer cannot access the backup directly, and thus any file history the service may offer should be protected. Security This refers to how safe your backup will be from prying eyes, as well as economic factors beyond your control. Strategies like the traditional HDD that are fully within your control will remain as safe as you choose to make them. No bankruptcy can take your data away, and no unauthorized person can access it, if you choose to encrypt it properly. This applies to all strategies with the "+" rating. Strategies that rely on another company like Microsoft, Backblaze, Amazon, Google, etc. are dependent on their success and their policies. If the company ceases to exist, your backup may do the same. Depending on how they handle your data, your files may also be open to hackers, people at the company, or other companies they cooperate with. This applies to all strategies with the "~" rating. I've elected not to mark anything as a "-" because I cannot know for certain that any particular service is with certainty bad in these regards. I can only say that it is an unknown worth consideration. Convenience This refers to how easy the strategy is to use. The less time and effort required, the better. The traditional HDD requires it to be plugged in, the backup manually run, and then the drive put away again. This is a minor inconvenience, so it receives the intermediate "~" rating. All automatic strategies like Time Machine, OneDrive, etc. need virtually no thought or effort expenditure whatsoever, and so they get the highest rating, "+". The only thing worse than manually running a backup on your external HDD is then having to drive that backup to a friend or relative's house for storage (and likewise, picking it up from them when it's time to update it or recover your files). For this reason, it gets a very negative rating. Speed This refers to how quickly you can take a backup, and/or recover your files from it. Local storage is ideal for this and thus external HDD strategies, be them on-demand on always-on, get a high rating of "+". RAID is so "fast" that it almost exceeds the "+" rating and enters into the realm of "N/A". It's not so much a copy stored on another drive as it is a means by which you are using two (or more) drives simultaneously. There is no delay because you are always working on both your live data and the backup together - they are one and the same. All off-site strategies get a middling "~" rating, because they may be quite fast, or quite slow, depending on your particular situation. If your external off-site backup is 700 km away, or your internet speed is particularly poor, this will pose an obvious problem for the speed of your backup operations. If however you have a fast and reliable internet connection, or your off-site backup is relatively nearby, speed may not be an issue for you. Price I've not included this in the chart since it greatly depends on the amount of data you have, as well as a whole host of other factors. For most people though, cloud offerings will be more expensive than anything you can do by hand, because they are priced as a subscription rather than a "one time" payment (though of course remember that drives do fail and need to be replaced from time to time, so there is perhaps not as much difference there as some may think). Every company is different, but you can generally get around 1 TB of perpetual cloud storage for the cost of a 2 TB drive per year. If you only need a few GB though, it's worth noting that cloud services will generally provide a small amount of space for free. Protections I will now discuss some of the specific protections offered by each strategy. These are a result of the strategy's properties, as well as the nature of the service (if applicable). Ransomware Ransomware is a malware threat that for all intents and purposes deletes all of your files. The "ransom" name comes from the fact it encrypts your files, making them inaccessible, and demands the payment of a ransom in order to learn the key necessary for decryption. It is strongly recommended that these ransoms never be paid, as there is no promise your files will actually be released, nor any promise that if they are, they won't be soon encrypted again, and any payment directly funds the ability of criminals to continue these attacks on other victims. With the right backup strategy, you can avoid ever having to pay or lose data to such an attack. Depending on how sophisticated the attack is, you may lose nearly everything, or almost nothing. Some attacks target only certain types of files and only in certain key folders (for example, Documents). Other attacks may go after files more broadly. In the worst case scenario, the malware may lay dormant, waiting for you to connect a backup drive, at which time it will take your entire system as well as the backup. This is one of several reasons why you should ideally have at least three copies of your data, and never connect more than one backup at a time. With a proper backup strategy, even this nightmare scenario becomes nothing more than a minor inconvenience. In the event you lack such a backup and need an option to recover, try searching for the type of ransomware you have fallen victim to. Certain less sophisticated versions use encryption methods which can be broken with little skill, such as finding the key stored in a hidden file on your PC. The key factor in protection from ransomware is Separation. As such, the rankings of which strategies protect you from it and which do not directly mirror the Separation rankings of each strategy. However, this is necessary but not sufficient. Once Separation is present, there is an additional hurdle for any "Continuous" services. If they provide a robust file history option, you should be well protected, but if they provide an inconvenient history (for example, allowing the rollback of only individual files one at a time), or no history whatsoever, they will not protect you against ransomware. Accidental Deletion Everyone makes mistakes from time to time, and you may have saved over or deleted an important file. The right backup strategy will allow you to recover this file with ease. Luckily this is a very simple danger and as such, every backup strategy listed should be sufficient to address this problem. The only strategy that fails this test is RAID, because RAID is not a backup. More on this at the end of the guide. The important caveat here is that your protection exists either as a result of the strategy being occasional, or having history. For example, if you delete a file, you can easily plug in your external HDD and recover it. Likewise, if you have a service that's constantly syncing such as Time Machine or OneDrive, you can also recover your file from the file history or trash, if these features are present. I've given everything a positive rating rather than a "~" in the table above because I believe these features have become rather standard practice recently, but you should still keep this in mind. Data Corruption No storage medium is perfect and bits occasionally get flipped, or read/written incorrectly, resulting in corrupted data. With vigilance, you can spot this and recover a uncorrupted version from your backup, but I don't believe this is common practice, and as such, there is risk with every strategy mentioned for data to become corrupted and this new version to be saved over your backup. In the case of RAID, if you have a sufficiently advanced system that can notice when one drive has corrupted a file while two or more others agree on the original data, it is theoretically possible it could correct the copy on the bad drive and protect you in this way, but I'm not sure how common that is. Drive Failure Every backup strategy listed protects you from this risk. The only question is how quickly you can get back on your feet. With a RAID setup, you can hot swap the drive out and continue running as if nothing even happened. Conversely, if you have to drive across the city to a friend's house to retrieve a backup from which to recover, it could be an all day process, but this consideration was already addressed as part of Speed. In terms of protection, they will all do the job. Total loss of physical location This refers to a catastrophic event such as a theft, flood, fire, or other disaster that eliminates not only your live data but any on-site backups as well. By this definition, the strategies which do or do not protect you are obvious - anything on-site will not work, while anything off-site will work. Because of this threat, it is recommended that everyone have an off-site backup. RAID Every now and then you see it recommended, but I believe it is often not properly thought through. If you need absolutely unmatched up-time and can't afford to worry about a drive failing - if you need to be able to swap them out live without even realizing something happened - then RAID is for you. There is nothing better at protecting you from drive failure up to the second. If, however, you can afford to recover your data from a backup in the event of a failure, you really don't need it. And this is a key point: every other strategy also protects you from drive failure, so if you already have a robust backup strategy in place - which you should regardless - supplementing with RAID (because it's not a replacement for anything) is only going to improve your Recency and increase the cost. Is that worth it? Personally I say no, but you be the judge for your own setup. I should add that in some situations running RAID can even put your data at greater risk than it would without it. Aside from the obvious RAID 0 example, where losing any of the drives means you lose it all, there is the risk of corruption to the RAID system itself due to power failure, failing hardware/controllers, etc. There is a time and a place for it but I believe that it's not in the home. The Less-Than-Ideal Scenario The unfortunate reality is that most people do not take backups as often as they should. Therefore, I've provided this additional grid showing the same properties and protections under the assumption that you don't backup as often as you should. In this situation, the usefulness of all manual strategies is seriously undermined by the lack of Recency, and as a result the value and importance of automatic services becomes even greater. Generally Good Practices Regardless of the strategies you choose to employ, there are certain practices which will ensure you get the most out of your investment: One at a time Only ever connect one backup at a time, ensuring that there is at least one or more backups which meet the "Physical" Separation rating at any given moment. Verify Verify that you could restore from this backup as expected if you needed to. There is no use taking backups if they are corrupted, missing data, or otherwise inaccessible. Consider the operating system you will be using, and the compatibility of certain key features like file system, choice of encryption method, compression, etc. When doing manual backups, before committing the actual data to disk, perform a dry run to see what it is planning to change, and sanity check that this is correct. In short, make sure you're not backing up bad data over good data, and ensure that the backup completed successfully once you've finished. Listen to the voice in your head If you're about to do something dangerous that could cause data loss, don't slough it off as "it probably won't happen", or "I know what I'm doing". Just take a moment to protect yourself. One of these days, you'll be glad you did. Do it regularly A backup is only as good as it is recent. Make sure you are keeping yours up to date! Conclusion As always, I hope this was useful, and I'd welcome any corrections since I want this to be a good guide

Hello Everyone, I really need assistance, I recently run into a problem with Onedrive where the files failed to sync to the local drive. It claims the path is too long! What can I do about it. Please do note the following; Renaming the files isn't too good an option as there are hundreds of these files! I changed the default location for one drive syncs to drive E!, To shorten the path. I am using Windows 8.1 pro I am using the windows app from the store for onedrive I have failed to find a way to install it any updates.

So I deleted Onedrive normally and then went to delete those files it leaves behind after you delete some programs, like I did last time I did this. Only this time there is now: Not a normal one drive icon but one drive file with file icon sitting in my resources bar. I cant delete it with CMD, not even as adminstrator, I have tried safemode deleting, not working. And external programs dont regonice it and reinstalling doesnt help. Here is screenshot where you can see where it is and that there is nothing inside of it and there is no path for it.

Hey, I was wondering if anyone knew some good automated backup software that I could use to back up one of the drives on my windows server to a cloud service. Preferably one that supports OneDrive and is free. Thanks in advance!

I have OneDrive gallery backup turned on on my Galaxy S20, for some reason the folder on OneDrive is smaller than on my phone. I have checked and all the albums are backed up so that is not the reason. Are the backups lower quality? And if so how can I change it to the original quality.

Am I ok to move images around in these photos folders. I have transferred photos from old phones and each time it creates a different camera folder. And if I do move the photos around, will it update on the cloud backup to onedrive or do I have to move the photos around on there. I would like all camera folders to be merged together if possible.

I followed the instructions for completely removing OneDrive in Windows 10 (if you Google "completely remove OneDrive") from various websites. Most of the things I've done are described here (https://techjourney.net/disable-or-uninstall-onedrive-completely-in-windows-10/). There is no trace of it left except one thing... the folder "C:\Users\myusername\OneDrive" which is full of my OneDrive content and if I want to delete it it says "Access Denied" and there's no way to claim ownership of the folder. Even with "rd "%UserProfile%\OneDrive" /Q /S" command in cmd (Admin) I get the access denied. What's going on here? Any ideas how to remove this folder?

Im wanting to set up a system to sync files, movies music etc between my phone (Samsung a5 2017) and my computer. Originally my plan was to use google drive or something similar. However I want to be able to specify larger files such as movies ect get synced to some sort of external drive that i plug it into my phone (only sync when on wifi ofc ) Any ideas or input would be much appreciated Cheers

Hello! I have a quick question; I have a single folder where i store all the images i have ever taken and naturally i want to back up this folder somewhere. I recently invested in Onedrive, Microsoft's cloud storage. Is it possible for me to have a folder automatically backed up on the cloud without me having to manually copy the images from my hard drive and move them over to onedrive? Thank you!

Anyone know of a way to remove quick access and "OneDrive" from file explorer that doesn't involve modifying registry keys? Besides, I already tried that method, they end up coming back when windows explorer restarts.

Hi, I have mapped my OneDrive storage as a network drive on a Windows 10 computer. From what I've read it uses WebDAV to make this happen. However, I have not been able to transfer large files (200-500MB) onto OneDrive using this method. After transferring it would return with a message saying that the file could not be located or found even though it is still in place there. I have already increased the file size limit using this support page (https://support.microsoft.com/en-ph/help/2668751/you-cannot-download-more-than-50-mb-or-upload-large-files-when-the-upl) Help would be greatly appreciated.

i was using a onedrive account now it doesnt work and idk how to remove it from windows 10 it ask me to sign in

Hi Everyone, I'm trying to think of what the differences are between Excel Online, Sharepoint and OneDrive. The main purpose behind this question is ... what does the calculations for the formulas on the spreadsheets for each of these methods? I have a group of people simultaneously working on spreadsheets and Google Sheets isn't working out for us due to the amount of data and formulas that calculate the stuff on Google Sheets. Afaik, we have Office 365 ProPlus. I don't know if that's inclusive of all of those three methods above but I suppose they do. Thanks!

Hi everyone My OneDrive has started acting up in the past few days. First, updates got unreliable and the cloud-icon on my taskbar would show the blue arrows while indicating that it is looking for changes and saying that it was last updated, for instance, and hour ago. This would happen even though I hadn't changed or added anything in the files on the drive. I pulled all my files from OneDrive and saved them locally to make sure there would be no corruption. If I put a file in my OneDrive folder now, my laptop will tell me that it is uploaded, but it is hit and miss whether the file will show up on my phone or on my tablet. Furthermore, if I shut down my pc, sometimes I will find the file I just tried to upload in the recycle bin. I have tried restarting OneDrive, and I have tried to go to settings and ask it to not use OneDrive to fetch files on my pc. Neither worked. I just updated to Anniversary Update yesterday, but that did not help either. There used to be a setting on the onedrive webpage where you could see a list of the computers connected to your profile and remove them individually. This setting fixed a similar problem for me a while back, but now I cannot find it. Any ideas how I may fix this problem and maybe "reset" OneDrive? Thanks!

Anyone know how to fix this?

Hi, a few months back I deactivated OneDrive with the following code as a batch file. Now I want to reactivate onedrive as I have come across syncing docs between my pc and tablet. The code I used, it worked great as a batchfile: @echo off cls set x86="%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\OneDriveSetup.exe" set x64="%SYSTEMROOT%\SysWOW64\OneDriveSetup.exe" echo Closing OneDrive process. echo. taskkill /f /im OneDrive.exe > NUL 2>&1 ping 127.0.0.1 -n 5 > NUL 2>&1 echo Uninstalling OneDrive. echo. if exist %x64% ( %x64% /uninstall ) else ( %x86% /uninstall ) ping 127.0.0.1 -n 5 > NUL 2>&1 echo Removing OneDrive leftovers. echo. rd "%USERPROFILE%\OneDrive" /Q /S > NUL 2>&1 rd "C:\OneDriveTemp" /Q /S > NUL 2>&1 rd "%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\OneDrive" /Q /S > NUL 2>&1 rd "%PROGRAMDATA%\Microsoft OneDrive" /Q /S > NUL 2>&1 echo Removeing OneDrive from the Explorer Side Panel. echo. REG DELETE "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{018D5C66-4533-4307-9B53-224DE2ED1FE6}" /f > NUL 2>&1 REG DELETE "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{018D5C66-4533-4307-9B53-224DE2ED1FE6}" /f > NUL 2>&1 pause Looking forward to your help Tobias

I just done a fresh re-install of Windows 10 and installed Office 2016 again. Now when I try to log into my OneDrive Business account, I get an error saying "The server you are trying to access is using an authentication protocol not supported by this version of Office." It was logged in once, but being OneDrive it keeps logging me out even though I selected "Remember my Credentials". Any ideas on how to fix this?

Just after we heard of changes to Outlook, Microsoft have quietly emailed some/many of us about upcoming changes to OneDrive. This change does not come as news to many, as evidenced by this Arstechnica article from November 2015, but it appears that the changes are now rolling out. Looking at the OneDrive Plans page, creating a free OneDrive account is indeed limited to 5GB now. Also noteworthy is the complete discontinuation of the 15GB camera roll bonus. as per the FAQ I would hate to be a business user currently enjoying the unlimited storage with Many TB's of data on OneDrive, only to find out that my cloud storage is being cut down to 1TB. That is potentially disruptive. It also seems like they are sneakily suggesting to OneDrive Free users that they should try to go over the 5GB limit, so they will get 1 year free of Office 365. Sneaky indeed. Although I am not personally affected by this (I'm completely tied into the google ecosystem), I would feel a little annoyed if I were using the Free 15+15GB OneDrive and Microsoft tells me my storage is being reduced to 5GB in a few months. It's not a classic case of bait and switch because we're talking about a free service here, but the intent is obviously to get people onto the $2/month 50GB storage plan, and potentially into the office 365 ecosystem. There are other free cloud storage services out there you can move your data to, but I imagine that in some cases people will not know about this change, and lose piles of photo's or other stuff they've backed up.

So... For the longest time I've wanted to display my Google Drive/Mega/AdobeCC/... folders in the top-level of the windows explorer, just like OneDrive & Dropbox are by default. Some time ago, combining different tutorials I found on the 'net, I was finally able to full fill mt long-time gripe and put my OCD to rest. (yes I know it's not actual OCD just with a feeling of wanting neatness or whatever, let me have my semantic fun.) THIS TUTORIAL WILL REQUIRE A LOT OF MANUAL REGISTRY EDITING, IF YOU DO NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH IT, PLEASE DON'T DO IT First of all, we are going to need the folders we want to integrate in Windows Explorer and their location. The name of the folders (their path) should not contain any spaces. (I still haven't figured how to get around this limitation) For the, these are located on my E drive, being the Google Drive & MegaSync folders. Navigate to the previously mentioned folders and click on the icon next to the breadcrumbs to get the full path. For me, these are E:\GoogleDrive & E:\MegaSync respectively. Remember or note them down, as we will require them for the next steps. Before we start editing the registry, however, we need to create/download/get the icons that explorer will display to the left of the folder. It needs to be a windows .ico file. For these folders, I will provide them, but you can always create your own using icoconvertor, but there are a multitude of similar website on the internet. Put the icons in the folder, in this example we are going to place them in the root of it. GoogleDrive.ico MegaSync.ico We also need two random GUIDs, one for each of the folders. A GUID looks something like this: {95B84517-5AFC-468C-BC4E-5DBFB29830D1} and you can generate your own here, just don't forget the tick the braces checkbox as well as the hyphens one. Now we can finally start editing the registry. For the unaware, simply type regedit in the start menu and open the app. Now comes the most boring, tedious but important part: HKCR = HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT HKLM = HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Navigate to [HKCR\CLSID] (there is another CLSID folder inside, you don't need it, you need the first one) Create a new key with the name "{95B84517-5AFC-468C-BC4E-5DBFB29830D1}" (or the GUID you created/want to use) [screenshot] Inside the Key [HKCR\CLSID{95B84517-5AFC-468C-BC4E-5DBFB29830D1}] right click on "(Default)", select modify and specify the value "Google Drive". (folder name explorer will display) [screenshot] Inside the Key [HKCR\CLSID{95B84517-5AFC-468C-BC4E-5DBFB29830D1}] right click and select "New > String Value". Call this new value "InfoTip" and give it the value "E:\GoogleDrive". Inside the Key [HKCR\CLSID{95B84517-5AFC-468C-BC4E-5DBFB29830D1}] right click and select "New > DWORD (32 Bit) Value". Call this new value "System.IsPinnedToNameSpaceTree" and give it a value of "1". Inside the Key [HKCR\CLSID{95B84517-5AFC-468C-BC4E-5DBFB29830D1}] right click and select "New > DWORD (32 Bit) Value. Call this value "SortOrderIndex" and give it a value of 42. [screenshot] Inside the Key [HKCR\CLSID{95B84517-5AFC-468C-BC4E-5DBFB29830D1}] right click and select "New > Key". Call this Key "DefaultIcon". Inside the Key [HKCR\CLSID{95B84517-5AFC-468C-BC4E-5DBFB29830D1}\DefaultIcon] right click on "(Default)", select modify and specify the value "E:\GoogleDrive\GoogleDrive.ico". [screenshot] Inside the Key [HKCR\CLSID{95B84517-5AFC-468C-BC4E-5DBFB29830D1}] right click and select "New > Key". Call this Key "InProcServer32". Inside the Key [HKCR\CLSID{95B84517-5AFC-468C-BC4E-5DBFB29830D1}\InProcServer32] right click on "(Default)", select modify and specify the value "%systemroot%\System32\shell32.dll". Inside the Key [HKCR\CLSID{95B84517-5AFC-468C-BC4E-5DBFB29830D1}\InProcServer32] right click and select "New > String Value". Call this new value "ThreadingModel" and give it the value "Both". [screenshot] Inside the Key [HKCR\CLSID{95B84517-5AFC-468C-BC4E-5DBFB29830D1}] right click and select "New > Key". Call this Key "Instance". Inside the Key [HKCR\CLSID{95B84517-5AFC-468C-BC4E-5DBFB29830D1}\Instance] right click and select "New > String Value". Call this new value "CLSID" and give it the value "{0AFACED1-E828-11D1-9187-B532F1E9575D}". [screenshot] (This is the CLSID for "Folder Shortcut", if you try to add a different type of shortcut you will need a different CLSID for that). Inside the Key [HKCR\CLSID{95B84517-5AFC-468C-BC4E-5DBFB29830D1}\Instance] right click and select "New > Key". Call this Key "InitPropertyBag". Inside the Key [HKCR\CLSID{95B84517-5AFC-468C-BC4E-5DBFB29830D1}\Instance\InitPropertyBag] right click and select "New > DWORD (32 Bit) Value". Call this new value "Attributes" and give it the value "21". Inside the Key [HKCR\CLSID{95B84517-5AFC-468C-BC4E-5DBFB29830D1}\Instance\InitPropertyBag] right click and select "New > Expandable String Value". Call this new value "Target" and give it the value "E:\GoogleDrive". [screenshot] Inside the Key [HKCR\CLSID{95B84517-5AFC-468C-BC4E-5DBFB29830D1}] right click and select "New > Key". Call this Key "Shell". Inside the Key [HKCR\CLSID{95B84517-5AFC-468C-BC4E-5DBFB29830D1}\Shell] right click and select "New > Key". Call this Key "Open Google Drive" (you can put what you want in here, it's the right-click menu that appears when you click it in explorer.) Inside the Key [HKCR\CLSID{95B84517-5AFC-468C-BC4E-5DBFB29830D1}\Shell\Open Google Drive] right click and select "New > Key". Call this Key "Command". Inside the Key [HKCR\CLSID{95B84517-5AFC-468C-BC4E-5DBFB29830D1}\Shell\Open Google Drive\Command] right click on "(Default)", select modify and specify the value "explorer /root,E:\GoogleDrive". [screenshot] Inside the Key [HKCR\CLSID{95B84517-5AFC-468C-BC4E-5DBFB29830D1}] right click and select "New > Key". Call this Key "ShellEx". Inside the Key [HKCR\CLSID{95B84517-5AFC-468C-BC4E-5DBFB29830D1}\ShellEx] right click and select "New > Key". Call this Key "PropertySheetHandlers". Inside the Key [HKCR\CLSID{95B84517-5AFC-468C-BC4E-5DBFB29830D1}\ShellEx\PropertySheetHandlers] right click and select "New > Key". Call this Key "{95B84517-5AFC-468C-BC4E-5DBFB29830D1}". [screenshot] Inside the Key [HKCR\CLSID{95B84517-5AFC-468C-BC4E-5DBFB29830D1}] right click and select "New > Key". Call this Key "ShellFolder". Inside the Key [HKCR\CLSID{95B84517-5AFC-468C-BC4E-5DBFB29830D1}\ShellFolder] right click and select "New > DWORD (32 Bit) Value". Call this new value "Attributes" and give it the value "f080004d". Inside the Key [HKCR\CLSID{95B84517-5AFC-468C-BC4E-5DBFB29830D1}\ShellFolder] right click and select "New > DWORD (32 Bit) Value". Call this new value "SortOrderIndex" and give it the value "0". [screenshot] Now navigate to [HKCR\Wow6432Node\CLSID]. Create a new Key with the same name "{95B84517-5AFC-468C-BC4E-5DBFB29830D1}" Inside the Key [HKCR\Wow6432Node\CLSID{95B84517-5AFC-468C-BC4E-5DBFB29830D1}] right click on "(Default)", select modify and specify the value "Google Drive". Inside the Key [HKCR\Wow6432Node\CLSID{95B84517-5AFC-468C-BC4E-5DBFB29830D1}] right click and select "New > String Value". Call this new value "InfoTip" and give it the value "E:\GoogleDrive". [screenshot] Inside the Key [HKCR\Wow6432Node\CLSID{95B84517-5AFC-468C-BC4E-5DBFB29830D1}] right click and select "New > Key". Call this Key "DefaultIcon". Inside the Key [HKCR\Wow6432Node\CLSID{95B84517-5AFC-468C-BC4E-5DBFB29830D1}\DefaultIcon] right click on "(Default)", select modify and specify the value "E:\GoogleDrive\GoogleDrive.ico". [screenshot] Inside the Key [HKCR\Wow6432Node\CLSID{95B84517-5AFC-468C-BC4E-5DBFB29830D1}] right click and select "New > Key". Call this Key "InProcServer32". Inside the Key [HKCR\Wow6432Node\CLSID{95B84517-5AFC-468C-BC4E-5DBFB29830D1}\InProcServer32] right click on "(Default)", select modify and specify the value "%systemroot%\System32\shell32.dll". Inside the Key [HKCR\Wow6432Node\CLSID{95B84517-5AFC-468C-BC4E-5DBFB29830D1}\InProcServer32] right click and select "New > String Value". Call this new value "ThreadingModel" and give it the value "Both". [screenshot] Inside the Key [HKCR\Wow6432Node\CLSID{95B84517-5AFC-468C-BC4E-5DBFB29830D1}] right click and select "New > Key". Call this Key "Instance". Inside the Key [HKCR\Wow6432Node\CLSID{95B84517-5AFC-468C-BC4E-5DBFB29830D1}\Instance] right click and select "New > String Value". Call this new value "CLSID" and give it the value "{0AFACED1-E828-11D1-9187-B532F1E9575D}". [screenshot] (This is the CLSID for "Folder Shortcut", if you try to add a different type of shortcut you will need a different CLSID for that) Inside the Key [HKCR\Wow6432Node\CLSID{95B84517-5AFC-468C-BC4E-5DBFB29830D1}\Instance] right click and select "New > Key". Call this Key "InitPropertyBag". Inside the Key [HKCR\Wow6432Node\CLSID{95B84517-5AFC-468C-BC4E-5DBFB29830D1}\Instance\InitPropertyBag] right click and select "New > DWORD (32 Bit) Value". Call this new value "Attributes" and give it the value "21". Inside the Key [HKCR\Wow6432Node\CLSID{95B84517-5AFC-468C-BC4E-5DBFB29830D1}\Instance\InitPropertyBag] right click and select "New > Expandable String Value". Call this new value "Target" and give it the value "E:\GoogleDrive". [screenshot] Inside the Key [HKCR\Wow6432Node\CLSID{95B84517-5AFC-468C-BC4E-5DBFB29830D1}] right click and select "New > Key". Call this Key "ShellEx". Inside the Key [HKCR\Wow6432Node\CLSID{95B84517-5AFC-468C-BC4E-5DBFB29830D1}\ShellEx] right click and select "New > Key". Call this Key "PropertySheetHandlers". Inside the Key [HKCR\Wow6432Node\CLSID{95B84517-5AFC-468C-BC4E-5DBFB29830D1}\ShellEx\PropertySheetHandlers] right click and select "New > Key". Call this Key "{95B84517-5AFC-468C-BC4E-5DBFB29830D1}". [screenshot] Now navigate to [HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace]. Create a new Key with the name "{95B84517-5AFC-468C-BC4E-5DBFB29830D1}". [screenshot] Open up Task Manager (CTRL + SHIFT + ESC or right-click the start menu if you're using Windows 8 and higher). Click on the "Details" tab. Find "explorer.exe". Right click "explorer.exe" and select "End Task". Once "explorer.exe" has ended, click "File > Run New Task". Type in "explorer" and hit enter. Explorer should now relaunch and take the new registry keys into consideration. If all is working, you should now have a new "Google Drive" folder in your left hand menu. This is how the final result should look like: (Optional) To place the folder in My Computer instead of the root of windows explorer, modify step 43 by going to: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace] and adding the key there. For the MegaSync and any other folder you want to use, simply generate another GUID and repeat the steps, replacing the paths & names where needed. Sources used in making this tutorial: - Superuser (oh my god this guy is amazing how does he know all this stuff I want to know his sources *gushes*) - Eightforums

I've been using OneDrive for a while now and I've found it quite useful, being able to sync everything on my desktop to my laptop and everything in between, even getting the stuff on my phone. However, I was wondering if they have a similar thing to Google's Drive where you can invite people to make and edit documents and PowerPoint Presentations. I am working on a school project right now and it calls for a PowerPoint Presentation and my group mate wanted to use Google Drive's Presentation so that got me wondering if Microsoft has a similar service for that as well. Thanks!

Title: Microsoft mistakenly caps some users' OneDrive storage limits. Sub Title: Microsoft mistakenly capped some Office 365 users' OneDrive cloud storage at one terabyte earlier than promised, but a fix is coming. By Mary Jo Foley Source: http://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-mistakenly-caps-some-users-onedrive-storage-limits/ Looks like some body fell asleep at the wheel here. All though this mistake happened MS assures that all will be remedied soon. I guess this affected each group similarly, 365 Home, Business and Student. Thoughts? Where you affected?