OneDrive reinstall

Stop and start OneDrive in batch file or command line

• Select Start (Windows icon) or the Search icon
• Type “OneDrive”
• Right-click OneDrive and select Open file location
  — This brings you to C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs
• Right-click on the OneDrive.exe file and select Open file location
  — This brings you to C:\Program Files\Microsoft OneDrive
  — This is where the OneDrive.exe file is

Create a batch file with this

cd "C:\Program Files\Microsoft OneDrive" && OneDrive.exe /shutdown && timeout /t 15 && OneDrive.exe && exit

Edit the part “C:\Program Files\Microsoft OneDrive” to where the OneDrive.exe file is for you, if it’s not in this location.

Reset OneDrive

Reset will not remove all settings but will completely resync

C:\Program Files\Microsoft OneDrive\onedrive.exe /reset

Edit the part “C:\Program Files\Microsoft OneDrive” to where the OneDrive.exe file is for you, if it’s not in this location.

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Completely uninstall, remove files and reinstall OneDrive

First a note on a difficult problem

onedrive wasn’t syncing the office documents.

I repeatedly tried resetting OneDrive. Kept getting a message that it couldn’t sync because it was already syncing.

after 2 hours I found a web site describing the solution.

Somehow a link to the onedrive a-SS was within Sonia’s personal onedrive folder.

Once I removed that (it had a chain icon attached) I got her back going.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/troubleshoot/sync/cannot-sync-shortcut-folder

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Now to remove/reinstall

Slightly edited for Windows 11

CMD prompt as administrator

Run the following commands from an elevated privilege.

netsh int ip reset
netsh winsock reset
ipconfig /release
ipconfig /renew
ipconfig /flushdns
shutdown /r

<If you are remotely connected be sure there is a blank return line included in your copy/paste, otherwise the shutdown /r command can't be completed>

After restart again with cmd as administrator:

taskkill /f /im OneDrive.exe

find the location of OneDriveSetup.exe
(it changes stupidly with each update, I used FileLocator Lite to find it but also look at the top of this post for another way to find the location)

OneDriveSetup.exe /uninstall

Delete OneDrive folder cache

OneDrive cache location: C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\OneDrive

Delete the temporary files in the following folders:

1. C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Temp
2. C:\Users\%username%\AppData\LocalLow\Temp
3. C:\Windows\Temp

Note: It’s OK if some files you can’t delete in the Temp folder.

If you want to remove the login information do the following:

  Go to RegEdit on this path:                     HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\OneDrive
   You can remove all folders that include One Drive version
   Account folders also can be removed

Reboot your computer

Download and install OneDrive https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/onedrive/download

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