Sync OnDrive on Win and Mac.

Posts: 9 · Ventus2a 22 Jul 2021, 09:18

Hi.

I Sync my local OnDrive folder to another folder.
I use OnDrive with 'save disk space option'.
My system downloads the files from ondrive only when I use it.

On Mac all run fine. FreeFileSync downloads the files bevor copy.

On Windows i recive always an 'ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED' message.

Exists a solution?

Thanks, Peter

Posts: 4056 · xCSxXenon 22 Jul 2021, 14:56

Uncheck 'save disk space' option in OneDrive. OneDrive doesn't automatically remove them from you device with that feature enabled anyway

Posts: 9 · Ventus2a 23 Jul 2021, 05:14

Hi.

I can`t uncheck 'save disk space' option.

The problem exists only on Windows.

Thanks,

Posts: 4056 · xCSxXenon 25 Jul 2021, 14:38

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Disable "Files On-Demand"

Posts: 4056 · xCSxXenon 25 Jul 2021, 14:39

That's the only solution. It doesn't save you space if you are having to download them to sync anyway

Posts: 7211 · Zenju 25 Jul 2021, 17:37

Microsoft claims "Files On-Demand works with all the apps you use today". Apparently FFS isn't applying the special magic pixie dust, this OneDrive feature needs. Or the feature is just broken. I'm wondering if other apps have the same problem, or if there is something FFS could do differently.

Posts: 4056 · xCSxXenon 25 Jul 2021, 18:00

When I was recently researching that feature, it never says that it removes the local copy of a file after you are done using them. It says to mark it as online-only from the right-click menu. So I can't say whether the way FFS does it needs to change or if it doesn't work at all, but it seems irrelevant if you end up downloading the data locally anyhow.

Posts: 9 · Ventus2a 26 Jul 2021, 05:50

Hi.

Goodsync doesn't have the problem

I can connect my drive as mapped network drive, or directly as OneDrive account.

Posts: 7211 · Zenju 26 Jul 2021, 07:22

By the way, can you post the full error message?

Posts: 9 · Ventus2a 26 Jul 2021, 07:43

Here is the error.

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Posts: 7211 · Zenju 26 Jul 2021, 14:09

CopyFileEx is Microsoft's own copy routine. But maybe OneDrive doesn't like the .ffs_tmp file extension. You could test if this is the case by temporarily(!) disabling fail-safe file copy in menu->tools->options

Posts: 9 · Ventus2a 26 Jul 2021, 14:24

Hi Zenju.

No, the problem persists.