Setup Task scheduler to restart OneDrive (Win 10)

Question

I have a OneDrive installation with my library at E:{20676961}\OneDrive - jp410\ I have updated the registry to reflect this location and it works. The problem is that this PC is the main server and it is not usually manned but I log into it frequently. For some reason, onedrive stops working and comes out with a "OneDrive requires reconfiguration" or "close" option. Whichever option I chose, onedrive is going to close by signing me out.

Here is where it gets frustrating and I need help. When I want to sign in, I have to reenter the the library location again because it defaults to the user/onedrive location instead of the E:{20676961... location.

I have reinstalled onedrive, reinstalled windows (2ce) and I am now looking for ideas as to how to automate the restarting option. I have looked at task scheduler but it seems that when onedrive stops, it does not generate an event so I can't use an event to resign in.

Even though the library location is in the registry, onedrive does not seem to refer to that. Is there any tool I can deploy that will sign me in to onedrive when it closes? Or is there a way I can create a task to automatically sign me out and sign me back in say every 2 hours? I am a tenant so I don't have the admin access to both Office 356 and onedrive for business.

Answer 1

Retain different OneDrive folder save location

One way to handle this this would be to . . .

1. Change the default location where you need it to save one time manually.
2. Then delete the default OneDrive folder and recreate that as a symbolic link instead pointing to E:\{20676961}\OneDrive - jp410 as the target using mklink.

With this configuration even if it defaults back the symlink points to the "E" drive location you need it to save files to. With a symlink wherever the "target" points to is where data is saved folder location wise when you save to the symlink so this sounds like exactly what you need.

So delete the OneDrive default folder and then run:

mklink /d "C:\Users\<UserName>\OneDrive" "E:\{20676961}\OneDrive - jp410"

Note: When you access this PC (even remotely) as the user profile which you normally use, it will keep saving to the "E" drive folder location you need it to even if the software changes the location back to the default location since that is now a symlink pointing to the "E" drive folder location.

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Further Resources

• MKLink

• mklink /?

  Creates a symbolic link.
  
  MKLINK [[/D] | [/H] | [/J]] Link Target
  
          /D      Creates a directory symbolic link.  Default is a file
                  symbolic link.
          /H      Creates a hard link instead of a symbolic link.
          /J      Creates a Directory Junction.
          Link    Specifies the new symbolic link name.
          Target  Specifies the path (relative or absolute) that the new link
                  refers to.
  

• Files save to OneDrive by default in Windows 10