Windows 10: Turn On or Off OneDrive Files On-Demand in Windows 10

Once you have logged in with OneDrive to your MS-account, it should soon auto update to latest version. Be patient, it could take a while before that happens. You might also need to reboot your computer before the changes takes effect.

I have currently same version (latest) on both my laptops (check further details from my profile). On my Insider machine, Files on Demand works as expected. On Creators Update machine, this feature is not available since Windows lacks support for this.

 

Yeah - I clean installed after creating iso, and it installed old version of files on demand. To get new version do this.

1) install Revo Uninstaller, and use it to uninstall onedrive, doing full deep scan, deleting everything.

2) Make sure you are joined to Insider Program as it seems FOD is still not available to Non Insiders.

3) go to online onedrive website, click on link in bottom left to install onedrive apps.

4) click on link to install onedrive

It will now install new version with FOD.

5) optional - leave Insider Programme.

 

Just to verify, if you are not currently signed in to OneDrive with your Microsoft account, the Files On-Demand settings will not be available.

 

I clean-installed my VM from 16296 ISO, and was logged in with an MS Account, joined Fast ring, and let it update to 16299.15.
(Running UUP-to-ISO along the way to get an ISO, which was the purpose of the exercise, but I've not used that ISO for anything yet.)

I perhaps didn't linger long enough in 16296 for it to update OneDrive to the latest version.

This VM is still showing as an Insider Fast ring, but no Files on Demand.
So perhaps the fix is more complicated than being logged in as an Insider?

Edit: Onedrive reports itself as 17.03.6816.0313, even though there is a folder in:
C:\Users\{Username}\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive called "17.3.6998.0830"

 

Yes it has downloaded an update. Reboot and it should start by default. If not then manually install that one from the location you found.

 

I've Restarted a couple of times and it hasn't changed.

One curious thing the version numbers:
In C:\Users\{Username}\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive\Update\Update.xml
, it says:
Code: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <root> <update minapplicable="16.0.0.0" maxapplicable="17.9.9999.9999" currentversion="17.3.6998.0830" rescan="1440" throttle="100"> <binary url="https://oneclient.sfx.ms/Win/Prod/17.3.6998.0830/OneDriveSetup.exe" sha256hash="Yr6bOGqbvLj4RpBcTia4kfU7ajLYx3j/0tTTaLDOc/Q=" sha1hash="XPsJDRnSljVfb/Nhw5hIRGw5r5o=" /> </update> </root>[/quote] But when I look at the Settings Cog in Onedrive itself, and look at About, it reports the older version:




I wonder if the update.xml is fooling the computer into thinking it has the later version (perhaps in 16296, or downloaded soon after I installed it) but 16299.15 put the older version in place without changing or deleting update.xml?

 

As I said earlier, you have to thoroughly uninstall it using a tool like Revo Uninstaller - onedrivesetup gets confused when you use the standard uninstaller, as it leaves to much detritus in the registry.

Also, you have to be joined to Insider Programme. I discovered if you leave the Programme, Files on Demand are not available EVEN if you are running version 7010. Interestingly, if you rejoin, the FOD option comes back i.e. option of FOD ONLY APPEARS TO INSIDERS.

 

But when I look at the Settings Cog in Onedrive itself, and look at About, it reports the older version:

I wonder if the update.xml is fooling the computer into thinking it has the later version (perhaps in 16296, or downloaded soon after I installed it) but 16299.15 put the older version in place without changing or deleting update.xml? [/quote] ... so I deleted the C:\Users\{Username}\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive\Update folder (actually I renamed it) and Restarted.

Result=success! Or at least it seems so. After the Restart it then downloaded a new version of Onedrive and placeholders appeared. (Of course I can't prove this wouldn't have happened anyway.)

It was a VM with no user data so it was fairly low risk for me, but if it works for others it feels simpler than using Revo.

I was already an Insider so I don't think that was the original cause of the issue, however I did a bit more testing and get the same behaviour as this:

I left the programme on the VM and the placeholder icons disappeared, the same as cereberus found.

 

Nice solution - also you have confirmed at least for now you need to stay in Insider Programme. I guess the one drive app switches off the FOD if it detects you are not running an Insider version. It would be great to know if this is hard coded in Onedrive exe file, or via a registry entry for example?

 

I thought that version with Files On-Demand feature will be preinstalled in RTM build of Fall Creators Update. Not insider here

 

It will be when released on October 17th 2017. It's just currently only available to Insiders until then. *Smile

 

...well nothing happened in release day and day after *Smile so here is manual download for v17.3.7073

https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=851311

 

Yep, the download is in the yellow Tip box at the top of the tutorial. *Smile