A recent column on OneDrive problems brought a ton of email from readers asking for help with overcoming OneDrive’s poor documentation, weak user interface, and other limitations.
The largest group of questions was about using symlinks to allow OneDrive to automatically sync and process files or folders without having to first move and fit them all into the local C:\…\OneDrive\ folder.
The second-most common questions involved problems resulting from Microsoft’s recent renaming of the guts of OneDrive’s interface, leaving some users with a broken half-old/half-new setup!
For more information on both, read the full story in the AskWoody Plus Newsletter 18.16.0 (2021-05-03).
Also in this issue:
- APPLE: Take control of your Mac’s privacy
- PUBLIC DEFENDER: Microsoft Casual: it ain’t all fun ’n’ games
- MICROSOFT: How to control the privacy of your Microsoft account
- PATCH WATCH: Last call for 1909
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