Start %localappdata%\Microsoft\OneDrive\OneDrive.exe /background
Here’s a simple batch script to automate that process: off So now, whenever I want to make sure that OneDrive syncs my changes before I move to a different device, I simply need to kill and restart the client.
Now … it turns out that if you quickly close the client (or kill the process), and then restart it again, OneDrive wakes from its slumber, starts analyzing the changes and begins to sync! And what’s the use of a cloud storage system that is always days behind? Have You Tried Turning it Off and On Again? Sometimes, even after a few hours or days (without reboot), OneDrive still hadn’t noticed and synced my changes. Scouring official forums, there were many people who had the same question but only canned answers. I looked for a “sync now” button everywhere but came up empty. Let’s say I work on a document on my laptop, then a few minutes later move to the sofa and try to pull up the file on the tablet … no luck, because OneDrive seems to sync files only once in a millenium. However, one problem that I’ve found with OneDrive is that it’s sometimes really slow to sync. What I like about Microsoft OneDrive is that it has a relatively small memory footprint and doesn’t bog down the system like other cloud storage clients that constantly run in the background.
I use a number of different cloud storage services for different purposes, because they each have certain advantages and disadvantages.