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We Couldn’t Find Your Folder in OneDrive: How to Fix it

Reset the client or use an administrator account

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Updated onOctober 4, 2023

updated onOctober 4, 2023

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If you use OneDrive to sync your document to the Microsoft account, you may encountererrorslikeWe couldn’t find your OneDrive folderonWindows 10. It’s seemingly one of the many bugs users reported.

Many reported that the error keeps coming back every few days, and a Windows update is the only thing that provides a temporary reprieve. If you, too, are facing the same problem, here are a few quick solutions that helped others fix things.

How do I fix the We couldn’t find your OneDrive folder error?

How do I fix the We couldn’t find your OneDrive folder error?

1. Reset OneDrive Client

Your OneDrive desktop clients come with a built-in option to reset the app. Resetting the app will set all the settings to factory default and remove any broken or corrupted configuration. And once done, theWe couldn’t find your folderOneDrive error should disappear.

2. Login with an administrative account

If you are using a local user account without administrative privilege, OneDrive may have problems locating the folders and permission issues. So,switch to an administrator accountin Windows.

A possible solution when you see theWe couldn’t find your OneDrive foldererror is to unlink your Microsoft account from OneDrive and then re-link it. Doing so will flush any broken configuration.

4. Change the OneDrive folder location

If you get theWe couldn’t find your folder in OneDriveerror due to a permission issue or acorrupt hard disk, try to move the OneDrive folder to a different partition or secondary hard drive on your computer.

Before you leave, find out how tospeed up OneDrive uploads.

For any queries or to share what worked for you, drop a comment below.

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Tashreef Shareef

Tashreef Shareef is a software developer turned tech writer. He discovered his interest in technology after reading a tech magazine accidentally. Now he writes about everything tech from Windows to iOS and streaming services to IoT at WindowsReport.

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