{"id":26761,"date":"2023-01-02T12:42:58","date_gmt":"2023-01-02T11:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/?p=26761"},"modified":"2023-01-02T16:17:56","modified_gmt":"2023-01-02T15:17:56","slug":"onedrive-processing-changes-does-not-finish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/26761\/onedrive-processing-changes-does-not-finish\/","title":{"rendered":"OneDrive: Processing changes does not finish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Processing changes does not finish in OneDrive. How to reset the OneDrive client.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>What to do if OneDrive always shows &#8220;X changes are being processed?<\/p>\n<p>After I had thoroughly cleaned out my OneDrive drive, I had the problem with my Microsoft Surface that although all files were correctly synchronized and cleaned out, the synchronization was still running and &#8220;6 changes are being processed&#8221; was displayed. I let it run for a few days without any improvement.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/onedrive_en_1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"137\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26762\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/onedrive_en_1.png 600w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/onedrive_en_1-300x69.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of content<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/26761\/onedrive-processing-changes-does-not-finish\/#Video\" >Video<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/26761\/onedrive-processing-changes-does-not-finish\/#Locate_OneDriveexe\" >Locate OneDrive.exe<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Video\"><\/span>Video<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WtWzbi9EqTY\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Locate_OneDriveexe\"><\/span>Locate OneDrive.exe<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In the first step, we need to locate the OneDrive program folder. OneDrive might be installed in different locations, depending on how it was installed. Manually or via download.<\/p>\n<p>Open the start menu and enter &#8220;OneDrive&#8221;. Click &#8220;Open file location&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/onedrive_en_2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"733\" height=\"543\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26764\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/onedrive_en_2.png 733w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/onedrive_en_2-300x222.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 733px) 100vw, 733px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This will open the shortcut location in the start menu folder. Right-click on the &#8220;OneDrive&#8221; shortcut and select &#8220;Properties&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/onedrive_en_3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"441\" height=\"429\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26766\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/onedrive_en_3.png 441w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/onedrive_en_3-300x292.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 441px) 100vw, 441px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the properties, copy the folder in the target text box. Copy the folder without the .exe part.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/onedrive_en_4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"370\" height=\"341\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/onedrive_en_4.png 370w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/onedrive_en_4-300x276.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 370px) 100vw, 370px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now open the explorer and paste the path in it. After hitting enter, this will open the installation folder with the OneDrive executable.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/onedrive_en_5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"643\" height=\"439\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26770\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/onedrive_en_5.png 643w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/onedrive_en_5-300x205.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 643px) 100vw, 643px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now enter &#8220;cmd&#8221; in the address bar.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/onedrive_en_6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"314\" height=\"142\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26772\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/onedrive_en_6.png 314w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/onedrive_en_6-300x136.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 314px) 100vw, 314px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This will open the folder in the Windows terminal or command line. To reset the client enter &#8220;OneDrive \/reset&#8221;. The client will reset. Depending on the amount of data this will take some time. After that the problem should be gone.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/onedrive_en_7.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"574\" height=\"164\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26774\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/onedrive_en_7.png 574w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/onedrive_en_7-300x86.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 574px) 100vw, 574px\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Processing changes does not finish in OneDrive. How to reset the OneDrive client.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14619,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1555],"tags":[1599,1559,1558],"class_list":["post-26761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-software-en","tag-onedrive-en","tag-tutorial-en","tag-windows-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26761\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}