Note: enabling offline access may take some time, since smart files content must be physically downloaded to the PC, especially if those files were previously marked as online-only. Tap or click Options, and then turn on Access all files offline.(If you're using a mouse, point to the lower-right corner of the screen, move the mouse pointer up, and then click Settings.) While in OneDrive App, swipe in from the right edge of the screen, and then tap Settings.This can be achieved by making entire OneDrive available offline: In order Data Igloo to successfully redirect OneDrive folder content, all files in this folder must be available offline, so their content must be physically present on the PC. When Data Igloo attempts to redirect the user profile or OneDrive folder, it may fail, if the local offline copy of smart file is not be available or OneDrive service locks the file during synchronization. OneDrive becomes a built-in feature for Microsoft user accounts on Windows 8.1, where it stores smart files or their offline copies in dedicated OneDrive folder inside the user profile folder. Making a file available offline saves a synced version of the file on the PC in OneDrive folder located within user profile. However, opening and editing files is possible only if they're available offline.

Even if PC is not connected to the Internet, it is still possible to rename and delete those files. Whenever signing in with Microsoft account to a PC running Windows 8.1 the files on OneDrive are avialable immediately. When opening Online-only files from File Explorer and most apps, the file contents are downloaded automatically. Online-only files look like normal files, so they can be browsed on the PC, but the file contents are really in OneDrive. Windows 8.1 makes it easier to save and work with files on the OneDrive cloud storage by introducing a special kind of OneDrive file - smart files, also called Online-only files. This document provides solutions and recommendations for redirecting Microsoft account user profile with OneDrive on Windows 8.1 using Faronics Data Igloo 2.1. Posted by Adam Zilliax, Last modified by Adam Zilliax on 24 November 2015 01:04 PM

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