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Upload blocked, Sign in to save this file, or Save a copy error in OneDrive: A Complete Guide



You open and edit a Microsoft OneDrive-synced file in a Microsoft 365 app, such as Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, or Microsoft Excel. When you try to save the file, you receive the following error message:


For example, you use the user@fabrikam.onmicrosoft.com account to sync files to OneDrive. However, you sign in to the Microsoft 365 app by using the user@contoso.onmicrosoft.com account, and this account doesn't have permission to upload files to OneDrive. In this case, you receive the error message when you try to save the file to OneDrive.




Upload blocked, Sign in to save this file, or Save a copy error in OneDrive




OneDrive is an Internet-based storage platform. Microsoft users can use it directly on the device and use it as a shared cloud hard drive. Whenever you want to save a file in all Office apps or save it as a new copy, the program sends a request to log in with a Microsoft account for each file. After entering the user name and password credentials, the following error message may be displayed:


Whenever you use Office to save a file, a copy will be generated and stored in the cache folder. When an excel upload failed on OneDrive problem occurs, it can be considered that the cache fills up and the cache needs to be cleared.


Microsoft forces MS Office files to be treated differently in OneDrive than other file types. I see no benefit to MS Office sync services when saving files to OneDrive (it will be backed up anyway) and it nearly cripples the use of Office, slowing down syncing and complaining when there is no internet (I often work without internet access). I have Office 2016 Pro (Not 365) and I do not login office or wish to use any of the Office Cloud features. I do use OneDrive to sync files across devices so I don't want to remove OneDrive I just want Office and OneDrive to function as two separate applications. Unfortunately Office will not allow you to save an office document to OneDrive and it will throw the Upload Blocked error and wants you to sign in. The only way to save a file to OneDrive is to save it to the desktop first then copy and paste it over to OneDrive which is counter productive. I have unchecked the Office integration checkbox in OneDrive but it doesn't seem like this does anything. The OneDrive folder is located at C:\user...\OneDrive\ so it's not like it's a remote link.


I've been fighting this for a while and got it to work temporarily by rolling back the OneDrive version however the issue has cropped back up. I posted a question on the MS Community Forum a few months back but it was not resolved. I know it's a bad idea to copy paste the same info across two forums so I will instead provide a link: -us/msoffice/forum/msoffice_drive-mso_win10-mso_2016/how-to-disable-office-2016-uploads-to-onedrive/317a9952-24d2-48fb-b83f-46e64662bbf1


Some users reported having issues when trying to upload files to OneDrive. As they try to save a file or folder to OneDrive, they get an error that says that their OneDrive upload is blocked. Some error messages go into a bit more detail, stating that the user experiencing the error needs to register. However, no further information is given as to why the error occurred and what you can do to solve it.


Thanks for chasing this up. But the issue is not that I want to save a backup copy to my desktop, It's that I can't open any QB backups at all. The original company file was created on OneDrive, and several backups were also created (automatically by QB) on OneDrive. However, when I came to restore one of those backups today, it failed, whether I restored to OneDrive or to a local drive. This is QuickBooks Pro 2019.


I know this is an old thread, but for anyone who stumbles on this looking for an answer (like me), the best way I found to mass upload to Sharepoint fromPowerApps was:1 - Collect() all the rows into a collection with Powerapps (using a ForAll or some other method). Make sure the collection headers are the same as the Sharepoint headers.2 - Collect() that collection to Sharepoint. This sends the data through as 1 request and is much faster.What I was looking for was something similar to my above method, but in a Flow. I have some automation that sends out alerts and I save a copy of the alerts to SharePoint so I can track them. The flow is very slow doing this one by one. I want a way to build all the rows up in the Flow, then send that all to Sharepoint as 1 request.


I've found if illustrator saves my file as a .tmp the best solution is to close illustrator completely, open the .tmp file with illustrator, then file>save a copy. The copy will save normally and you can delete the weird tmp file. Just in case anyone is still running in to this issue.


>>Does this mean that my Outlook client automatically synchronises the offline data with the online Exchange Server?>>IMAP accounts now use an ost file, not a pst. This allows calendar and contacts in the data file. Because you using imap, you don't need to sync the datafile, but may want to export rules and make a copy of your signature and dictionary. 2ff7e9595c


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