How can I get the SkyDrive app in Windows 8 to download all my files to a folder on my machine and keep them synced? For now, I can view the files but can't sync them to a folder like the application in Windows 7 did.
Windows – Skydrive app sync files to local computer
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I'm pleased to mention that @sstranger supplied me with the miracle cure:
- Format the MicroSD card as NTFS (otherwise this method will not work).
- Create a
D:\Skydrivefolder on the MicroSD. - Create a mount point for the MicroSD drive to
C:\Dataon the fixed drive. - Install Skydrive Desktop and supply
C:\Data\Skydriveas the skydrive folder. - Watch Skydrive "fill both folders" with you Skydrive cloud data.
This can be achieved with a Symbolic Link.
What is needed is a symbolic link from inside the SkyDrive folder to the folder you want to sync. This works with both hard (/J) and soft (/D) symbolic links.
- Open up a command prompt as Administrator:
- Press Win+X and select Command Prompt (Admin)
Create a symlink by writing:
mklink /D "<path-to-skydrive>\<name-of-new-folder>;" "<path-to-folder-to-be-synced>"Example
mklink /D "C:\Users\Name\SkyDrive\Test" "C:\Users\Name\SyncMePlz"- The
name-of-new-folder(orTestin the example) will be the name of the folder in which the documents will be synced.
- The
After doing this I now have a folder named Test in my SkyDrive folder that contains all the files in the SyncMePlz folder. And changing any file, adding a file etc. in SyncMePlz will automatically be updated and synced in the Test folder in SkyDrive across your devices.
Best Answer
The Modern UI SkyDrive app cannot do this, however you can still download the desktop application from here to accomplish this the same way as in Windows 7.