Many people don’t know that you don’t necessarily need Microsoft’s OneDrive client to copy or edit files to OneDrive via Windows. OneDrive can also be integrated as a network drive under Windows. The following steps are necessary for this.
- First you have to log in to OneDrive (https://onedrive.com) in the browser
- Then click on „My files„
- Now you can see the so-called „cid=“ in the URL in the browser.
- Copy this ID
- Then open the Windows File Explorer
- Now click on „Connect network drive“ in the ribbon
- Now select the desired drive letter
- Then enter the following destination address: https://d.docs.live.net/
- Now paste the „cid“ you just copied after the slash
- If you make the connection permanent, you can check the box under the address field
- Then you have to enter your OneDrive access data
- OneDrive will now open in a new Explorer window
- OneDrive is now also displayed as a network drive in File Explorer