First, some information about the OneDrive icon appearance:

  • If OneDrive is connected to your computer, you will see its blue icon in your Task Bar at the bottom right of your Windows screen:

  • If you have paused the syncing of OneDrive and your local files (Right-click, Pause, # Hours), the icon will have a pause symbol on it as shown below:

        To stop the pause, Right-click the OneDrive icon and click Resume syncing.


  • If you find that rebooting or restarting your computer makes your OneDrive icon disappear, your Startup settings may need changing as follows:
    • Click the Windows Start icon at the bottom left of your screen and click OneDrive from the list that appears to start OneDrive.  To change its setting so that it appears each time you reboot, do these steps:
    • Right-click the blue OneDrive icon - Click Settings - Click the Settings tab in the new pop-up window that appears - Click the box beside "Start OneDrive automatically when I sign in to Windows" - Click OK.

   

   

Viewing OneDrive or SharePoint files:

You can view your OneDrive and SharePoint files by clicking the blue cloud icon in your Task Bar at the bottom right of your Windows screen:


You will see two methods for viewing the files:


Method 1: View Online:

Click the View online button to show your files in a browser window.



In addition to your OneDrive files, any SharePoint folders to which you have access are shown under Groups:





Method 2: Show the folder in Windows File Explorer:



File Manager will open showing your OneDrive folder and any SharePoint folders below that: