In my case, I have a folder (“2015” in Pictures) which in a different partition. Installed OneDrive app, and I don’t want to “move” the “2015” folder into “OneDrivePictures” as it will increase my C: drive usage.
So, here is how I did, basically it’s like “faking” a folder in “OneDrivePictures”
Syntax: mklink [[/d] | [/h] | [/j]] <Link> <Target>
Example:
Link — “C:UsersHilmanOneDrivePictures2015-link”
Target — “D:Pictures2015”
- Run a CMD as Administrator
- Type “mklink /j “C:UsersHilmanOneDrivePictures2015-link” “D:Pictures2015”
- A folder (fake) with name “2015-link” will be created in “C:UsersHilmanOneDrivePictures”, thus will be sync into OneDrive online — You may notice the folder will look like a shortcut icon
What happen then? Well, whenever I saved a photo into “2015-link” folder it will actually save it into “D:Pictures2015″… and vise versa. Of course, it will not increase my C: drive usage.
For more info about MKLINK parameters, click this.
Note(s):
- Do not create the folder in Link, instead create it in CMD prompt. Otherwise, an error will appears saying “Cannot create a file when that file already exists.“
Hilman Family Blog 