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All of a sudden I have many “blocked” files in File Explorer.  They have what looks to be a small brown box in the bottom left of the file icon and I cannot open them.  How do I retrieve these files?

 

 

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hi

try to say a little more
what was done, before the problem appeared
an image capture of what you indicate could be helpful, too

 

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I wish I could tell you what was done prior to this happening but cannot.   These are older files that are blocked and I can open any new files just fine.  

Here is a screen shot of the files

tcalvin_0-1657904820115.png

 

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Ok, I don't use one drive, but these are files on the computer, or on the one drive site, I don't see it here!
But when you say they are blocked, there is nothing you can do, where there is an error message
can this help

 

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/unable-to-open-content-synced-in-a-onedrive-folder-on-an-...

 

https://www.windowscentral.com/tips-help-you-fix-onedrive-sync-problems-windows-10

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