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Recently, many Win 10 users have reported to Mytour about the error 'Your OneDrive Folder Can’t Be Created In The Location You Selected. The location you were trying to create the OneDrive folder belongs to a drive with an unsupported file system. To use a different location, click Set up OneDrive and point it to an NTFS drive. To use the existing location with OneDrive, you need to format it with NTFS and then click Set up OneDrive to continue your account.'
- Important Note
- Microsoft has discontinued support for OneDrive on FAT32 partitions.
The error description informs you that the issue arises when creating a OneDrive folder on a drive formatted with a file system other than NTFS. In other words, if you save the OneDrive folder on a drive formatted with FAT32, exFAT, or ReFS file system, you will encounter the mentioned error.
The best and easiest way to fix the error is to move the OneDrive folder location to a drive formatted with the NTFS file system. By default, OneDrive creates the folder in the user profile folder (C:\Users\YourUserName). Here's how to relocate the OneDrive folder.
Fixing the Error: Your OneDrive Folder Can’t Be Created In The Location You Selected
Here are the steps to fix the error 'Your OneDrive Folder Can’t Be Created In The Location You Selected':
Step 1: When the error notification dialog appears, click on Set up OneDrive to open the Set up OneDrive dialog. If the error dialog doesn't show, double-click on the OneDrive icon in the system tray.
Step 2: Enter your Microsoft account email address and click Sign in.
Step 3: Enter your account password and click Sign in to proceed.
Step 4: At this point, you will see a window like the one below. Click on the Change location link and select the location on an NTFS-formatted drive.
Tip: You can check the drive file system by opening This PC, then right-clicking on the drive icon and selecting Properties.
Step 5: Follow the on-screen instructions to set up OneDrive. Afterward, check if fixing the error 'Your OneDrive Folder Can’t Be Created In The Location You Selected' was successful.
What if there's no NTFS-formatted drive?
Assuming your computer has only one drive and it's formatted as FAT32, exFAT, or ReFS, you have no choice but to format the drive to NTFS. Reinstalling Windows 10 from scratch is not an option. The formatting process will erase the Windows 10 operating system along with other data on the drive.
Did you know that when installing Windows 10 on the same computer, you can link the Windows 10 license to your Microsoft account to avoid reactivation?
Additionally, you can use the Windows 10 activation troubleshooter if you encounter any issues after reinstalling Windows 10.
While there are various solutions to convert FAT32 to NTFS without using software and without data loss, the ideal approach is to back up all data before formatting the drive to NTFS.
If you only have one drive formatted as FAT32 but with ample free space, you can repartition the system partition to free up space, allocate, and create a new NTFS-formatted drive in the allocated partition.
Mytour has just guided you through the steps to fix the error 'Your OneDrive Folder Can’t Be Created In The Location You Selected'. We hope these steps help you resolve the issue, and you won't encounter the error while using OneDrive on Windows 10 anymore.
If you prefer not to use OneDrive on Windows 10, you can disable OneDrive. Check out how to disable OneDrive on Win 10, and remove OneDrive on Win 10 here.
