Folder Redirection makes the first sign-in endless
A large Documents or Desktop folder syncs fully on the first login. Offline Files tries to pull everything into cache.
support/performance/folder-redirection-eerste-loginsteps: 4
Try this first
- Temporarily turn off synchronous foreground processing for diagnosis
- Limit which subfolders are redirected instead of the whole profile tree
- Pre-stage the cache via a scheduled sync before the user logs in
- Consider OneDrive Known Folder Move instead of classic redirection
When to bring us in
For consistently small office WAN: move the redirection share to a local file server or OneDrive.
See also
- My laptop is suddenly slowThree main suspects: a runaway background process, near-full disk, or a Windows update in progress.
- One specific application is slow for everyoneIf an app is slow for one person: local. For everyone at once: server side or vendor side.
- Opening files from the file server takes minutesOften the server itself is fine and the issue is network routing or stalling DNS resolution.
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