# Backing up local OneDrive folder with Cloud Files

**URL:** <https://forum.duplicati.com/t/backing-up-local-onedrive-folder-with-cloud-files/1060>\
**Category:** Features\
**Created:** [October 18, 2017, 5:14am UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/backing-up-local-onedrive-folder-with-cloud-files/1060 "2017-10-18T05:14:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![DewVinci](https://forum.duplicati.com/user_avatar/forum.duplicati.com/dewvinci/32/592_2.png) [@DewVinci](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/DewVinci)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2017, 5:14am UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/backing-up-local-onedrive-folder-with-cloud-files/1060/1 "2017-10-18T05:14:03Z")

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With the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, local OneDrive files and folder are now “Cloud Files”, which are implemented as reparse points which may or may not be present. Duplicati treats all reparse points as symlinks, which is not correct. I would love to see an option for Cloud Files similar to SymlinkStrategy, e.g.:

```
    /// <summary>
    /// The possible setting for the CloudFiles strategy
    /// </summary>
    public enum CloudFilesStrategy
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Automatically include CloudFiles that are downloaded, and ignore those that are not
        /// </summary>
        Auto,

        /// <summary>
        /// Ignore all CloudFiles
        /// </summary>
        Ignore
    }
```

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**Author:** ![JonMikelV](https://forum.duplicati.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/439d5e/32.png) [@JonMikelV](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/JonMikelV)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/backing-up-local-onedrive-folder-with-cloud-files/1060/2 "2017-10-19T17:24:54Z")

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It looks like this has been logged at GitHub as well:

> <https://github.com/duplicati/duplicati/issues/2829>
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> \[X \] I have searched open and closed issues for duplicates.
> 
> Environment info
> 
> Duplicati version: v2.0.2.8-2.0.2.8\_canary\_2017-09-20
> Operating system: Windows 10 Fall Creators Update
> Backend: Replace...