Annotations on Folder Portal icons

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With a folder portal, Fences annotates each file with a symbol on the lower left of the icon.  For example, if the file is a shortcut, the annotation is a curved arrow.  This happens even when the selected view is "Details".

My folder portal is for my OneDrive (Microsoft's Cloud service) folder.  In this case, the folder has the list of local files which are synchronized with the cloud files.  I'm now noticing all of the icons for the OneDrive files are annotated with White Xs.  My other folder portals (for non-cloud folders) have no such annotation.

Further, unlike folder portals for non-cloud folders, the listing for the OneDrive folder has a "Status" column.  And I also don't know what the icons in that folder mean.

So the questions:  Does anyone know what the white Xs mean?  And what do the Status column icons mean?

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Hello,

I believe Portal Fences is something like emulation what appear on Windows explorer. If you open windows explorer on OneDrive the Status column also appear there in detail view mode.

On the "white Xs" overlay on icons, I have no idea. Maybe if you post the screenshot of it here. We might have a better idea on it.

Thank you,

 

Basj,

Stardock Community Assistant

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

Thanks for your feedback, Basj.  I hope that will clarify what I'm saying about these Icon annotations.

Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

Can we have a screen capture on that same folder on your Windows Explorer?

You can refer to here for more information on those status icons : https://support.office.com/en-us/article/learn-about-onedrive-files-on-demand-0e6860d3-d9f3-4971-b321-7092438fb38e?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US

About those "X", I am not too sure but I can assume those are related to one drive function. Possibly files that are not in sync.

Thanks

Basj,

Stardock Community Assistant

Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top

Bosj, I'm very impressed with your support, and I thank you for sticking with me on this!  You led me down the right path.  I'd forgotten I'd recently turned on "Files on Demand".  That explains the Status column and the icons in that column.  They appear for OneDrive folders.  Thus they're echoed in the Fences Folder Portal window.  NOT A FENCES PROBLEM!

(It turns out the Microsoft "File Explorer" does display that column and those icons for OneDrive folder, so I misstated.  I was actually using Explorer 2 (X2);  and Zabkat, the X2 developer, hasn't implemented that column yet.  You can actually select that column for X2, but it's name apparently is actually "Availability Status" - which has textual explanations like "Available on this Device" and "Sync Pending".  File Explorer turns those textual explanations into those little icons.  X2 doesn't.   By the way, the number of columns you can select - using View/Add Columns - is immense.  Who knew!  Apparently these support a variety of requirements for Microsoft customers.  Personally, as a long-time database guy, I cringe at such a massive set of attributes.)

Don't know about the other question - the White X overlaid on the icons in the Name column.  I assume the answer is in this same area.  I do need do look further into this.

But again,  thanks so much!  It was a bit off-putting that Stardock doesn't have a formal Tech Support offering, which is why I tried the forum.  But with people like you, who needs a "formal" Tech Support.  So by all means, stick around!!

             Rick

Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top

Actually, I've already found out all I need to know about the "White X".  It means the local file is only available when connected to the internet.  When you're online and double click it, it downloads it and brings it up.  You can ask OneDrive to assure that there's a local copy by right clicking and specifying "Always keep on this device".  When you do that, it downloads it and changes the White X annotation to a Green checkmark.  

This is probably TMI (Too Much Information) but who knows.  For me it was baffling and actually alarming.  Someone else might have the same problem and come here for help.  Me? I've learned a lot.  And now that I understand it, I like it.  I'm just glad I'm not one of the programmers that has to work with customers that need all those attributes kept up to date.

Thanks again.