Windows 10’s latest patch breaks OneDrive – but a fix is coming

And that resolution will hopefully arrive very soon

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SomeWindows 10users have found OneDrive has been broken after installing the latest round of patching for the OS, andMicrosofthas now confirmed this issue.

AsNeowinspotted, the problem was caused by October’s patch forWindows 10, KB5018410 which was released a couple of weeks back. Both OneDrive and OneDrive for Business users can be affected (withmultiple reportsof the bugbear manifesting on Windows 10 21H2 and 22H2 installs, and then disappearing when the patch is uninstalled).

This particular bug is capable of causingOneDriveto “unexpectedly close” Microsoft admits, or throw up an error message in certain cases, namely when you:

Patch KB5018410 has also caused trouble relating toMicrosoft Edgefor some users, who may find the update removes the Microsoft Edge Legacy version without replacing the browser with the new Edge app as it should.

Analysis: A swift resolution with any luck

Okay, so what can you do about this OneDrive headache? Well, not a lot at this point, other than remove KB5018410 to get thecloud storage serviceback to normal operation. The downside is that the patch contains important security fixes, and you’ll obviously be without that protection after ditching the update.

However, Microsoft has indicated in a dashboard status update that a fix for the bug isn’t far off. The companywrote: “We are working on a resolution and estimate a solution will be available in the coming week.”

Presumably that means the cure is inbound next week, then, although this is only an estimate from Microsoft of course. So, if the gremlin is buried more deeply in the works than is thought, and other complications crop up during the fixing process, it might take longer to arrive. As ever, let’s hope for a swift and painless cure here.

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Darren is a freelancer writing news and features for TechRadar (and occasionally T3) across a broad range of computing topics including CPUs, GPUs, various other hardware, VPNs, antivirus and more. He has written about tech for the best part of three decades, and writes books in his spare time (his debut novel - ‘I Know What You Did Last Supper’ - was published by Hachette UK in 2013).

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