How to sync any folder to OneDrive?

Do you want to sync/backup directories that out side of OneDrive sync’ed directory? For example, you have a directory at “D:\SDCard\PortableApps\PNotesPortable” and you want take a backup to OneDrive.

You have come to right place. This works for OneDrive (consumer) as well as OneDrive for Business. Here is how you do it.

Creating a junction for the directory D:\SDCard\PortableApps\PNotesPortable under OneDrive sync’ed location. That’s it.

1. Open Command Prompt.
2. Type this:

MKLink /J <OneDrive-Folder-Path> <Full path of the folder you want to sync>

Example:

C:\Users\Awesome>mklink /j "C:\Users\Awesome\OneDrive\Software\PNotes" "D:\SDCard\PortableApps\PNotesPortable"
Junction created for C:\Users\Awesome\OneDrive\Software\PNotes <<===>> D:\SDCard\PortableApps\PNotesPortable

Now you will see a Directory junction show up under C:\users\Awesome\OneDrive\Software. That’s all. Now OneDrive will sync this folder content to the cloud.

Nice Trick, hope you can use it yourself. Enjoy!