Setting up Onedrive Sync Client on Windows 7, 8, 8.1 and 10

Setting up OneDrive Sync client on Windows 7, 8, 8.1 and 10.

Go to and press the Download button.

Navigate through windows that ask if you’d like to give OneDrive permissions to download on your computer.

If you don’t have administrator right’s to install OneDrive then to get access, open software center and in search type Local Administrator Rights - Install, select the option and do install. If will ask you to logoff and login back, once done now try to install OneDrive client.

After OneDrive is done Installing, you will be prompted to enter your email address, please enter your corporate email address. (@dell or @dellteam only). If incase you don’t get prompt you will be able to find OneDrive icon in system tray, open the same.

After you press Sign-In, you will be taken to the next window which should automatically log you in through SSO or it may ask you to select your account or enter your email again.

On the next window, you will see the prompt letting you know that the “OneDrive-Dell Inc” folder has been created in your File Explorer.

After pressing “Next” on this window, you will be prompted to choose to sync any current files or folders you may have in your OneDrive account to the folder. Keep “Sync all files and folders in my OneDrive” checked.

Now you are complete with setting up your sync folder client.

If you navigate to your file explorer, you should now see your “OneDrive – Dell Inc” folder on the left side.

You may also have an “OneDrive – Personal” folder but feel free to Ignore or Delete it by right clicking and pressing “Remove”.

You should only use the “OneDrive – Dell Inc” folder for syncing your work documents as that is the one linked to your corporate account.

Dell - Internal Use - Confidential

Dell - Internal Use - Confidential