Not being able to access your documents on your Windows 10 computer is really annoying.

Especially when youre in a hurry.

When this happens, you may get the following fault signal:

C:\Users\UserName\OneDrive\Documents is unavailable.

onedrive documents is unavailable error

This results in not being able to access any of the folders stored on your rig.

it’s possible for you to also launch the Task Manager and close any OneDrive-related processes still listed there.

Then navigate toC:\Users\UserName\OneDrive.

onedrive documents folder

If the Documents folder is nowhere to be seen, create it yourself.

Next, right-tap on an empty area and selectNewFolder.

If the folder is visible, create a copy of it.

restore default documents folder

Then, move the original folder to your desktop.

Edit the name of the copy folder that remained in the OneDrive folder.

Delete the copy part from the name.

documents folder properties security

Launch OneDrive and look to see if this workaround solved the problem.

find out if the issue is gone.

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