将文件存储在OneDrive中是一种方便地访问数据的好方法。一旦您的文件在云端，您就可以使用任何可以访问互联网的设备查看或编辑它们。但是，如果您需要来自Windows 计算机(Windows computer)的文件，但它没有存储在您的OneDrive文件夹中，会发生什么情况？你可能认为你运气不好，但事实并非如此。只要您将Windows 计算机(Windows computer)设置为“让我使用OneDrive获取我在这台 PC 上的任何文件”并且该计算机已连接到 Internet，您就可以找到其中的任何文件并直接从OneDrive(OneDrive website)网站。阅读本指南以了解如何使用此有用功能：
关于OneDrive(OneDrive)的Fetch Files 功能(Fetch Files feature)您需要了解的内容
您可以使用OneDrive的Fetch Files 功能(Fetch Files feature)来获取存储在Windows 10、Windows 7和 Windows 8 PC 上的文件。但是，您无法获取位于Windows 8.1 PC 或Mac计算机上的文件。如果您使用的是Windows 10 计算机或设备(computer or device)并希望在其上启用OneDrive的Fetch Files 功能(Fetch Files feature)，则无需安装任何东西，因为OneDrive已经嵌入到操作系统中(operating system)。但是，如果您想使用OneDrive从Windows 7获取文件(Windows 7)或 Windows 8 PC，您需要安装和使用OneDrive 桌面(OneDrive desktop)应用程序，您可以从OneDrive 的网站(OneDrive's website)获取。有关如何下载和安装适用于Windows 7或Windows 8的(Windows 8)OneDrive 桌面(OneDrive desktop)应用程序的指导，请按照本教程第一部分中的步骤操作：如何使用适用于Windows 7的(Windows 7)OneDrive。
请注意，为简单起见，在本教程中，我们使用的是在Windows 10计算机上制作的屏幕截图。但是，Windows 7和Windows 8中的步骤也相同。
如何在Windows 10中启用(Windows 10)OneDrive的Fetch Files 功能(Fetch Files feature)
无论您使用哪种操作系统(operating system)，请查看任务栏上的通知区域，(notification area)然后右键单击(taskbar and right-click)或点击并按住 OneDrive 图标。
如果您在系统托盘(system tray)中没有看到OneDrive，请单击或点击(click or tap)其左侧的小箭头以查看隐藏的图标，然后点击OneDrive。
在OneDrive的浮出控件上，单击或点击更多。
在显示的上下文菜单中，转到Settings。
此操作将打开Microsoft OneDrive 配置(Microsoft OneDrive configuration)窗口。要在OneDrive中启用“获取文件(Fetch Files)” ，请转到“设置”选项卡(Settings tab)并检查显示“让我使用OneDrive获取此 PC 上的任何文件”的设置。然后，单击或点击(click or tap)确定。
您可能会认为Fetch Files现在可以工作。但是，您还需要执行一个步骤：在 Windows 10 PC 上重新启动OneDrive 应用程序。(OneDrive app)
您可以通过重新启动 Windows 10 PC 或选择关闭 OneDrive(Close OneDrive)然后重新启动它来做到这一点。如果您选择后者，请再次打开OneDrive的菜单，就像我们之前向您展示的那样，然后单击或点击关闭 OneDrive(click or tap Close OneDrive)。
然后，使用“开始”菜单中的(Start Menu)搜索或 OneDrive(search or OneDrive)的快捷方式重新启动OneDrive 应用程序(OneDrive app)。现在，您可以使用OneDrive从这台计算机或设备(computer or device)获取文件。
如何在Windows 10中禁用(Windows 10)OneDrive的Fetch Files 功能(Fetch Files feature)
如果您想知道如何从 Windows 10 PC禁用使用OneDrive获取文件，答案很简单。(Fetch Files)重复与本教程上一部分相同的步骤，但不要选中“让我使用 OneDrive 获取此 PC 上的任何文件”，("Let me use OneDrive to fetch any of my files on this PC,")取消选中它。
然后，重新启动Windows 10电脑，或重新启动OneDrive以关闭“获取文件”(Fetch Files)功能。
如何使用OneDrive从Windows PC获取文件(Windows PC)
打开“获取文件(Files)”后，您可以直接从您的 OneDrive 帐户获取该Windows 计算机或设备中的任何文件。(Windows computer or device)在任何计算机或设备(computer or device)上，打开Web 浏览器并登录(web browser and log)到您的OneDrive，使用与在启用了Fetch Files的 PC 上相同的Microsoft 帐户(Microsoft account)。在您的OneDrive中，查看(OneDrive)窗口(window and click)左侧，然后单击或点击 PC。
这将打开一个新的浏览器选项卡(browser tab)，您可以在其中看到启用了Fetch Files的所有 PC 。选择保存您要访问的文件的计算机或设备。(computer or device)
如果该 PC 已打开并连接到 Internet，OneDrive的Fetch Files可让您查看其上的所有驱动器、库和最喜欢的文件夹。
文件系统(file system)中的文件夹由深蓝色瓷砖描绘。文件根据其文件类型具有不同的图标。您可以继续单击或点击文件夹以打开它们并查看其内容。您还可以使用顶部的目录树列表(directory tree listing)来返回您已深入了解的目录。
浏览(Browse)您的远程计算机以查找您要获取的文件。一旦你找到它（他们），选择它（他们）。然后，单击或点击(click or tap)顶部菜单中的“下载(Download)”或“上传(Upload)到OneDrive ”链接。
“上传(Upload)到 OneDrive”或直接下载文件的另一种方法是右键单击（或按住(press and hold)）它，然后从上下文菜单中选择适当的操作。
如果您选择了“上传(Upload)到OneDrive ”选项，现在您可以选择OneDrive上要保存获取的文件的文件夹。然后，单击或点按上传(click or tap Upload)。
等待(Wait)文件上传。完成后，它将与该文件夹中的其余OneDrive文件一起列出。您现在可以像处理OneDrive中的任何其他文件一样下载、编辑或共享该文件。
而已！
您是否使用OneDrive 获取文件功能(OneDrive Fetch Files feature)？
现在您已在 PC 上配置了OneDrive的Fetch Files 选项(Fetch Files option)，您可以访问所需的文件，无论您是否记得将它们存储在您的OneDrive文件夹中。唯一的要求是您从中获取文件的计算机必须打开并连接到互联网。您是否使用OneDrive(OneDrive)获取文件？你觉得有用吗？在下面的评论部分让我们知道。
How to Fetch Files with OneDrive from a Windows PC
Storing your fіles іn OneDrive is a great way to access your data conveniently. Once your files are in the cloud, yoυ can view or edit them υsing any device with internet access. Bυt what hаppens if there is a fіle yoυ need from your Windows computеr, but it isn't stored in your OnеDrive folder? You may think you're out of luck, but that is not the case. As long as you've got your Windows cоmputer set to "Let me use OneDrive to fetch any of my files on this PC" аnd that computer is connected to the internet, you can find any оf the files on it and download them right frоm the OneDrive website. Read this guide to fіnd out how to use this useful feature:
What you need to know about OneDrive's Fetch Files feature
You can use OneDrive's Fetch Files feature to get the files stored on Windows 10, Windows 7, and Windows 8 PCs. However, you cannot fetch files located on Windows 8.1 PCs or Mac computers. If you're using a Windows 10 computer or device and want to enable OneDrive's Fetch Files feature on it, you don't have to install anything as OneDrive is already embedded into the operating system. However, if you want to Fetch Files with OneDrive from a Windows 7 or Windows 8 PC, you need to install and use the OneDrive desktop app, which you can get from OneDrive's website. For guidance on how to download and install the OneDrive desktop app for Windows 7 or Windows 8, follow the steps from the first section of this tutorial: How to use OneDrive for Windows 7.
Note that, for simplicity, in this tutorial, we're using screenshots made on a Windows 10 computer. However, the steps are the same in Windows 7 and Windows 8 too.
How to enable OneDrive's Fetch Files feature in Windows 10
Regardless of the operating system you're using, look at the notification area on the taskbar and right-click or tap and hold the OneDrive icon.
If you don't see OneDrive in the system tray, click or tap on the small arrow on its left to see the hidden icons, and then tap on OneDrive.
On OneDrive's flyout, click or tap on More.
In the contextual menu that shows up, go to Settings.
This action opens the Microsoft OneDrive configuration window. To enable Fetch Files in OneDrive, go to the Settings tab and check the setting that says: "Let me use OneDrive to fetch any of my files on this PC." Then, click or tap on OK.
You might be tempted to think that Fetch Files works right now. However, there's one more step you need to do before: restart the OneDrive app on your Windows 10 PC.
You can do that by either restarting your Windows 10 PC or by choosing to Close OneDrive and then restart it. If you choose the latter, open OneDrive's menu again, like we've shown you before, and click or tap Close OneDrive.
Then, relaunch the OneDrive app, using the search or OneDrive's shortcut from the Start Menu. Now you can Fetch Files with OneDrive from this computer or device.
How to disable OneDrive's Fetch Files feature in Windows 10
If you're wondering how to disable Fetch Files with OneDrive from your Windows 10 PC, the answer is straightforward. Repeat the same steps as in the previous section of this tutorial, but instead of checking the "Let me use OneDrive to fetch any of my files on this PC," uncheck it.
Then, restart your Windows 10 PC, or restart OneDrive to turn off the Fetch Files feature.
How to Fetch Files with OneDrive from a Windows PC
Once you turn Fetch Files on, you can get any files from that Windows computer or device directly from your OneDrive account. On any computer or device, open a web browser and log into your OneDrive, using the same Microsoft account as you do on the PC where Fetch Files is enabled. In your OneDrive, look at the left side of the window and click or tap on PCs.
This opens a new browser tab, where you see all the PCs on which you've enabled Fetch Files. Select the computer or device that holds the files you want to access.
If that PC is on and connected to the internet, OneDrive's Fetch Files lets you see all your drives, libraries, and favorite folders on it.
Folders in your file system are depicted by dark blue tiles. Files have different icons based on their filetype. You can go ahead and click or tap on folders to open them and view their contents. You can also use the directory tree listing at the top to go back through the directories you've drilled down into.
Browse through your remote computer to find the file(s) that you want to fetch. Once you find it (them), select it (them). Then, click or tap on Download or "Upload to OneDrive" link from the top menu.
Another way to "Upload to OneDrive" or directly Download a file is to right-click (or press and hold) on it, and then select the appropriate action from the contextual menu.
If you chose the "Upload to OneDrive" option, now you can select the folder on your OneDrive where you want the fetched file to be saved. Then, click or tap Upload.
Wait for the file to upload. Once done, it is listed together with the rest of your OneDrive files from that folder. You can now download, edit, or share the file as you would with any other file from your OneDrive.
That's it!
Do you use the OneDrive Fetch Files feature?
Now that you have OneDrive's Fetch Files option configured on your PCs, you can access the files you need, whether or not you remembered to store them in your OneDrive folder. The only requirements are that the computer from which you fetch files must be turned on and connected to the internet. Do you Fetch Files with OneDrive? Do you find it useful? Let us know in the comments section below.
