C# OneDrive like extention to Windows Explorer











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Creating a special folder in Windows Explorer like DropBox or OneDrive



Is it possible to do it in a way that files don't use up local disk space (like they do in OneDrive)? So to have them displayed just by syncing headers/properties and actually downloading the whole file from the cloud when user wants to read/edit it?



*goal: a cloud (shared drive) solution with several TBs in capacity. If files were to be synced then it's no use on laptops (limitation with SSD size)...










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  • Yes it's possible, but almost not documented. Have a look at this product who exposes two Windows low level APIs: "Files On Demand" and "ProjFS" (Projected File System, used by Microsoft to connect to huge++ github repos): shellboost.com/Doc/Introduction/Files-On-Demand (disclaimer: I work for the company who sells them). Note that AFAIK dropbox doesn't uses these API, only OneDrive as of today.
    – Simon Mourier
    Nov 22 at 8:14












  • thank you. Are there any open source solutions?
    – TheMixy
    Nov 25 at 13:41










  • Not that I know of. And as of today, this is also the only commercial product that has this :-)
    – Simon Mourier
    Nov 25 at 14:01















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I found this question/solution related to programming OneDrive like extention:



Creating a special folder in Windows Explorer like DropBox or OneDrive



Is it possible to do it in a way that files don't use up local disk space (like they do in OneDrive)? So to have them displayed just by syncing headers/properties and actually downloading the whole file from the cloud when user wants to read/edit it?



*goal: a cloud (shared drive) solution with several TBs in capacity. If files were to be synced then it's no use on laptops (limitation with SSD size)...










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  • Yes it's possible, but almost not documented. Have a look at this product who exposes two Windows low level APIs: "Files On Demand" and "ProjFS" (Projected File System, used by Microsoft to connect to huge++ github repos): shellboost.com/Doc/Introduction/Files-On-Demand (disclaimer: I work for the company who sells them). Note that AFAIK dropbox doesn't uses these API, only OneDrive as of today.
    – Simon Mourier
    Nov 22 at 8:14












  • thank you. Are there any open source solutions?
    – TheMixy
    Nov 25 at 13:41










  • Not that I know of. And as of today, this is also the only commercial product that has this :-)
    – Simon Mourier
    Nov 25 at 14:01













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I found this question/solution related to programming OneDrive like extention:



Creating a special folder in Windows Explorer like DropBox or OneDrive



Is it possible to do it in a way that files don't use up local disk space (like they do in OneDrive)? So to have them displayed just by syncing headers/properties and actually downloading the whole file from the cloud when user wants to read/edit it?



*goal: a cloud (shared drive) solution with several TBs in capacity. If files were to be synced then it's no use on laptops (limitation with SSD size)...










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I found this question/solution related to programming OneDrive like extention:



Creating a special folder in Windows Explorer like DropBox or OneDrive



Is it possible to do it in a way that files don't use up local disk space (like they do in OneDrive)? So to have them displayed just by syncing headers/properties and actually downloading the whole file from the cloud when user wants to read/edit it?



*goal: a cloud (shared drive) solution with several TBs in capacity. If files were to be synced then it's no use on laptops (limitation with SSD size)...







c# cloud shell-extensions shared-data






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  • Yes it's possible, but almost not documented. Have a look at this product who exposes two Windows low level APIs: "Files On Demand" and "ProjFS" (Projected File System, used by Microsoft to connect to huge++ github repos): shellboost.com/Doc/Introduction/Files-On-Demand (disclaimer: I work for the company who sells them). Note that AFAIK dropbox doesn't uses these API, only OneDrive as of today.
    – Simon Mourier
    Nov 22 at 8:14












  • thank you. Are there any open source solutions?
    – TheMixy
    Nov 25 at 13:41










  • Not that I know of. And as of today, this is also the only commercial product that has this :-)
    – Simon Mourier
    Nov 25 at 14:01


















  • Yes it's possible, but almost not documented. Have a look at this product who exposes two Windows low level APIs: "Files On Demand" and "ProjFS" (Projected File System, used by Microsoft to connect to huge++ github repos): shellboost.com/Doc/Introduction/Files-On-Demand (disclaimer: I work for the company who sells them). Note that AFAIK dropbox doesn't uses these API, only OneDrive as of today.
    – Simon Mourier
    Nov 22 at 8:14












  • thank you. Are there any open source solutions?
    – TheMixy
    Nov 25 at 13:41










  • Not that I know of. And as of today, this is also the only commercial product that has this :-)
    – Simon Mourier
    Nov 25 at 14:01
















Yes it's possible, but almost not documented. Have a look at this product who exposes two Windows low level APIs: "Files On Demand" and "ProjFS" (Projected File System, used by Microsoft to connect to huge++ github repos): shellboost.com/Doc/Introduction/Files-On-Demand (disclaimer: I work for the company who sells them). Note that AFAIK dropbox doesn't uses these API, only OneDrive as of today.
– Simon Mourier
Nov 22 at 8:14






Yes it's possible, but almost not documented. Have a look at this product who exposes two Windows low level APIs: "Files On Demand" and "ProjFS" (Projected File System, used by Microsoft to connect to huge++ github repos): shellboost.com/Doc/Introduction/Files-On-Demand (disclaimer: I work for the company who sells them). Note that AFAIK dropbox doesn't uses these API, only OneDrive as of today.
– Simon Mourier
Nov 22 at 8:14














thank you. Are there any open source solutions?
– TheMixy
Nov 25 at 13:41




thank you. Are there any open source solutions?
– TheMixy
Nov 25 at 13:41












Not that I know of. And as of today, this is also the only commercial product that has this :-)
– Simon Mourier
Nov 25 at 14:01




Not that I know of. And as of today, this is also the only commercial product that has this :-)
– Simon Mourier
Nov 25 at 14:01

















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