Onedrive’s error The tag present in the reparse point buffer is invalid must be one of the most recurring error messages for Onedrive and Onedrive for Business. When you try to access the file or folder in File Explorer, or even command prompt or Powershell, the error Location not found – The tag present in the reparse point buffer is invalid. pops up.
Do you encounter this error in another application than OneDrive? The solution below might still fix your problem!
In addition to this error, you may also see similar errors while working with files, like Error 0x80071129: The tag present in the reparse point buffer is invalid :
The Onedrive error was not caused by you, but by a bug in the Onedrive software. Nevertheless, you will have to solve the problem; Windows or OneDrive is not going to do this for you :)
How to fix The tag present in the reparse point buffer is invalid
How to fix The tag present in the reparse point buffer is invalid in Onedrive
Total time 15 minutes
Open a Command Prompt as administrator
From your Start menu, search and right-click Command Prompt and choose Run as administrator
Run chkdsk c: /r /f
In the command prompt, type chkdsk c: /r /f
Hit Enter
When the command prompt asks to answer Y/N, type Y and hit EnterRestart your PC
Restart your PC. It usually takes some time to scan your hard drive. Once ready, log back into your PC and try to open/edit/delete the problematic file or folder.
Reset Onedrive in localappdata
If you still can’t access the file or folder, continue to reset Onedrive. Open a Run dialog by pressing Windows Key + R.
Copy and paste this line and press OK:
%localappdata%\Microsoft\OneDrive\onedrive.exe /resetÂReset Onedrive in Program Files
If resetting Onedrive in localappdata returned an error, try resetting Onedrive in Program Files:
Open a Run dialog by pressing Windows Key + R.
Copy and paste this line and press OK:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft OneDrive\onedrive.exe /resetRestart your PC
Restart your PC once more to verify the error was resolved
Resetting OneDrive is validated instruction from Microsoft, but is often not needed in this case. The chkdsk command usually does its job.
Running a program as an administrator is a common task in the world of troubleshooting. For more information and guidance, check out my other post about how to run as an administrator and 3 other easy ways.
What causes Location not found – The tag present in the reparse point buffer is invalid?
The Location is not available error is caused by the sync process of Onedrive. It is very likely a small bug in Onedrive’s software, that the development team of Microsoft has to fix. As the bug has been around for quite some time, I don’t think there’s going to be a fix very soon.
Luckily the reparse error only appears very seldom. Some users will never encounter the error. However, folders with thousands of files are more likely to cause the error. Examples of applications are:
- Tradingview
- BioGame
- Photoshop
- Eclipse / Java
- NI-DAQmx
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Thank you, that worked perfectly. I was having trouble deleting lightroom preview folders and now its all good!!!
Thanks!!
this is a life saver thank you so much!!!
This helped fix my issue! Thank you!
Both the chkdsk and onedrive reset had no effect.
The error message never changed and the folder in question shows as constantly syncing in explorer.exe
Hey Scott, that’s a shame. Have you ever found a solution for your problem?
Thank you for this write up. this helped me fix an issue for a user.
It worked like a charm.
thanks got it