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Date: 2025-11-21 11:15:04
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The files in the One Drive sync folder in the local filesystem usually have the attributes "AL" or "ALOM".

Letter Bit Mask Description
R 0x1 Read-only
H 0x2 Hidden
S 0x4 System
(V) 0x8 FAT volume label (obsolete in NTFS, must not be set)
D 0x10 Directory
A 0x20 Archive
X 0x40 Device (reserved, must not be set)
N 0x80 Normal (no other attributes set)
T 0x100 Temporary
P 0x200 Sparse file
L 0x400 Symbolic link / Junction / Mount point / Reparse point
C 0x800 Compressed
O 0x1000 Offline
I 0x2000 Not content indexed (shown as 'N' in Explorer on Vista)
E 0x4000 Encrypted
(V) 0x8000 Integrity (ReFS volume only)
- 0x10000 Virtual (reserved, must not be set)
(X) 0x20000 No scrub (ReFS volume only)
- 0x40000 Recall on open
(P) 0x80000 Pinned (OneDrive “always available files”)
(U) 0x100000 Unpinned (OneDrive “online-only files”)
- 0x200000 Unused and reserved
(M) 0x400000 Recall on data access

The files with attributes "ALOM", once accessed would have the attributes "AL" as they are no longer offline and have been recalled on data access.

These files have the reparse tag 0x9000601a (IO_REPARSE_TAG_CLOUD) that is set for One Drive or other cloud files.

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Posted by: Naveen Kedilaya