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OneDrive is an integrated cloud storage application since the release of Windows 10. This tool has many opinions, but it is usually extremely useful because it allows you to store and transfer personal files in the cloud, thus protecting them from loss after a serious hardware failure or encryption by ransomware virus. However, OneDrive sometimes fails. The Microsoft community is actively discussing the OneDrive error code 0x8004de40 in these terms: “There was a problem connecting to OneDrive. Check your Internet connection and try again. It is important to note that users have noticed that the error 0x8004de40 occurred while using the Wi-Fi connection and disappeared when switching to the mobile hotspot or OneDrive online. If you are familiar with the situation, try correcting error 0x8004de40 by following the method below.

Solutions to Fix OneDrive error code 0x8004de40

Method 1: Change Internet Properties

1. Press the Windows + R keys, type inetcpl.cpl and press Enter.
2. Open Internet Properties and go to the Advanced tab.
3. Mark the following options: Use TLS 1.0 Use TLS 1.1 Use TLS 1.2
4. Click Apply and then OK to save the changes. 5. Restart the PC.

Method 2: Disable Proxy Settings

1. Press the Windows + R keys, type inetcpl.cpl and press Enter.
2. Open Connections and click LAN Settings.
3. Deselect the Use a proxy server for your local network option.
4. Now select the option Automatically detect settings.

5.Click Apply and then OK to save the changes.

Method 3: Reset OneDrive

1. Press the Windows + R keys and paste the% localappdata% \\ Microsoft \\ OneDrive \\ onedrive.exe / reset command.
2. Press OK to execute it.
3. Now, the OneDrive system tray icon on the desktop should disappear and reappear soon.
4. If the icon disappears completely, open Run again (Windows key + R) and paste% localappdata% \\ Microsoft \\ OneDrive \\ onedrive.exe.
5. Press Enter to execute the command, and then check if the problem has been resolved.

Method 4: Reset Winsock Catalog

Several people noticed that the OneDrive error 0x8004de40 was followed by the failure of NVIDIA GeForce Experience to connect to the Internet. If you noticed that other programs have connection problems, try the following command:

1. Click the right mouse button on the Windows key and select Command Prompt (Admin).
2. Paste the netsh winsock reset catalog command and press Enter.
3. Now close the command prompt and reboot your PC. If the error persists after trying these methods, we recommend that you install the latest Windows updates. Although Microsoft does not currently hold error messages about 0x8004de40, it does collect information about current bugs and fixes all, or at least most, of them with the nearest patch update.