Here's how to bring placeholders back to Onedrive on Windows 10. It's not the same, but it doesn't waste much disk space.
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How to display OneDrive placeholders in Windows 10
In Windows 10, Microsoft has made various new changes to the operating system. However, OneDrive also received new improvements, but some of the new changes were not well received. This is the case with file placeholders. In Windows 10, the software giant has decided to remove these “smart files” to make it easier for users to use OneDrive.
For those unfamiliar with "placeholders," these are pointers that look like real files when you browse OneDrive from your computer, but they only contain a thumbnail and metadata information. And the actual file isn't downloaded until you open the file.
This has apparently caused confusion among users, so Microsoft is testing new changes that will make it clearer which files are online and which are offline. The problem is that without wildcards, you can't search for files on your computer that are stored in OneDrive. Luckily, I came across a great article from McAkins Online that describes a workaround for this problem. Basically, all you need to do is map your OneDrive to your computer as if it were a network drive. Then you can see all the files without having to go online or download all the files from the cloud service.
