Error status 0xc0e90002 and a persistent “onedrive.sync.service.ee – Bad image” dialog indicate a damaged OneDrive installation or corrupted system files.
Follow these steps in order:
- Uninstall and reinstall OneDrive
- Open Settings → Apps → Apps & features (or Programs and Features on older Windows).
- Find Microsoft OneDrive and select Uninstall.
- After uninstall completes, download and reinstall the OneDrive app from the official Microsoft source: use the link provided in the OneDrive error-code article.
- Sign back in to OneDrive and let it resync.
- If OneDrive cannot be uninstalled (for example on some Windows 10/11 builds)
- Use the documented “reinstall OneDrive” procedure from the same article to reset/reinstall the built‑in OneDrive client.
- If the error persists after reinstall
- Run a disk check to repair file-system issues that can cause bad-image and reparse‑point errors:
- Select Start, type cmd.
- Right‑click Command Prompt → Run as administrator.
- Run:
chkdsk C: /R /F
(Replace C: with the drive where Windows/OneDrive is installed.)
- If prompted to schedule at next restart, type Y, press Enter, then restart the PC and let the check complete.
- If OneDrive still will not start or keeps showing errors
- Unlink and re‑link the OneDrive account to clear configuration issues:
- Right‑click the OneDrive cloud icon → Settings → Account → Unlink this PC.
- Sign in again and set up OneDrive.
These steps repair a corrupted OneDrive binary and fix invalid file-system metadata that can cause persistent bad‑image dialogs and sync failures.
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