icloud for Windows - stuck on initializing

I honestly can't understand how they though that putting out more terrible windows software would convince people to buy macs.

Hey apple - we understand the issue isn't our windows PCs, it is your abysmal software. Maybe consider testing things before you release them in the future so you don't waste everyone's time.

Thanks :)

No word on this? It's been stuck initializing since February 2024, like 5 months now. Tried uninstalling and reinstalling with no help, rechoosing a folder etc. also doesn't work, deleting the folder entirely and starting a new one, no go.

Does this product even work or is it abandonware and i missed the notice?

So I fixed it, here's how:

buy another NON DELL computer.

I have been a Dell guy for a long time, the last 2 brand new Dells I bought would not run iCloud. One factor could be one was an i3 and the other an i5 -who knows. All I know is I bought a pretty beefy powerspec from Microcenter with an AMD Ryzen CPU and it loaded and RUNS iCloud MS store app perfectly. NO firewalls bypassed or other crazy suggestions in this thread, runs fine now on this new PC.

I would be curious to know how many of you having issues are using a Dell PC (desktop). ALL my Dells for the last 5+ years (all Windows 10 upgraded to 11) ran the iCloud app just fine. So eh I have to blame Dell on this one, at least in my case.

Hope this helps anyone out there

all I am saying is I def tried ALL the admin privilege suggestions and a million other things mentioned in this thread on 2 brand new Dells but I assume the fact they were Intel based had to have something to do with it......both PCs were Windows Pro 11 but the AMD loaded and runs the iCloud app just fine with NO changes to the PC at all....no admin privs, moving iCloud directories around etc....nothing.....loaded right up......that's all I am saying

As I said, I am not talking about an older computer, I am talking about a new one that will not load iCloud App. I too have an older Acer Laptop with Windows 11 Pro on it and it runs iCloud app just fine. My point was the newer Dells (and possibly any newer Windows 11 machine) might not run iCloud app good or at all (in my case)

This worked for me. Just make sure you have everything in the cloud as local stuff gets deleted during the process.

You do not need to change the folder very likely. I got to this "Initializing" state after changing the folder from system to another drive, definitely not permission issues.

This worked for my issue. I was unable to finish setting up iCloud synch to outlook. Constantly told me username or password was incorrect and to log out and back in which didn't resolve the issue. This worked! Thanks!

Me too! I wrote several times here and in feedback, but tech support hasn't solved the problem for more than a month. P.s. Icloud 14.1 is the latest!

NAGAS004, won’t you still lose all pending uploads with this resolution?

Not working for me :(

Yes, but eventually it'll happen again. It is not friendly for the user we have to do this every time it happens.

I can't even remove iCloud for Windows from my PC. Has anyone else had this problem?

iCloud for Windows says it has not fully initialized

NagaS004, I love you. Thank you so much for your tip. Apple techs/devs, here is your teacher...

Is there any news about this issue? still experiencing it right now (May 9 2024)