I recently acquired a Windows 8 (Upgraded to 8.1) Desktop computer and find that none of my Skydrive files show in the desktop directory even though they sync properly on both my Surface Desktop (Win 8.1) and my WP7.5.
I've noticed a number of users complaining that their Skydrive won't sync in 8.1 but in my case, it still worked on my upgraded Surface so I don't think that 8.1 is the problem per se.
I've noticed that Properties - Security of the Sky drive directory uses my Gmail address for me as a user as opposed to my Hotmail address which relates to Windows live. Indeed, the Surface uses my Hotmail address. Could the problem relate to how I defined myself on the new computer. If so, how do I convince it that I'm really the Hotmail guy also?