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Re:Windows 11 is now enabling OneDrive folder backup without... by Marvy_a on Monday June 24, 2024 @07:08PM (#40782116)
I had this happen about a year ago. OneDrive changed the default path for the Documents folder to the one you mentioned above, but I only noticed it when I wasn't able to find some files in the Documents folder. It turned out that some files were being saved to the default path C:\Users\username\Documents. So I tried to move the Documents folder from the directory made by OneDrive back to the default one, but it gave me an error. Then I tried to fix it in the registry, but there were quite a lot of different entries for the default path, and I wasn't able to figure out which one I should change or remove. In the end, I had to reinstall Windows. Now each time I install Windows on any PC, the first thing I do is remove OneDrive.

Unfortunately, this problem somehow happened again on my current Windows installation. Maybe I forgot to remove OneDrive this time, or it was automatically reinstalled during some update.

Re:Windows 11 is now enabling OneDrive folder backup without... by Technetium on Tuesday June 25, 2024 @02:21PM (#40791765)
This problem CONSTANTLY haunts me and my customers. (1) Uninstall OneDrive (2) Reboot (3) Apply policy to block OneDrive reinstallation (linked below) (4) Attempt to change your folders with Explorer: right-click the library folder, then go to properties, Location, and choose Restore Default. If this fails, use Move. (5) Manually move any remaining files from c:\users\username\OneDrive (6) Open registry, manually edit the keys shown in the link (7) Delete leftover OneDrive folder (8) Reboot for completion!

[3] https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/onedrive/how-to-disab... [6] https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/how-do...