No I don't want to turn on Windows Backup with One Drive

Re:No I don't want to turn on Windows Backup with One Drive by codingrightnow on Sunday October 12, 2025 @03:13PM (#45560907)

I just bought my first windows 11 computer. Why are my personal folders like pictures and documents under a OneDrive folder? This is insane. Going to see how Ubuntu runs on it and hopefully never look back.

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Re:No I don't want to turn on Windows Backup with One Drive by vee-kay on Sunday October 12, 2025 @03:34PM (#45561104)

In Win10/Win11, you can move your user folders to another partition or folder path.

Right-click on them in Explorer, go to Properties, click on Location tab, and type/select the new path for them, click Move... then that folder and its contents will be moved to new locate.

I've movier following to D: partition as root-level folders: Contacts, Desktop, Documents, Downloads, Favorites, Links, Music, Pictures, Saved Games, Searches, Videos.

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Re:No I don't want to turn on Windows Backup with One Drive by GJim on Sunday October 12, 2025 @03:42PM (#45561178)

> you can move your user folders to another partition or folder path

The fact that the default is to auto-magically upload your personal data on to somebody else's box (sorry "the cloud") is fucking insane.

Such things should be opt-in, not opt-out; and certainly not nag-ware.

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Re:No I don't want to turn on Windows Backup with One Drive by Xss3 on Monday October 13, 2025 @08:14AM (#45567489)

Prepare to have software and games break or not run at all if you do this. Too many devs rely on the users folder being in default place. Too few use %USERS%.

The proper way to do it without breaking everything is via a symbolic link or junction.

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