Remove "Start back up" option in file explorer

Anonymous
2023-06-20T16:39:54+00:00

Hello,

In the latest release of Windows Insider Home Preview (I have an option everywhere I go in file explorer to "Start Back Up", clicking on it leads me to the onedrive dialogue to back up folders. This is incredibly annoying and I cannot find out how to disable it, even though all my backup features are off.

How can I disable this?

(Preview build 23481)

Windows Insider program | Windows Insider preview | Files, folders, and storage

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Anonymous
2023-12-28T14:32:43+00:00

I was able to get rid of the button like this:

  1. Open RegEdit
  2. Go to HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StorageProvider\OneDrive
  3. Remove or rename the key StorageProviderKnownFolderSyncInfoSourceFactory
  4. Restart Windows Explorer

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-11-02T00:24:46+00:00

    Btw button disappears if you sign out of Onedrive. 

    Signing out of OneDrive is a) not a solution, especially for those of us that still use it (though not for backup), and b) probably not something that Microsoft would want users to do (since they want us to use OneDrive for backup).

    So I would think in both cases, they would want this issue resolved with a fix, not a work-around.

    Chris

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-11-02T00:23:12+00:00

    Well yes, it's Windows that added this during an update.

    But Windows, Windows Explorer, and OneDrive are all Microsoft enterprises, and that's who profits from the cloud storage one has to buy when they find their OneDrive allotment is full.

    Eh?

    Yes, all of those products are owned by Microsoft. I don't have any problem with that at all. It's the same with Apple and iCloud, or Google and their stuff.

    The issue is that File Explorer itself does not need to show this prompt. That's the only issue here.

    Yes, but it's good to understand the why. This is probably not a bug, but an intentional change of behavior on Microsoft's part.

    And I have no problem with MS making business decisions—I simply want to push back when their design changes or reduces the usefulness / productivity / user-friendliness of something else. This is one of many things they've added in the past couple of years that breaks core existing functionality**.

    Chris

    ** = their decision to change the software testing paradigm from qualified testers to a) their developers and b) their users (ship it and let the users test it) is not going well, in my opinion

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-11-02T00:10:55+00:00

    Well yes, it's Windows that added this during an update.

    But Windows, Windows Explorer, and OneDrive are all Microsoft enterprises, and that's who profits from the cloud storage one has to buy when they find their OneDrive allotment is full.

    Eh?

    Yes, all of those products are owned by Microsoft. I don't have any problem with that at all. It's the same with Apple and iCloud, or Google and their stuff.

    The issue is that File Explorer itself does not need to show this prompt. That's the only issue here.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-11-01T23:52:26+00:00

    It is folder dependent. You need to be in a Libraries folder (Documents, Downloads) for it to appear.

    Chris

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