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
    2024-01-08T13:13:51+00:00

    I don't get a HKCU, but HKEY folders. Can you list how to do it with that?

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-01-08T13:08:51+00:00

    I don't show the path given in Step 2. It gives me hkey folders instead. What do I do? (Please dumb it down real hard for me, I'm really bad with computers.)

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-01-03T07:55:41+00:00

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    I only performed these two operations: disabling their "Full Control" permission.

    EDIT: Moreover, after disabling these permissions, there is no longer a need to modify key values.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-01-02T18:50:42+00:00

    I found that the only way to persist this after a reboot was to adjust the permissions. I tried setting the value to {null}, empty string and removing the value entirely. In each case, the value was reinstated automatically after a reboot.

    You can't adjust the permissions on the value itself, you have to do so on the key (in my case HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StorageProvider\OneDrive). There are several inherited permissions, so I disabled inheritance and set all permissions to read-only after setting the string value to {null}. This seemed to resolve the situation and persist the change after rebooting.

    Step-by-step for anyone interested:

    1. Open registry editor (WIN+R > regedit > OK)
    2. Go to HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StorageProvider\OneDrive
    3. Double-click / right-click and modify the value called StorageProviderKnownFolderSyncInfoSourceFactory
    4. Set the value to "{null}" (without quotes)
    5. Click "OK"
    6. Right click the OneDrive key (HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StorageProvider\OneDrive)
    7. Select "Permissions..."
    8. Click "Advanced"
    9. Click "Disable inheritance" (button near the bottom left)
    10. Confirm if prompted
    11. Click "OK"
    12. In the "Group or user names" section, go through each one and untick the "Allow" checkbox for "Full Control". I initially tried just disabling "Full Control" for SYSTEM, but in the end disabled it for my local account and Administrators, too, because the change wasn't sticking. My end result was that nothing in the list was allowed "Full Control" to this key.
    13. Click "OK"

    Done :) and massive thanks to @djkrose, @michael kohlman1 and @Fxzx micah, whose contributions each led to success for me.

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