Just to keep the flame alive, OneDrive 18.151.0729.0012 showed up today and OneDrive did not start. I had to run OneDriveSetup.exe to "set up OneDrive for first use".
Why is there still no answer as to why this occurs?
Why does my Onedrive.exe file disappear from the %appdata%\local\microsoft\onedrive folder?
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For some reason, my onedrive.exe program gets deleted after a day from the %appdata%\local\microsoft\onedrive folder.
I have uninstalled OneDrive and then reinstalled it. The program works for a day, but then the following day I notice that the OneDrive icon is not in my taskbar (i.e. OneDrive stopped running) and then when I go to launch the program, it says it can't fine OneDrive. I navigate to the folder (noted above) and the OneDrive.exe file is no longer there.
This is really strange.
Can someone help?
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Anonymous
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Anonymous
2018-09-15T14:28:36+00:00 After first joining this discussion several weeks ago, when I had to re-install OneDrive 2 or 3 times within the space of a few days, since then it had been OK until a week or so ago, then it disappeared again! After re-installing yet again, it’s been fine since. Though it does only take a few minutes to re-install, it is frustrating and a bit of an inconvenience.
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Anonymous
2018-09-15T14:07:54+00:00 Well, it worked for a few weeks, then same-o same-o. I had to execute it again this morning. AAARRRRGGGGHHHH!
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Anonymous
2018-09-08T14:26:15+00:00 My thanks to you and all who replied about this annoyance. I have not had a problem since executing the OneDriveSetup.exe a few weeks ago. I don't think there have been any updates to Windows since then, but if my OneDrive connection craps out on me again I'll go back and execute again. I just wish MicroSoft would come up with a long term solution to this. (Then again, I wish there were world peace and universal prosperity and a Santa Claus.)
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Anonymous
2018-09-05T01:07:18+00:00 Yes, I tried this several versions ago; no luck.