Why does my Onedrive.exe file disappear from the %appdata%\local\microsoft\onedrive folder?

Anonymous
2018-06-01T10:56:27+00:00

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?

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Install and upgrade

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-07-18T22:46:18+00:00

    I too am running Malwarebytes Premium.. Hmmmmmmmm.. Please let us know!

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-07-18T22:01:28+00:00

    I too have same issue.  Following the threads here & on Malwarebytes forum.

    Has anyone tried setting an MBAM exclusion for folder C:\Users???\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive?

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-07-18T21:28:42+00:00

    You're likely correct, but they should at least have a KB pointing at MalwareBytes support, should that turn out to be the offender here. 

    Might save people time/frustration.

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-07-18T21:14:13+00:00

    I, too, have Malwarebytes Premium.

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  5. Anonymous
    2018-07-18T21:06:41+00:00

    I suspect that Microsoft will punt, saying that since MalwareBytes is blocking OneDrive update/install that it's a MalwareBytes problem, and that they own the fix.  It's worth a try though - at least we'll have more data and confirmation as to the true root cause.

    I haven't heard back from MalwareBytes on my open case# yet....

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