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
    2018-07-09T16:53:55+00:00

    When you do the manual installation, make sure that you fully uninstalled the existing version and then do a full shutdown and restart. Make sure the directory referenced in the question is fully empty before installing. 

    This is what i did and it has been working for one week.

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-07-09T16:48:18+00:00

    I have the exact same issue. Even did a complete fresh install of Windows 10 last Saturday, at first it looked fine but after two days of operating without issues OneDrive disappeared again.

    I've got the same symptoms that others users have reported, a new Onedrive binary found a version subfolder but not in the main folder. Manually installed version 18.111.0603.0004, will see how that goes.

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-07-05T12:13:30+00:00

    I just got my laptop back from repair (hardware issue, but HD was wiped and started fresh).  I set up OneDrive, and of course it disappeared again (like everyone else has reported).  I completely uninstalled OneDrive (using control panels, uninstall program).  I then downloaded the production ring version (18.111.0603.0004).  It has been stable for 2 days.

    I did go to the folder noted in the header of this discussion thread and made a backup copy of OneDrive.exe (called OneDrive.exe Copy) just in case.

    Will keep you all posted.

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-07-05T04:01:47+00:00

    If anyone wants to be a guinea pig, there's a new version of OneDrive rolling out (18.111.0603.0004) in production ring. Visit this page for the download: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/new-onedrive-sync-client-release-notes-845dcf18-f921-435e-bf28-4e24b95e5fc0

    Good luck! Report back any successes. I'll do the same.

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  5. Anonymous
    2018-07-04T17:04:37+00:00

    Same issue on all my Windows 10 computers. Based on all of the posts, "downloading OneDrive again" doesn't resolve the issue. Microsoft needs to fix this obviously. No re-do's - we need a solution.

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