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?

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-06-11T02:16:27+00:00

    I ran into the same problem!

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-06-10T23:06:47+00:00

    Just a quick update.  It has been since June 5 when I installed version 18.091.0506.0006 and I have not had any problems thus far.

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-06-08T09:59:56+00:00

    The link given goes to the stable release, not the Insider release. If you are on insider, then you need a different download, as far as I can work out.

    https://support.office.com/en-us/article/new-onedrive-sync-client-release-notes-845dcf18-f921-435e-bf28-4e24b95e5fc0

    What I did a couple of days ago is open the folder 18.101.0520.0002, in my case. Inside was OneDriveSetup.exe

    I double clicked on that.

    It put a OneDrive.exe in the OneDrive root folder and so far it has worked.

    The folder number are the release downloads. Using the link I have given you, work out which of those is the most recent and use the set up file in that. 

    That is probably 0506 one, but double check for yourself.

    I don't know whether this will work, but it is worth a try!

    You may not need to uninstall anything first, by the way.

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-06-08T09:50:06+00:00

    MaRoselle - if people are on insider then that download will be the wrong one. You need to download the current Insider release or you could end up all over the place.

    This may be a better link:

    https://support.office.com/en-us/article/new-onedrive-sync-client-release-notes-845dcf18-f921-435e-bf28-4e24b95e5fc0

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  5. Anonymous
    2018-06-08T09:44:31+00:00

    Pretty much same thing happened to me. 

    I am somewhat relieved that others are having this problem as well but am not sure what to do. 

    I am considering a “refresh” which would require me to reinstall a bunch of applications. 

    Thoughts?

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