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
    2018-07-24T00:52:38+00:00

    I've also put that exclusion in, but I hate excluding and entire folder. But... it'll help narrow it down I guess.

    Just need MS to release another update for OneDrive now to see if it's helped.

    Cheers,

    Nick

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-07-23T11:36:28+00:00

    I have been okay for a while now.  I am on build 18.111.0603.0006.  In Malwarebytes I excluded the following folder:

    C:\Users*USERNAME*\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-07-23T04:49:03+00:00

    I do have MalwareBytes Premium installed as well, and like everyone else, have no logs or indication of it interfering.

    OneDrive was working for a while, but then it disappeared again. However, when Windows 10 updated to the latest build, OneDrive started working again. (I actually rolled back to a previous version since my last post here, but for whatever reason, Windows went back and updated again....)

    It's been working for a couple days now on build 18.131.0701.0004 on Windows Build 17692.1004.

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-07-21T00:47:51+00:00

    Agreed.  I have set up Malwarebytes to exclude the folder noted above.  We will see if that helps.

    Thanks,

    Eric

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  5. Anonymous
    2018-07-20T22:26:25+00:00

    Hi,

    Yes, it's when a build update for the OneDrive sync client rolls out.

    If you check the C:\Users<username>\appdata\local\microsoft\onedrive folder you'll see folders with build numbers in the format xx.xxx.xxxx.xxxx. If you check the date on the latest build folder, you'll see that it will correlate to the date you had OneDrive stop working...

    Cheers,

    Nick

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