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
    2018-07-11T15:47:54+00:00

    This worked for me when Windows 10 would not uninstall OneDrive. Thank you.

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-07-12T00:17:49+00:00

    I Installed 18.091.0506.0007 on 7-10; we'll see what happens ...

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-07-12T00:25:52+00:00

    So it just happened to me again.  I see that OneDrive downloaded a new version of itself, but it didn't complete and thus onedrive disappeared.  

    I kept a "copy" of the OneDrive.exe file.  I ran it and then the new version finished installing.  Crazy that this keeps happening.

    Not sure what to do about it...

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-07-12T00:43:55+00:00

    One more idea.  OneDrive.exe disappears when OneDrive tries to automatically update.  

    I have googled the following:

    https://coretechnologies.com/blog/miscellaneous/disable-onedrive-automatic-updates/

    I have just disabled the scheduler that does the automatic update.  I am guessing this will work.  Of course, the problem is that one will have to manually update...

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  5. Anonymous
    2018-07-12T01:41:22+00:00

    It doesn't matter which version you install.  When you log off your Win10 account and/or your computer goes into sleep mode, the onedrive.exe file is deleted.  Shortcuts don't work.  you have to delete Onedrive then reinstall Onedrive.  

    I noticed this immediately after the 1803 Windows update.  it is not affecting my desktop and my notebook.

    very disappointed in the lack of help from Microsoft.

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