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
    2018-06-07T06:35:15+00:00

    I am having the same problem. It seems to be caused by the Insider Preview build 18.101.0520.0002 of OneDrive. I tried downgrading, however OneDrive promptly updated itself after a few restarts and vanished. This is a huge issue for me as I need OneDrive synchronizing for my school work, and the online versions is simply not good enough and often causes errors, or is simply too inconvenient to use.

    I would definitely appreciate being able to do my work again.

    A quick, temporary solution I have found is by copying OneDrive.exe from the 18.101.0520.0002 folder into the main OneDrive folder at %localappdata%\Microsoft\OneDrive and running it. It isn't permanent, but at least it works for now...

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-06-07T09:14:39+00:00

    Good call!

    Right, so yesterday I reinstalled OneDrive by using the OneDriveSetup.exe that is INSIDE 18.101.0520.0002

    Today, OneDrive is working correctly, so far.

    So., whatever happened at the last update needs to be repaired by using this specific setup file.

    Hopefully.....

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-06-07T09:46:16+00:00

    I tried the same thing, but a day or two later, onedrive disappeared again. I completely uninstalled and then downloaded the latest version of onedrive from the web (was version that ended in 06). It happened again. 

    Really not sure what to do.

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-06-07T10:08:58+00:00

    I will have to see whether mine does too. Possibly run a repair on office? See if that does anything?

    I was thinking of doing that if OneDrive had vanished again this morning, but it started alright.

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  5. Anonymous
    2018-06-07T10:14:44+00:00

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