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
    2018-07-03T03:46:21+00:00

    While I realize this isn't exactly a helpful response, it seems the issue just went away for me. OneDrive randomly came back and has been working for a few days now. I'm on build 18.116.0610.0002 and Windows 10 1803 build 17134.112. Windows update hasn't had anything useful in a month or so other than updates for Windows Defender definitions, so that isn't it. I'm not sure if it's a permanent thing, but just wanted to let people know that Microsoft may have finally fixed the issue. Not sure though.

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-07-03T05:15:38+00:00

    Same here!

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