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
    2018-08-06T16:27:44+00:00

    replying to last in line.

    So glad I found this fix.  I have been dealing with this issue ever since I rebuilt my PC a month ago.  I run Malwarebytes and also have several subfolders under Onedrive.  I have moved the exe back under the root folder and everything is working again but would sure like to get this fixed for good.

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-07-30T02:57:06+00:00

    Up update here...

    I've had a support ticket open with Malwarebytes since July 18.

    So far they have:

    1)  Collected my logs using a support tool

    2)  Collected advanced logs using their ARWLOGS program

    3)  Requested that I do a clean re-installation of Malwarebytes using their MBST.EXE

    When I asked how we'll know if the clean re-installation resolves the problem (i.e., if they have root-caused / proved the problem to be caused remnants of prior installation), the support guy said some people were seeing OneDrive being removed by Malwarebytes as opposed to being caused by a failed OneDrive pushed update installation.

    He proposed closing the support ticket, if after clean re-install it doesn't appear in a few days.  I'm trying to get him to understand/agree that since lots of us seem to be seeing the problem during pushed OneDrive updates, his proposed "wait a few days" idea makes no sense and won't prove anything.  I just sent another email to see if I can get through to him.

    Any luck on the Microsoft support end of things??

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-07-30T02:38:38+00:00

    Yes, I think a pushed update of OneDrive from Microsoft is being blocked by Malwarebytes, causing failure in the middle of installation.

    The last OneDrive push that I saw was 18.111.0603.0006_1 on July 17th.

    I have chosen NOT to add a Malwarebytes exclusion.  I remember reading about some OneDrive vulnerabilities that Malwarebytes *might* be trying to defend against, so I'm leaning on the side of paranoia ;-)

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-07-26T20:41:06+00:00

    Yesterday OneDrive went from 18.131.0701.0004 to 18.135.0705.0003 and I didn't lose the .exe files from %localappdata%\Microsoft\Onedrive.

    I did have the exclusion for that location in MalwareBytes.

    This is the first update in many weeks that hasn't ended with OneDrive issues.

    Looks hopeful, but will continue to monitor over the next few update cycles.

    Cheers,

    Nick

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  5. Anonymous
    2018-07-26T16:16:40+00:00

    After re-installing OneDrive for the second time in two days a couple of weeks ago, so far everything’s been OK.

    However as I’m also running Malwarebytes, I have done as suggested and since excluded the folder C:\users\username\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive to be on the safe side, it doesn’t appear to do any harm exluding it in the Malwarebytes App.

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