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
    2018-08-31T14:36:26+00:00

    I have the same recurring problem. When I do a search for the onedrive.exe file I always find it in a Onedrive subfolder. I move it back into the Onedrive folder and run it. All seems well until the next time Windows decides to move it again. Very frustrating, but you can tell when the Onedrive desktop icon changes it's time to go find the exe file again.  I NEVER have this problem with Dropbox.

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-06-07T10:18:08+00:00

    Er ... no they are not - I have lost the ability to count, apparently!  Sorry.

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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. Anonymous
    2018-06-01T23:19:09+00:00

    Thanks so much for the reply. 

    I have tried reinstalling two different ways. The first was to run the installation file that is already part of the windows 10 operating system. The second way was to download the latest version from the Windows website. Both cases, the installation was successful and Onedrive functioned properly and had the OneDrive icon in file explorer.  And also placed the onedrive.exe file in the appsdata folder. 

    A day or two later, however, in both install methods, the OneDrive.exe file disappeared from the apps folder and i was not able to launch onedrive. When i went to the control panel to check to see if OneDrive was installed, the app was listed, but the icon looked messed up. 

    Please advise. 

    Thanks!

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