Where can I place very large files or folders to PREVENT them from uploading/syncing to OneDrive?

Anonymous
2022-02-25T15:32:13+00:00

I have a very low bandwidth Internet connection, which cannot at this time be improved. With Files On-Demand sending most of the files and folders on my new Windows 11 PC to OneDrive, large files such as Quicken.qdf and my Outlook PST file never stop uploading. They are clogging up the works for everyone using this network.

I have now managed to copy my Quicken file because it finally finished uploading, and I've put it temporarily on an external hard drive. Where can I place it on my PC so that it won't start uploading to OneDrive again?

A related problem, because I use Outlook ten or twelve hours a day for my work, is that my PST file never STOPS uploading. Windows won't let me cut and paste the file to my external hard drive until it stops uploading. But it never does.

At my wits' end!

VeazyT

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Files, folders, and storage

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2022-02-27T17:36:02+00:00

Here's the derailed guide on how to set the Outlook file location:

https://www.slipstick.com/outlook/config/to-mov...

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Anonymous
2022-02-27T04:08:46+00:00

Right you right-clicking (like the right hand side button of the mouse) only once, not twice, we need that context menu which appears when you right click on any file on Windows or anywhere in space in My Computer.

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-02-27T14:59:30+00:00

    Dear Bhavik,

    I am using webmail on my PC now because I don't yet have everything in place to open Outlook on the laptop I've been writing to you about over the last few days. Last night after dinner, following a bit differently one of your instructions, I was--incredibly!--able to right-click on my PST file, cut it, and save it to my external hard drive. Where I did this was in the big list of files that are either uploading to OneDrive or have already uploaded that is visible when you click the OneDrive icon on the taskbar. EVEN THOUGH THE PST FILE WAS UPLOADING AT THE TIME, I was able to cut it and paste it to Drive D:.

    So I have now moved my whole Outlook Files folder, now containing my PST along with other related files, to the Music folder under My PC. I plan to try to open Outlook and create a new account that uses the My Profile.pst as the location for OL data.

    One Microsoft site I found said that in order to keep the new folder safe from being uploaded to OneDrive I could create "C:\My Outlook Files," which would make me feel more secure. But I can't figure out how to do this. It seems a bit odd to have my Outlook files in a Music folder, which isn't structured specifically for that sort of content, but at least I know that it's unchecked in Settings > Accounts > Choose Folders.

    I will turn syncing completely off while I'm doing what I've described above. If you have any suggestions or ideas, that would be great. Otherwise I will report back on how things go once I'm done.

    Fingers crossed,

    Veazy

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-02-26T21:05:40+00:00

    When I right-click on the file I want, once again the result is:

    Discouragingly enough, the result is the same even when I right-click on a pst file that hasn't been changed since sometime last year. Obviously, OneDrive has hijacked my PST files and probably everything else! :-(

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-02-26T20:46:21+00:00

    That is fine, let's close the Ransack since we got the results in Windows + E.

    Right-click on any of the results you want and click on "Open file location" that will open that folder and then you can simply move those files to hard disk, repeat this process for all the .PST files that you wish to move.

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