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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Anonymous
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
    2022-02-27T15:43:52+00:00

    Okay, that's what I'll do. Thanks so much for sticking with me through all this. You have been incredibly generous with your time and expertise and patient with my rudimentary understanding of how all these things work.

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-02-27T15:36:01+00:00

    No, Windows SSD is your C drive, you can try creating a folder under that path.

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-02-27T15:34:38+00:00

    What I would like to do is create a new folder at C:\My Outlook Files. But I don't really seem to have a bona fide C drive. I have either This PC, containing Desktop, Documents, Downloads, Music, Pictures, Videos, Windows-SSD (C:) & Drive D:, my external hard drive.

    When I click on Windows-SSD (C:) > Users > {username} > Documents, there is absolutely no content in the Documents folder. The only folders under that SSD drive that have files or folders in them are AppData, Downloads, Favorites (preloaded with Bing and Favorites Bar, which I don't use), Music, OneDrive & Videos.

    I believe the reason for the absence of files in Documents and Desktop is because I move all the contents of those folders to the This PC Documents and Desktop folders when I first got this computer. I did not realize that all those files would then be REMOVED FROM ANY REAL PRESENCE ON MY DEVICE and uploaded to OneDrive automatically.

    Maybe I should try to move all my primary folders to Windows-SSD (C:)???

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