Windows 11 - documents folder is linked to onedrive instead of the pc storage. can't unlink it.

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I recently got a new laptop and I'm not sure how windows 11 works. I noticed that my documents folder was just my OneDrive, which i don't want.

When i tried to redirect it to the main storage, i get:

I'm not sure how to get it to work.

I don't want to unlink my onedrive completely because i use it often to transfer files.

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Brian Tillman 27,030 Independent Advisor

Hi. I'm Brian and I will do my best to help you.

Go into the Settings on OneDrive, select the Backup tab and uncheck Documents (and Desktop and Pictures if you wish) and those folders should get moved back to their position under C:\Users<youraccount>, unless you've manually created folders of the same name, which is not the correct approach.

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Anonymous

2024-04-19T16:22:34+00:00

Have you tried opening the file folder, right clicking on Desktop, selecting Properties then Location tab and clicking on restore defaults?

I did that and after rebooting there were dead symlinks for Onedrive in Documents, Pictures and Desktop that you can delete without having to reboot afterwards.

I hope you find this useful.

DarkFoss.
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Anonymous

2024-04-19T15:50:46+00:00

Did that One Drive doesn't esist
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Anonymous

2024-04-19T15:47:12+00:00

One drive is not on my laptop. Microsoft did an update last week and now I'm having problems. Would like Direct Access to resolve this problem. Can you help?
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Anonymous

2024-03-25T13:35:58+00:00

AMEN. Thank you.
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