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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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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.
yeah, I managed to delete the contents of both Documents and Pictures by deselecting the "Backup" option for those folders. it's not obvious that is what will happen. Sigh. Luckily I had everything still on another laptop.
I'll take some blame because Laplink PCMover warned me about the cloud stuff before I started the transfer to my new laptop which I stupidly ignored. They offer the option to create a local folder in the preamble instead of using the OneDrive location.
But as an aside, the comingling of these folders and their contents amongst multiple machines I find maddening. I guess if one starts from scratch and knows this is what will happen one can manage. but if you have a bunch of existing machines, it can be a mess unless one plans it all out and have an option to sort into different machine directories if that's what one wants.
Now I'm stuck having to manually go through everything and see what's duplicated in the cloud. Argh.
FYI. I'm using TreeSizeFree to figure out where all the files and directories actually live.
Doesn't work.
Docs folder just keeps coming back on (new) laptop. Not on desktop. And the other non-synched folders stay on laptop.
Same MS 365 license on both machines
Should add I am on Windows 11 on laptop and Windows 10 on Desktop
Microsoft has been ruined for the sake of copying iOS. Ever since nadella became CEO it's just another copycat software. I reformatted my drives and installed Linux as my daily driver.... Can't deal with software that has a hundreds of fan boys each with their own recipe to make it work
Doesn't work.
Docs folder just keeps coming back on (new) laptop. Not on desktop. And the other non-synched folders stay on laptop.
Same MS 365 license on both machines
Should add I am on Windows 11 on laptop and Windows 10 on Desktop
OneDrive seems to be secretly installed and programmed to takeover your files whether you like it or not. Ive read many complaints from all over the internet by people annoyed with this feature. It is worse than TicTok, because that is a consous choice
