Disable or Uninstall Skydrive? Is it possible?

Anonymous
2010-08-20T17:55:08+00:00

Hi All,

I've read virtually every "solution" to the basic question of how to get rid of Skydrive (from hotmail, from computer, from whatever) and I have not yet found a solution that works.  I've spent a lot of time on the Windows Live Hotmail forums and their staff is useless.  I have never come across someone who has done it.   I have 2 questions:

(1) Has anyone EVER actually disabled/uninstalled Skydrive and, if so, how.

(2) If the above is not possible, how does one bypass Skydrive/Web Apps and simply download/save a MS Word document as we used to -- with a click.  Skydrive is (a) so cumbersome and (b) I DO NOT want my documents saved on the web.

I am already switching to gmail, and will slowly phase out the hotmail account I've had for nearly 20 years, but this will take some time....

I am not a computer wiz, so please, any "solutions" need to be in plain English.

Many thanks, Steve

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Anonymous
2010-08-21T00:00:05+00:00

Steve...Good News...I figured out how to stop it opening up automatically in SkyDrive

In your hotmail account go to options.

Select: Active View Settings

Select: Hide Photos and Video Previews.  Then click NO for the question:  Do you want interactive updates from Websites you have accounts for?

It worked...Let me know if it worked for you.

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Anonymous
2011-05-13T05:55:16+00:00

Well as I said before - I use WLM and have a ASkydrive account. When i send a picture I get an option to create a photo album on Skydrive OR NOT. I just choose the "NOT" option and the photo attaches in the normal way.

Or, you could actually DO it the "old" way - create your new email message and attach the picture. Just like any other file...

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  1. Anonymous
    2010-08-20T22:19:36+00:00

    OK I have been a loyal Hotmail user for over 10 years.  I would like to still use Hotmail but it forces me to only download using Skydrive and I have no other option to open my attachments.  Are you referring to me just not using it anymore and switching over to GMAIL or are you suggesting that my hotmail may be misfunctioning as it should give me an option to open, save or cancel?

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  2. Brian Tillman [Outlook MVP 2007-2019] 25,915 Reputation points
    2010-08-20T22:11:24+00:00

    SkyDrive is a feature of Hotmail/Windows Live.  If you don't want to use it, then don't, but it's a server-side feature and you cannot disable it, since you don't own the server.  I certainly don't use it with my Hotmail account, even though it's there is I want to use it.

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  3. Brian Tillman [Outlook MVP 2007-2019] 25,915 Reputation points
    2010-08-20T22:09:37+00:00

    Nothing forces you to use any online product from Microsoft.  Why do you think that's the case?

    Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

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