I want to sue Microsoft -- OneDrive has hijacked all my local files and there's no way to retreive it!!!!

FYI, I write this down. So this can be evidence when we sue Microsoft for their diabolical act!

Ok. Let me updated my situation. I finally got control of the situation (kind of) several days after I posted my first message.

I was able to stop syncing my PC to the OneDrive, and then I copy over my files from the OneDrive/ directory, which is under Max Kiang/OneDrive/, I believe it's a physical location on my hard drive, which will be synced to the OneDrive on the cloud.

Because I have limited disk space, I can't just copy the whole directory over (I put Pictures/, Documents/ and Videos/ on OneDrive), and I need to copy them over in small chunks, then remove the same files under the OneDrive/ folder. It took some effort and concentration to do that! I definitely had cold sweat in the process.

Then everything seems to be fine. I have stopped the OneDrive Subscription, and I have stopped the sync between my OneDrive and the cloud. Yes?

No!!! About a few days ago, I think it's July 2nd, I noticed I got a message on my PC, asking me if I want to "resync" with oneDriver. I was mad and worried, I already showed my intention, why Microsoft kept on asking this? Anyway, when I decided to take a look at the details, the message was gone, and I click the lower right corner icon where the message was generated, and I got it back.

When I started to look at the message, trying to find how to disable and say "Thanks, and no Thanks!!!", then message disappeared again!!

Immediately, my home PC began to churn, the HD make big noise, apparently doing something. but there' s no message to show what's going on. I had no clue! I reluctantly left it along, and worked on my other PC (I was working from home, and needs to go back and work on my company PC).

After one hour, the home PC noise is gone, everything is quiet. I began to survey for damage. And to my horror, the empty OneDrive/ directy is full again, the old files are coming back!!!

Then I go to my physical directories on my PC, I found my Documents/ dir is fine. But my Pictures/ directory is all empty, it still has all the sub-directories, but they are all empty!!!

I go back to the OneDrive/ folder, then I found the reason. It seem the OneDrive/Documents/ folder only contain softlink to the OneDrive folder in Microsoft's server. but the OneDriver/Pictures/ folder has the physical files in it, and their symbol indicates they are waiting to be synced!! What the hell are you doing, Microsoft?????

One night I shut down my Windows 10 computer, went to sleep, woke up the next morning and have een living inside a horror movie for the last two months.

Instead of saying Microsoft did an unauthorized install, of, well anything, call it what it is. Breaking and Entering. A Home Invasion. Hacking. All of which are illegal. The big difference in the first two is it had been either one, I would have been within my legal right to shoot to kill. I prefer to think of it that way because it makes me so angry, furious, really so far beyond furious, knowing that Microsoft will come back with a gazillion ways it was my fault.

If a lawsuit is in the Maryland small claims court, there is not a $10,000 ceiling because Maryland is outside Microsoft HQ, WA. If you sue anywhere but the state of Washington, there is not a ceiling. I have been doing my homework. At the moment I'm looking up precedents that might have been set in a suit Microsoft lost. I'm hopeful.l

I deleted OneDrive. I pause updates for 5 weeks and I'm diligent keeping that going. Back-ups are and were turned off. There is only one way possible where they could install 11 without my permission. They broke into my house. Now they're holding me hostage.

A guy from Microsoft Escalation has yet to fix my electronic universe. My printer will not install so even if I used LibreOffice, I can't print a damn thing.

To my parents dismay, anger has always fueled me. In school, it was my crutch. The thought of anyone saying, she's not living up to her potential was something I knew I could never hear. It fuels my creativity and it will fuel my self-righteous law suit. I have convinced myself that I have the grounds for one. I have been wronged. My father was a lawyer. This will be my first lawsuit and sue I will. I cannot accept this.

Wow, it's 2 in the morning and I have an 8 o'clock doctor appointment. My ire was up and so am I. Goodnight.

Me too! When I saw Microsoft removed my personal files--photos of my family, my Air Force career, projects I was working on, etc.--it was the same feeling I'd have if my home was burglalrized and I'd have nothing left in it--no furniture, no food, nothing.
Microsoft should be sued for a BILLION DOLLARS for what it has done to personal computers, removing data from our PCs and then requiring us to pay them to retrieve what is ours.

Microsoft's programmers should be strung up and have all THEIR property removed from their homes. All their family photos, their children, the food in their pantries, EVERYTHING.

Those bastards need to pay dearly for what their invasive ONEDRIVE has done to countless PC users. Microsoft's OneDrive is th best free advertising for APPLE COMPUTER to take all of Microsoft's customers.

Bill Gates needs to step back in and fix this STAT!!!

Anil N. Heendeniya
ANGRY PC OWNER whose family photos are all gone, and personal files are nowhere to be found--unless I pay MicroSTUFFED the RANSOM they want me to pay to retrieve files I never asked them to take! **** Criminals!

bs that doesnt work all the files are gone from the folders, over 20 folders on my hijacked files on onedrive are completely empty, nothing in recycle bin. So Microsoft took my files from my personal computer without my permission and replaced them with deceptive links that look like the files are still there which I am certain most people will think is the case but if you look at the pathway of the folder you will see OneDrives sneaky game, the files are no longer on your computer they are just links to folders that may or may not contain anything depending if they are happy with the subscription payment for their safe space, that isnt safe and isnt needed by anyone. Im sure most people are unaware anything is going on until they stop paying them money and they start deleting your files from your folders. Why would anyone want to be associated with such a service or company.