Windows 10: All of my local data was moved to OneDrive. I want it from my hard drive

Discus and support All of my local data was moved to OneDrive. I want it from my hard drive in Windows 10 Gaming to solve the problem; When I open File Explorer and click the Favorites bar to get a folder, everything is on OneDrive. When I navigate to This PC > Local Disk C: > Users >... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Gaming' started by GrandpaScott, Dec 15, 2023.

  1. All of my local data was moved to OneDrive. I want it from my hard drive


    When I open File Explorer and click the Favorites bar to get a folder, everything is on OneDrive. When I navigate to This PC > Local Disk C: > Users > my name > Documents, it shows "This folder is empty".This PC shows 192 GB free of 475 GB, so I think that is way more than OS, so my stuff must be there.I'm not sure if an update this morning did it, but something happened yesterday or the day before, and I know of nothing that I did.

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    GrandpaScott, Dec 15, 2023
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  2. mgreen10 Win User

    Recent shortcuts for apps show files on OneDrive instead of local hard drive

    I was able to follow the steps and uncheck the "Use Office apps to sync" box but it didn't change Office's behavior. I opened and closed an Excel spreadsheet on my local hard drive. After that, when I right-clicked on the Excel icon pinned to the taskbar, a link to the OneDrive cloud file was in the list of recent files instead of a link to the file on my hard drive.

    Do you have any other suggestions?

    Thanks!
     
    mgreen10, Dec 15, 2023
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  3. Msap14 Win User
    Hard Drive Data Recovery

    got a laptop pata hard drive that makes a slight constant clicking noise. hard drive is more than likely dead/dying right... i can see that partitions of the hard drive in disk management and i can see the partitions in my computer but i can't get to any of the data.

    any suggestions?
     
    Msap14, Dec 15, 2023
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  4. All of my local data was moved to OneDrive. I want it from my hard drive

    OneDrive moved my Desktop into a OneDrive folder and removed Google Drive

    To revert the shell folder locations to default, open OneDrive and do the following:

    Important: Before proceeding, copy the files in those special folders to another folder or external drive. Please don’t copy them anywhere under Desktop/Documents/Pictures. This is because disabling OneDrive backup for a folder would erase the local copies of the files. Copying them to a different location beforehand will ensure that you don’t need to download them again from the OneDrive cloud.



    1. Right-click the OneDrive icon in the Notification area and click Settings.
    2. Select the Backup tab, and click Manage Backup
    3. In the Manage folder backup dialog, click on the Stop backup link under the special folder (Desktop, Documents, or Pictures)
    4. Click Stop backup in the confirmation dialog that appears.
    5. Repeat the step for each shell folder you want to revert to the original location.

    See also:

     
    Ramesh Srinivasan, Dec 15, 2023
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