Windows 10: Change default windows documents location from OneDrive\Documents to User\Documents

I unfortunately set this up when I installed windows to save my Documents to OneDrive unknowingly that instead of syncing my actual documents it creates and changes the default documents folder to a OneDrive folder. How do I undo this?This https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-windows_install/change-documents-location-from-onedrive-to-local/55b3a67f-63e1-4050-a8de-bd84f7033d36 sounds like it used to be the solution but is no longer possible.Whats the current solution?

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Windows 10 Default Path for Documents - Changing from OneDrive to User location

How do I change the default path definition for "Documents" from my OneDrive location C:\Users\...\OneDrive\Documents

to C:\Users\...\Documents

The default for everything is OneDrive and I don't want that. I want the file explore to point to my local C drive and not the OneDrive start

Thanks

 

Restore Default Locations of “Documents” in “Users” & “This PC”

Being new to both Windows 10 and OneDrive, somehow I managed to change the “Location” of my “Users” (and therefore also the “This PC”) “Documents” folder to the OneDrive “Documents” folder.
So while in File Explorer if I right-click either the “Users” “Documents” or the “This PC” “Documents” and select Properties and then the Location tab, it says this is the path:
C:\Users\<UserNamer>\OneDrive\Documents
But that is NOT where I want documents I create stored on my hard drive.
When I select the “Restore Default” it says the new location will be this path:
C:\Users\<UserNamer>\Documents
And THAT is where I want them stored
When I click “OK” a dialogue box opens and asks:
“Do you want to move all the files …” with the default “Yes” highlighted
I click “Yes”
And then a second, ominous dialogue box opens and asks
“Do you want to redirect folder “Document” into another system folder “Documents” located at “C:\Users\<UserNamer> \Douments”? If you proceed with redirection, you will not be able to separate them or restore default location.
“Do you still want to proceed with redirection?”
With the default “No” highlighted
I select “No” (although I think that’s actually what I want to do)
And I’m back to square one with the same old “corrupted” path.
I did create a folder I titled “Documents – Holding” in OneDrive, and moved the few folders that were in the OneDrive “Documents” to the “Documents – Holding” folder. So now the OneDrive “Documents” folder is empty. And therefore the “Documents” folders in both “Users” and “This PC” are also empty.
I will note that when I setup the OneDrive I did opt to save Documents and Pictures to This PC rather than the default location of OneDrive – so that should not be an issue. (OneDrive --> Settings --> AutoSave --> Documents & Pictures --> This PC Only)
Can I proceed with the “Restore Default” – or will only complicate matters with duplicate folders?

 

changing the location of documents to onedrive on multiple machines

I am setting up a new win10 machine (virgin)

I wish to use onedrive to synch (with local cache) Documents, Desktop, Pictures, and Downloads between the new machine and an existing SurfaceBook

I cannot change the location of Documents on the populated machine (SurfaceBook) as while processing the ~ 500 gB of data, an error is thrown regarding an invalid file name. The directory structure of the Surface book is created in OneDrive, but files are
not migrated.

I assume I need to migrate the Documents folder by folder (via Move from users\me\documents\folder to onedrive\documents\folder) until I find the bad actor and then repair it.

The question is: once I have moved the contents of users\me\documents to onedrive\documents, can I then change the location of the 'empty' users\me\documents to the 'full' onedrive\documents, or will that second 'change location' operation delete the onedrive?