Windows 10: Clearing old onedrive files deleted my local documents file on windows 10

Discus and support Clearing old onedrive files deleted my local documents file on windows 10 in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; I was doing a routine file cleanup to keep my SSD from being bloated. Onedrive had mostly files that were either outdated or redundant in my documents... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by _Diego_ CS, Jul 28, 2023.

  1. _DIEGO_ CS
    _Diego_ CS Win User

    Clearing old onedrive files deleted my local documents file on windows 10


    I was doing a routine file cleanup to keep my SSD from being bloated. Onedrive had mostly files that were either outdated or redundant in my documents file. I had deactivated onedrive years ago since 5 gb is really poor size and google drive already solved most of my cloud needs. What I didnt know is that clearing the files from this completely separated folder would delete my main documents folder with three times as many files in actual use. And since it wasnt sinced to the cloud, those files are permanently lost. I say permanently because my PC stated so as I was clearing 6GB of old junk wh

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    _Diego_ CS, Jul 28, 2023
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  2. MACBETH
    macbeth Win User

    Cannot delete files in Temp

    There are a few files that i cant delete in
    C:\Documents and Settings\1st User\Local Settings\Temp
    which are ~DF567B.tmp, ~DFB71E.tmp, ~ROMFN_000007A8 and Perflib_Perfdata_7a8.dat. And some times there are a few more.
    What are these files and why cant they be deleted?
     
    macbeth, Jul 28, 2023
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  3. FREEZER
    Freezer Win User
    Windows 10 - OneDrive

    This is Windows 10 Pro... Enterprise is an entirely different deal and I'm sure I won't have problems that route, but I'm not forking over more $ to dipshit developers. The only thing I can think of is un-linking my Office 365 accounts within Office, but that defeats the purpose of accessing the files ONLINE and managing them from there. I have two alumni accounts, not a single problem in Windows 7/8 until M$shit devs decided to integrate Onedrive. I've deleted, renamed, set read-only to "msosync.exe," ... but windows continues to add it again and again, and NOW I just noticed it's now linking to groove.exe, instead of onedrive. Sooo fn annoying!



    Onedrive on Windows 10 is not an 'app' it is integrated. Plus I don't fool around with the Windows Store thoughtless developer child bullshit. Windows Store ought to be completely removed from the Windows platform all together. Also I do not intend to completely remove Onedrive, it defeats the purpose... the purpose is to REMOVE it from Windows Explorer navigation and startup.
     
    Freezer, Jul 28, 2023
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  4. COMPUTER45
    computer45 Win User

    Clearing old onedrive files deleted my local documents file on windows 10

    Is it ok to delete all the files/documents in temporary folder(Temp)?

    Is it ok to delete all the files/documents in temporary folder(Temp)?

    or do i need it?
     
    computer45, Jul 28, 2023
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