Windows 10: Contents of Documents folder vanished out of nowhere, now in OneDrive Documents folder

Hi there,Upon returning to my laptop after a few hours, I noticed that a program stored in my documents folder wasn't launching. I looked in Documents and all of the contents except for 2 folders I used today are now gone and transferred to OneDrive even though I usually don't use it, I just have it installed by default, as seen in the pictures. Normally when I click on Documents it will redirect me to OneDrive documents and I can run files, copy and paste files, you name it. I don't know what happened. I guess the documents are stored there as well as on my computer, but now it acts like

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Why I have TWO Documents folders?

ok so lemme start off my saying i recently wiped my system and installed windows 10
and i noticed even more recently that i seem to have TWO documents folders...
i have one that has nothing that it should in it and the other somehow is linked to Onedrive...
the onedrive linked one has everything that the non onedrive should. (game saves, etc)
my question is...why? is this normal cause i can't imagine it is...
i don't think steam game save cloud will work with onedrive so i need to know, is this fixable WITHOUT another wipe? i have no idea how my onedrive got synced with my documents folder. i didn't set it up that way. any help is appreciated!
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Why I have TWO Documents folders?

What you are seeing is fine and normal. Yes, STEAM will work fine, and should your HDD die, you'll have a back-up of your documents folder (Meaning all your stuff there in that screenshot with green arrows)that will be backed up online in OneDrive. Your data is "safe".

 

Unlink my Documents folder from OneDrive

I recently reinstalled Windows and installed OneDrive, but did not launch it until yesterday. When I did I noticed that a large number of files were uploading - these were saved games, config files etc. from games saved in my Documents folder. As far as
I have been able to work out:

• OneDrive has hijacked my Documents folder. There is now a Documents folder in OneDrive that is the same as the previous folder which was in the default location under C:\Users\<username>\Documents. The Documents folder is now at C:\Users\<username>\OneDrive.
• I initially deleted the Documents folder (assuming a duplicate had been created in OneDrive). When I realised that this was the Documents folder *on my PC* I recovered it from the Recycle Bin.
• Attempting to move the Documents folder back to its original location yielded an error message stating that location already existed and I did not have permission to move it.
• I have tried unlinking my PC from OneDrive and setting it up again. This made no difference apart from now the option to relocate the Documents folder is missing.
• If I go to Documents Properties > Sharing the folder is called 'MA'. 'MA' was one of my folders on OneDrive. The contents appear to have been replaced by the contents of my Documents folder. On my PC the folder is called Documents but if I log into OneDrive
  in a browser the folder is still called 'MA' but the contents are the same. I found the original contents of the 'MA' folder in the OneDrive Recycling Bin and was able to restore and back them up.
• I have turned off backing up Documents under OneDrive settings>Backup but this has made no difference.

I would like to fully separate my OneDrive and Documents folders as I want to CHOOSE what to save to OneDrive, and do not need it full of config files from various games. Moreover the change is causing problems with games which cannot find the new location.

Thanks in advance for any help.