Windows 10: Disable "Free up space" option for OneDrive when right clicking Windows Desktop.

Hi everyone,If you have the OneDrive app installed on your machine, when you right-click the Windows desktop or any file location which has OneDrive synced files there will be an option "Free up space"Some of my users accidentally click on this and I was wondering how I disable it whether through Endpoint or GPO.I've gone through Endpoint and Group policy but cannot find anything pertaining to this.Thank youKind regards,G. Rexha

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Windows 10 - OneDrive

Right click on the app and one of the properties has an option to not automatically start it. Uncheck, restart the computer, and it should stop. If you want to go another step further, find the OneDrive app in the start menu, right click on it and uninstall.

If that is still insufficient, there is a batch uninstaller for OneDrive available online. I can copy the code here if you need it.

 

How do I disable SpeedStep in Windows XP?

For WinXP go into the Power Applet in Control Panel and select the Always On option it will disable Speed Step. Right click your desktop > Click properties > Click Screen Saver > Power button > Change the Power Scheme to always on.

 

Windows 7 Club

How do I disable the Experience/Assessment Index tool?

If you want to disable winSAT.exe then do the following:


Step 1. Go to Task Scheduler. You simply type it in the search box.
Step 2. Browse to Microsoft\Windows\Maintenance by clicking on the arrow for Task Scheduler Library folder with the clock on it.
Step 3. Disable the task named WinSAT. Which is found to the right in a small boxed window. Right click on the word WinSAT and select disable.

As for the changing desktop if you want to prevent it from shuffling do the following:
-right click on desktop
-click on Personalization
-click on Desktop Background
-Uncheck Shuffle