Windows 10: Documents Library on OneDrive Windows 11 will not backup to File History on external drive.

I am trying to back up my OneDrive libraries in Windows 11 to File History on external drive. Backup runs but does not backup my Documents library. Error message says: 'Libraries that are encrypted with Encrypting File System, are on a network location or are on a drive that doesn't use the NTFS file system can't be backed up.' None of my libraries are encrypted. Any advice?

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File History not backing up OneDrive Documents folder (but correctly backing up other OneDrive folders)

I have my Documents folder and all my photos located in my OneDrive, so that they are always backed up to the cloud. I have previously successfully also used File History to back up all my user files and
libraries (including the OneDrive folder) to a local external drive and it has worked fine for many years. However, recently I noticed that there is something strange happening with the Documents subfolder in the OneDrive folder of the File History backup
when I went to restore a previous version of a file in OneDrive\Documents and the 'Restore personal files' view showed
only a small number of files and folders, not the whole of the current contents of the OneDrive\Documents folder. Moreover, instead of the most recent automatic backup date showing (effectively) the current state of the OneDrive\Documents folder,
it only showed files that had been modified since the previous automatic backup date. If I manually went backwards in time through the backups, I could see other files in my OneDrive\Documents folder that had been modified previously and were still currently
in that folder, but for some reason were not showing in the 'Restore personal files' view of the most recent backup.

I thought something must have gotten out of sync with the File History database, so I stopped the file history service, deleted the
%UserProfile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\FileHistory folder, deleted the File History backup folder from the external drive and then rebooted the PC. As expected after rebooting and going into Control Panel -> File History it showed that
File History was off and there was no File History drive set. I then created a new File History backup to the external drive and checked that there were no 'excluded folders' set. Absolutely everything else got backed up correctly in the new backup, except
for just the OneDrive\Documents folder, which wasn't created at all in the new backup. For example, my OneDrive\Pictures folder backup correctly had all 22.3GB of data comprising 13,067 files and 255 folders, exactly as expected.

I then modified a test file in my OneDrive\Documents folder, clicked on 'Run Now' in File History and then checked the backup. There was now a Documents folder showing in the OneDrive folder, but it contained
just that one test file I had modified.

I tried the suggestion I had seen in a previous discussion thread about this problem of manually adding the full OneDrive\Documents path to the list of backed up folders. It was already there in the list,
but I tried adding it anyway. It made no difference and the folder is still not being backed up.

Why isn't File History backing up all of the folders in OneDrive and selectively refusing to back up just the Documents folder?

 

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File History Not Backing Documents Windows 11

I have office 365 and nothing is saved to Office 365 or OneDrive. I turned this feature off for when saving docs/data.

I do believe you are missing the entire point of the issue I explained with File History.

I'll break it down in even simpler terms:

When I set up File History it does not include my Documents folder or any other folders. File History only backs up my Desktop and Downloads folder.

File History only gives the option to exclude folders and does not give the option to include folders.

The only option you have to even try and include a specific folder is

Opening that folder then right clicking and selecting include in library.

The folder is added under libraries - but it's not backed up by File History.

When you try this with your documents folders - you will have to select each individual folder < a real f.ck show because it will show each individual folder listed under Library. Documents folder is already an implied library and when try including the documents folder it will show as Documents(2) even though the implied Documents folder is not listed in the library.

File History ='s100% trash with Windows 11 << I'm better off watching a crackhead dance for quarters then trying to use File History on Windows 11.

Next Option is use Command prompt with the combination of reg edit and completely remove File History options for Windows 11 and install the code for windows 10 file history on my windows 11 pc.