Windows 10: File Explorer: Problems with putting folders back in OneDrive list in File Explorer

Hello,I'm not sure what I did, but my two main folders, I'll call them Zabby1 and Zabby2, got moved into another folder in File Explorer. I removed them and put them on the desktop, but now I can't seem to put them back in File Explorer's main list without having them, again, be moved into another folder. Can anyone help?Thanks,Daffy D

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Changing listing order of files and folders in File Explorer

When you log into an account for the first time there is a chance to decline OneDrive "protection" for your user folders, but it's easy to miss (this is by design, no doubt). It's this automatic "backup" that hijacks folder locations. Sothe first thing to do is check OneDrive settings & make sure backup is disabled for your user folders. This is done via Manage Backup on the Backup tab of the OneDrive settings dialog (right-click the SysTray icon):



When you do this, the folders under This PC will once again point to the folders in your UserProfile folder and not OneDrive. Files must be moved manually.

Once you do this, your user folders are local and only files you explicitly place in the OneDrive folders will be synced to OneDrive.

To move OneDrive to a lower position in the Navigation Pane, set the value of the DWORD value SortOrderIndex under the registry key:

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to a value like 88. (create the value if it doesn't exist)

 

Some files listed in Windows Explorer are blue font

I seem to have run out of room on a Windows XP Pro system. I tried to defrag but don't have but 7% room available. I looked in Windows Explorer to try to find some huge files that might be corrupt and I see a few that are listed in blue. What does that mean? I have not compressed anything on purpose. Thanks

 

Changing listing order of files and folders in File Explorer

Microsoft is engaged in an annoying game of intentional behavior modification. Win 10 is making everything default to the OneDrive folder, and they're putting the OneDrive listing prominently so that if you aren't extra careful, you put your stuff in that folder and not the one you want.

I'd like to put the OneDrive folder below the "This PC" and "Network" Icons in the File Explorer listing. Or perhaps I could set a bit to "hide", which would be ideal.

This torqued me enough so that I installed Ubuntu and my machine dual boots now. Using it, and the Libra suite. Works pretty good.

If I'm wrong I may stick around Win 10 for a while. Can anyone help me? Thanks!