Windows 10: How to back up Documents with OneDrive, while using iCloud Photos?

I use OneDrive for Business and I want to back up my documents to OneDrive. In the settings I go to "Sync and backup > Manage backup". Here, I see three switches to toggle backup for Documents, Pictures and Desktop. All three switches are off and I can't switch any of them on, apparently because my Pictures folder contains my iCloud photos. The error message I get is: "We can't back up your Pictures folder in OneDrive, because it contains another cloud storage. Please turn off the cloud service syncing in this folder and try again." It's not clear to me why I can't turn on backup for Docume

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icloud photo library

Hello Don,

There may be several reasons why your iCloud photos are not showing up on your wife's user account. To assist you better with your concern regarding syncing iCloud, kindly answer the questions below:

• When did this problem start?
• Is your iCloud up to date?
• Have you tried syncing iCloud while logged in to your wife's account?

You may refer to this article for steps on how to setup iCloud on Windows. Kindly make sure that you are logged in to your wife's account when performing the steps:
How to set up and use iCloud Photos on Windows 10.

We are looking forward for your reply.

 

Remove iCloud Photos from Devices and Drives View in File Explorer

thank you for this soln gogreen, much appreciated! Here is a quick summary for others if interested -

Reference:

• rANa'S Blog - How to remove iCloud Photo from My Computer (9/21/14)

Steps:

1. Open regedit (Win+R, "regedit")
2. Enter key in address bar
3. Deprecate key
   • Opt A. - delete
   • Opt B. - rename something different (e.g. prefix with "_")
4. Close and re-open to observe result

Key:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace\{F0D63F85-37EC-4097-B30D-61B4A8917118}

thanks!

 

iCloud photos sync to onedrive

I operate in the Apple world and my wife uses Windows. We have Office 365 on my wife's windows laptop which has a 128G ssd - w/1T of onedrive cloud storage. I have a very large icloud photo library which is syncing to the onedrive camera roll which is
not a problem - the problem is the onedrive is syncing back to the laptop and filling it's hd. How do I stop icloud syncing to onedrive?