Windows 10: How to update the automatically created 'OneDrive - Personal' link to point to the correct...

Summary:

I ran into this issue after setting up my personal OneDrive on my work machine.

My personal OneDrive is working fine BUT the automatically created "link" that appears between 'Quick access' and 'This PC' in Explorer points to the wrong location.

I can't find a well documented way of changing it.


Starting point:

• Business OneDrive is set up and pointing to 'C:\Users\<username>\OneDrive - <companyname>'.
• There is a "link" called 'OneDrive - <companyname>' in Explorer between 'Quick access' and 'This PC', that points to 'C:\Users\<username>\OneDrive - <companyname>'.

I don't think that's relevant to the issue but I mention it just in case.


What I did:

1. I set up my personal OneDrive on my work machine by following the instructions I found online. I used the default OneDrive folder location, 'C:\Users\<username>'. Windows created a 'OneDrive' folder in 'C:\Users\<username>' and automatically added a "link" called 'OneDrive - Personal' in Explorer between 'Quick access' and 'This PC' that pointed to 'C:\Users\<username>\OneDrive'.
   Everything was working fine but I didn't like the fact that the folder was called 'OneDrive' and not 'OneDrive - Personal'. I looked for a way of changing the folder name and didn't find one, so I decided to move the folder into a different location that included 'Personal' instead.
2. I "unlinked" my personal OneDrive.
3. I reinstalled my personal OneDrive, this time selecting 'C:\Users\<username>\Desktop\Private' as OneDrive folder location. Windows created a 'OneDrive' folder in 'C:\Users\<username>\Desktop\Private' and automatically added a "link" called 'OneDrive - Personal' in Explorer between 'Quick access' and 'This PC' that pointed to 'C:\Users\<username>\OneDrive'.
   Apart from the "link" pointing to the wrong location, my personal OneDrive works as expected.

Notes:

• I didn't restart the machine between any of the steps 1-3 above.
• I tried to restart, uninstall, restart, reinstall, restart, but the link still points to the wrong location.

Anyone knows a way of fixing this that doesn't involve regedit?

:)

 

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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.

 

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