Windows 10: How to Wild Card (*) delete hundreds of OneDrive files?

Discus and support How to Wild Card (*) delete hundreds of OneDrive files? in Windows 10 Performance & Maintenance to solve the problem; I fell for a fake OneDrive update, and it doubled my Desktop Folders/Pictures/Documents files- The Duped files All have "Copy" added (see snips). In... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Performance & Maintenance' started by scottls59901, Sep 17, 2020.

  1. SCOTTLS59901
    scottls59901 Win User

    How to Wild Card (*) delete hundreds of OneDrive files?


    I fell for a fake OneDrive update, and it doubled my Desktop Folders/Pictures/Documents files-
    The Duped files All have "Copy" added (see snips).
    In the far past I deleted files by using something like *copy*.* ...
    Exactly how would I do something like that (Run as Admin, ...?)?
    BTW- I think I disabled OneDrive, but may have goofed it up?

    :)
     
    scottls59901, Sep 17, 2020
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  2. FORDGT90CONCEPT
    FordGT90Concept Win User

    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.
     
    FordGT90Concept, Sep 17, 2020
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  3. MANJUNATH_H
    Manjunath_H Win User
    Manjunath_H, Sep 17, 2020
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  4. TABACUN
    tabacun Win User

    How to Wild Card (*) delete hundreds of OneDrive files?

    remove wild tangent games in Windows 10

    Hello again,

    I created a local user account and performed the normal steps to try to delete the Wild Tangent games from my start menu, and it still doesn't work. To answer your questions, No, there are no error messages given; and no, this does not happen with other
    applications.

    Any other suggestions?
     
    tabacun, Sep 17, 2020
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