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Discus and support I have had a Windows 10 PC for a few years with all of my documents in the onedrive folder,... in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; There are red Xs over all of my files. It says I'm over storage limit but I can't see what storage space I'm using. I have one large archive folder... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by Kev Erreger, Nov 16, 2022.

  1. I have had a Windows 10 PC for a few years with all of my documents in the onedrive folder,...


    There are red Xs over all of my files. It says I'm over storage limit but I can't see what storage space I'm using. I have one large archive folder within documents that I have backed up on my local hard drive and on an external drive. This is about 20 GB and I want to delete it from onedrive. When I use the web interface to do that it still exists in my windows explorer and also starts resynching, but Windows will not let me delete it because it is an "online" folder. I have a local external drive with file history backup but I can't figure out how to delete old files to get under the 5G

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    Kev Erreger, Nov 16, 2022
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  2. Why I have TWO Documents folders?

    ok so lemme start off my saying i recently wiped my system and installed windows 10
    and i noticed even more recently that i seem to have TWO documents folders...
    i have one that has nothing that it should in it and the other somehow is linked to Onedrive...
    the onedrive linked one has everything that the non onedrive should. (game saves, etc)
    my question is...why? is this normal cause i can't imagine it is...
    i don't think steam game save cloud will work with onedrive so i need to know, is this fixable WITHOUT another wipe? i have no idea how my onedrive got synced with my documents folder. i didn't set it up that way. any help is appreciated!
    thanks!
     
    TheMatt1984, Nov 16, 2022
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  3. Freezer Win User
    Windows 10 - OneDrive

    Anyone know how to remove "OneDrive - For Business" from the Explorer navigation panel? I've tried just about every registry modification, and windows policy for "Onedrive" but they only seem to work for the consumer product, not for onedrive for business.

    The onedrive product alone is so damn annoying and continues to load itself upon startup, even when it's explicitly remove from startup. It continues to automatically load and unload itself from within the startup folder... while I'm actively watching it load itself into the startup folder.
     
    Freezer, Nov 16, 2022
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  4. Micah Bat Win User

    I have had a Windows 10 PC for a few years with all of my documents in the onedrive folder,...

    Documents/Pictures folders under 'This PC' refer to onedrive - not the local folders

    Since the only folder that has incorrect file path is the Documents folder under This PC, we would suggest you do the same steps provided above. However, do it in your Documents folder under This PC. To do so, kindly follow the steps below:

    • Open File Explorer
    • Click This PC
    • Right-click on Documents
    • Click Properties
    • Click Location
    • Click Restore Default
    • Click Apply
    • Click OK
    Also, we would like to inform you that "winhelponline.com" is not associated with Microsoft.

    Let us know how it goes.
     
    Micah Bat, Nov 16, 2022
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