Windows 10: I think Onedrive is still doing something buggy in the background, how can I confirm?

I upgraded to Win11 a short while back. Not fully understanding what was going on and not really understanding or caring about onedrive, I just disabled and uninstalled it from my PC because I grew tired of seeing it in my notifications. I probably did this incorrectly because now I am seeing I should have desynced my PC first then uninstalled it? Or am I misunderstanding that part as well. Now I am seeing a lot of files were uploading to Onedrive without my knowledge during that timespan.I do not recall ever allowing Windows to upload anything to Onedrive by default, and I can guarantee that

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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.

 

Rename folder to OneDrive asks Confirm Replacement with another folder

Hi Kent,

Welcome to the Microsoft community.

I'm Hahn and I'm here to help you with your concern.

Based on your description, we suggest that you can do it all over again as follows:

• Open OneDrive settings on your computer.
  
• Go to the "Accounts" tab and click on "Unlink this computer".
  
• Restart your computer.
  
• Delete the D:/OldOneDrive folder.
  

You can try renaming the old OneDrive folder to something else, then create a new OneDrive folder and set it as a local folder in the OneDrive app.

If the above does not work, then you can try the following steps:

• Open a "Command Prompt" on your computer (run as administrator).
  
• Type rd /s /q "D:\OldOneDrive" and press Enter.
  

This will delete the "OldOneDrive" folder and all its contents.

• Create a new folder in D:/ and name its OneDrive.
  
• Open the OneDrive application and log in.
  
• During the setup process, choose to change the OneDrive folder location to D:/OneDrive.
  

Please note that this will permanently delete the "OldOneDrive" folder and all its contents, so please ensure that you have backed up all your important data.

If there is anything not clear, please do not hesitate to let me know.

Your Sincerely

| Microsoft Community Support Specialist

 

changing the background images

Hi,

In order to help you better, could you please confirm a couple of things.

• Have you made any changes on the computer prior to the issue?
• Are you referring to desktop background image or lock screen image?

I suggest you to follow the below steps to change the background picture and check if it helps.

• In the search type as ‘Settings’ and click on it.
• Select ‘Personalization’, under ‘Background’ option select as ‘Picture’.
• Under ‘Choose your picture’ select any picture accordingly or you can browse the picture from your computer.

You may refer to the below link and check if it helps.

Change the Desktop Background in Windows - Microsoft Support

Please get back to us with an update on this issue, we will be happy to assist you further.

Thank you.