Windows 10: In OneDrive, image files in "My Files" are duplicated under "Photos"

Discus and support In OneDrive, image files in "My Files" are duplicated under "Photos" in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; When I put image files e.g. JPGs in a folder OneDrive "My Files" folder, they seem to be automatically copied to "Photos".Is there a way to stop this?... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by Psiax, Jun 10, 2022.

  1. Psiax Win User

    In OneDrive, image files in "My Files" are duplicated under "Photos"


    When I put image files e.g. JPGs in a folder OneDrive "My Files" folder, they seem to be automatically copied to "Photos".Is there a way to stop this? I do not use OneDrive to manage my Photos. When I do put image files under "My Files", they are things like scanned docs, etc.Furthermore, making a copy of one of my files without my knowledge is a privacy violation. I only learned this happened when OneDrive decided to send me an email of my "Memories"!In case it is significant, I use Windows to store / copy / edit OneDrive files almost exclusively. I rarely use the web interface for OneDri

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    Psiax, Jun 10, 2022
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  2. RejZoR Win User

    Finding duplicate files

    For images, I love DupDetector
    https://www.keronsoft.com/dupdetector.html

    It's cool and special because it matches images and photos by content (like Google can search for similar images) and not filename or date. You can even adjust the sensitivity. It'll find identical images across different file formats as well as different resolutions/sizes. So you can weed out low resolution duplicates of higher res images or simply actually the same duplicate images.
     
    RejZoR, Jun 10, 2022
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  3. Finding duplicate files

    i could use something like that...my goddamn dropbox account is FULL of duplicates, as is my local dropbox folder. such a pain in the ass.i have NO cluse where they are coming from
     
    jboydgolfer, Jun 10, 2022
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  4. Frick Win User

    In OneDrive, image files in "My Files" are duplicated under "Photos"

    Finding duplicate files

    Hey hey,

    During the years the backups have just accumulated in random places, essentially, and I would like to clean up. Is there a program that can search for duplicate files? And by that I mean identical files. I tried dupeGuru, but that somehow found ... all files to be identical I guess? Like how a bunch of jpg's with different names, sizes and locations being marked 100% identical, or how a bunch of xls-files with completely different everything also were 100% matches with each other. I don't need any fancy functions, just a list of the files that share the name and filesize and created/last write dates.
     
    Frick, Jun 10, 2022
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