Windows 10: Library adds onedrive automatically

Hello everyone.

I have my pictures, documents, music and videos organised on a seperate HDD and added them to the Librarys so that I get rid of these annoying folders which several programs add to documents/pictures in the User-Folder.

Now with Windows 10 I have got the problem, that the Onedrive-Folders and the User-Folders are always added automatically to the Libraries. I can delete the folders from the Libraries but after the next restart they are back again.

The standard Folders -> I don't use them for my files ... Just some programs save some files there. And these folders should be excluded from the Libraries!!
C:\User\Christian\Documents
C:\User\Christian\Pictures
C:\User\Christian\Videos
C:\User\Christian\Music

The folders for my documents etc.. These folders are in my Libraries.
D:\Documents
D:\Pictures
D:\Videos
D:\Music

This folder should be excluded from my Libraries, too.
D:\OneDrive


I don't know if it is a bug or if I do something wrong. (I delete the folders by right-clicking on the Library>Properties>
delete.)

I hope you can help me.

greetings.Christian

:)

 

Photos app of Windows 10 Automatically adds Onedrive

The Photos app of Windows 10 Automatically adds Onedrive Location and start syncing OneDrive Pictures in Collection.

The Photos app add Custom Address of the OneDrive folder automatically i.e. "D:\Libraries\OneDrive\Pictures" then i remove it but after a restart of system the address is again added. (Below Screesnshot for easy reference)

I have unchecked "Show my Photos and Videos from One Drive (Cloud Only".)Still if I restart the PC or install any update The one drive adds up in sources under photos app automatically.

Its kind of privacy breach.

 

Photo App automatically add OneDrive Folder

Dear all,

The Photos app of Windows 10 Automatically adds Onedrive Location and start syncing OneDrive Pictures in Collection.

The Photos app add Custom Address of the OneDrive folder automatically i.e. "D:\Libraries\OneDrive\Pictures" then i remove it but after a restart of system the address is again added. (Below Screesnshot for easy reference)

I have unchecked "Show my Photos and Videos from One Drive (Cloud Only".

Can you please suggest another location from where it could be turn off permanenetly.

Thank You All

 

Hello Christian, and welcome to Ten Forums,

The tutorial below can help show you how to remove folders included in libraries. *Smile

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/8...dows-10-a.html

 

Hello Brink.

Thank you for your fast reply, but this tutorial describes the possibilities I already tried. After restarting my PC the removed folders are back in the Library :-(

 

Odd. As a test, temporarily turn off syncing and try again to see if they may be getting added back by sync.

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/4...dows-10-a.html

 

Syncing is off ... is there another possibility to turn off OneDrive-Sync?

I think this still works, although I had turned off syncing as it is mentioned in the tutorial!

 

Are the OneDrive folders gone from your Libraries?

 

I had syncing off all the time and the problem is still there

 

Odd, are you clicking on OK after removing the OneDrive location from each library?

Please go ahead and post some screenshots to see if it may reveal anything.

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/1...en-forums.html



 

Hello.

Here are some screenshots:

Explorer after removing the folders from the Libraries. I tried different ways to remove.




The Properties.




When I remove the folders for some of them such a window appears.




Explorer after restarting my PC. I have recognised, that the other folders which shouldn't be in the Libraries appear when the syncing-Icon at the OneDrive-Folder below the Quick access is gone. Before that the folders do not show up.




In addition to that you see additional Libraries named "Camera Roll" and "Saved Pictures" on the last screenshot. These Libraries appear after removing and restarting aswell.

 

Had same problem with windows 8.1 sometimes one drive folder just appears in library.. removing it helps for some time but it continues reappearing.
At least part of the problem seems to be linked with office 2013 (probably other versions) at least i think so.
Couldn't 100% track and solve it so i just lived with it.

 

cmoe,

Your Pictures library doesn't show a OneDrive folder in it.

"Camera Roll" and "Saved Pictures" are part of OneDrive, and have their own separate library by default. If you delete them, they should remain gone unless default libraries are restored or something is saving to them.

 

Every restart, they come back. Don't like OneDrive, don't like forced-down-my-throat default libraries that won't go away.

Is there a way to modify the default libraries, where 'modify' means delete, destroy, etc.?

 

You should be able to remove and delete them at will to keep them gone unless restored. At least that's how it works on all my installations.

As a test, create a new account on the PC to see if it does the same when signed in to it.