Windows 10: Move 'File History Folder' and 'RAM Disk'

Recently I had to upgrade my Desktop components to one of the most recent and affordable ones with 32 GB RAM, and the OS on a 512GB M.2 NVMe SSD.

File history before this event, was on a partition across another physical hard disk where I used to store my other files and system backups. This hard drive was not the one where system drive was.

My present issue is that

• On my new 512 GB NVMe SSD, I have created a partition exclusively for this File History.
• But to my surprise, if I click 'select drive'(to which File History is to be moved), this particular partition named by me as 'File History' is not shown.

Next is a question that may be related to this

• I have a RAM Disk of 8GB, out of my 32GB RAM array, and I will soon enhance this to 64GB.
• Do I really need an exclusive File History folder, particularly if I can still increase the capacity of the RAM Disk?

:)

 

How to remove folders from File History

• I had the same problem, and I solved in this way:
  Control Panel -> System and Security-> File History -> Turn off
  Settings -> Update & Security -> Backup -> More options -> Stop using this drive
  Delete the File History folder in your external drive.
  Start using File History again.
  After performing these steps, I can easily add folders to "Excluded Folders" and they remain excluded. I checked in the actual files and folders saved on the external disk, and it works.
  I did not modify the default settings about how often and how long backup is saved, File History is working ok now. So I guess it is important to click "Stop using this drive" in order to reset File History.
  Hope this will be helpful

 

How to remove folders from File History

That did it - Thank you Mila!

 

How to remove folders from File History

That does not work. Even though I do the delete from the "Back up these folders" from the list, it still backs it up - and when I close out of Settings and then go back in, the folder re-appears in the list.

However, Mila's suggestion worked. Is it possible that folders in my Library cannot be removed from the "Back up these folders" list?