Windows 10: OneDrive annoyance

All I want to do is copy my photographs over my local network from my old Windows 7 machine to my new Windows 10 machine.


So I select the contents of the My Pictures folder on the old machine 86GBytes and start copying, and the computer not only attempts to copy them, it also syncs to One Drive - which of course fills up. I didn't know about OneDrive, having only just got Windows 10. I don't want it to ever sync my photos.


The computer has spent all afternoon "copying" the files, but when it got to the end, the files are not actually in the Pictures folder in my user account. Some of them are in the One Drive pictures folder. I deleted the One Drive pictures folder, but it just then starts to sync again, thus filling it up again.


It seems I am allowed to pause the syncing process but there doesn't seem to be a way of telling it to stop altogether.


What can I do?

:)

 

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.

 

Onedrive

Hi Hiatt,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



I suggest you to refer the article Find
lost or missing files in OneDrive for more information regarding the missing files.



If the issue still persists please follow the steps to contact
OneDrive support for further assistance on this issue.

1. Login to OneDrive.com.
2. Click the ? Help icon on the top banner of the page.
3. Select Email OneDrive support for the further assistance.

Muralidhar

Microsoft Community Moderator

 

OneDrive folder icon changed to plain

Hi,

Thank you for replying.

I understand your concern and suggest you to Unlink OneDrive and run OneDrive setup
again and check. Here is the steps:

• 
  Right-click the white OneDrive cloud icon in the notification area, at the far right of the taskbar.
  
  
  
  (You might need to click the Show hidden icons arrow next to the notification area to see the
  OneDrive icon.)
  
• 
  Click Settings, and then click Unlink.
  
• 
  Follow the steps in the Welcome to OneDrive wizard to set up OneDrive.
  

Do notify us if the issue still persists and we'll be glad to help.