Windows 10: OneDrive changed my path directories on Local Computer and I can't restore them

There was a post about this issue here https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/onedrive-changes-drive-path-on-local-computer/3a964d1a-c22f-454f-929d-c551970e594d.I followed the instructions and changed the Desktop directory to it's default but if I try to restore Pictures or Documents I get this error message "Can't move folder because there are folders in the same location that can't be redirected. Access is Denied".I really want to be able to change these back and would appreciate some help, Thank You! :

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OneDrive Changes Drive Path on Local Computer

Hi Usagiichiban -

This is Orlando, an Independent advisor and an expert with Windows 10. I understand that the location of your drives have been changed to /OneDrive/ and documents are not saving locally on your computer.

Are you referring to your quick access folders like documents, download, etc ….?

I'm not sure what causes the issue on your computer to change the directory path of your folders to OneDrive causing all your files to sync to OneDrive online but there is a simple way to change and restore its original path on your computer.

Open the explorer and look for the quick access on the left pane of the explorer.

1 Look for the folder that have been moved to OneDrive path. Example Documents, Downloads...

2. Right click on those folder and select properties

3. Normally you're under General Tab, click on the location tab

4. There, you can see the current location of your documents where it should show as it is saving on OneDrive, you can click on restore defaults to change the location of your documents and return it to saving your file locally on the computer.

5. Click OK and do that on other folders that have been moved to OneDrive.

Restart the computer and check if it is still saving your documents in OneDrive.

Hope this helps, have a good day.

Thanks,



Independent Advisor

 

OneDrive Changes Drive Path on Local Computer

I have no idea where my stuff is. I don't know how to safely delete things, or stop OneDrive from acting on its own.

I'm confused because I can't tell whether I'm moving stuff from my computer, or from OneDrive.

That's because OneDrive took the (audacious) liberty to rename paths on my local drive. I see "/OneDrive/" inserted into all my drive paths whether I'm looking at the OneDrive folder or the local "My Computer" folder in File Explorer.

That has caused me to incorrectly move things, because I thought I was either moving things locally, or on OneDrive, depending on what I'm doing.

Because of this, I stopped OneDrive from syncing my files (or so I thought... it's still moving things around behind the scene). But I have found no way whatsoever to return my original local path names so that local folders no longer have the /OneDrive/
in the path. It should NOT be there.

Now my hard drive is so full, I'm trying to take things off locally and move them to OneDrive. I wish to have reliable copies on OneDrive so I can nuke my PC and completely reload Windows to try to return local paths to their original state without the /OneDrive/
in the path name.

My fear is that as soon as I connect to OneDrive again to restore the items I sent there prior to nuking my drive, it will again take the liberty of changing my path names again.

How do I use OneDrive as a simple online storage, without it interleaving itself into all my local drive paths? I want total control of what is on my local drive, and what goes to OneDrive online.

If nobody can explain this (in simple English) I will have to cease my subscription and find a solution that doesn't take over my local system.

Please help.

 

Onedrive removes local files and changes paths

When I try to backup my local folders (Documents, Pictures, etc), Onedrive deletes the files in my local folders. It also renames all the paths to these folders in the Quick access field, from, for instance, ".../Myusername/Documents" to "...Myusername/Onedrive/Documents".
How can I undo this behaviour and succeed with a normal backup? Can the reason be that I have changed my user account name? When doing that, the old account name is still used in the file structure which perhaps can cause this confusion. This is quite serious,
I got my whole business stored among those files that Onedrive just deletes and moves out of my control.