Windows 10: Problem with onedrive libraries

Hi,I have removed OneDrive a long time ago. Since then, I had 2 libraries of pictures and documents. They used different path.The path I want to keep is this one : C:\Users\%user%\Pictures C:\Users\%user%\DocumentsThe folder I want to remove is that one : C:\Users\%user%\OneDrive\Pictures C:\Users\%user%\OneDrive\DocumentsEven if I delete the folder OneDrive, the library in the section "This pc" will only say that the folder doesn't exist anymore as a error. I try to chang

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Problem with location of Pictures library after making pictures available on OneDrive

Thanks Rhina

I did what you suggested but it ended up making OneDrive the Pictures library. This may have something to do with the way i originally moved the Pictures folders to OneDrive. I probably should explain:

Because there already was a (fairly empty) Pictures folder under OneDrive (automatically set up I think when transferring a few Ipad photos to PC via OneDrive) I had moved the top level Pictures folders into D/users/myname/OneDrive rather than moving
the Pictures folder itself. This was probably a bit stupid but I subsequently moved the top level Pictures folders into that pre-existing Pictures folder on OneDrive and that's how we got to where we are today.

To continue after that diversion. Following the restore you suggested, the pictures folder under Libraries was still wrong but it looked a lot better ie it was no longer offering me a choice of locations for Pictures folders and, instead was just showing
me all the top level folders for what it (wrongly) thought was the Pictures folder. But it was still not appearing directly under This PC.

My next step was to go into Properties option for Libraries/Pictures. Here I simply added the correct location D/users/myname/OneDrive/pictures and deleted the location D/users/myname/OneDrive which at that time was the current location.

So, on the Positive side:

• Libraries/Pictures now shows what I would expect ie my top level Pictures folders

But, on the negative side:

• Pictures still does not appear under This PC, unlike Documents, Videos, Music etc
• in the Photos app, if I go to Folders option, it shows the folder as OneDrive, not OneDrive/Pictures even though, if i go into "choose where to look" it is correctly showing OneDrive/Pictures as the location. Obviously i can still get to the photos I need
  but it's an extra unnecessary step
  

That's where i am currently.

 

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 adding folders to Library

I found a workaround for this problem. You can use a tool to automatically delete the OneDrive folders from your libraries every time you log on to your PC.

Here are step-by-step instructions:

Step 1. Go to Downloads - The Grim Admin and download the tool

Step 2. Extract the downloaded .zip folder, open the "ShLib" folder and move the file "ShLib.exe" to %userprofile%

Step 3. Press the Windows key and type "Task Scheduler", press Enter

Step 4. In the Task Scheduler application, select "Create Basic Task" on the right

Step 5. Enter any name for the task and click Next

Step 6. Select "When I log on" and click Next

Step 7. Select "Start a program" and click Next

Step 8. Under "Program/script", enter the path of the "ShLib.exe" file you downloaded

Step 9. Under "Add arguments", enter the following:

remove "%userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Libraries\Music.library-ms" "%userprofile%OneDrive\Music"

(this will remove the OneDrive folder from your Music Library)

Step 10. Click Next, then select "Open the properties dialogue for this task when I click Finish" at the bottom, then click Finish

Step 11. In the Properties window, go to the "Triggers" tab

Step 12. Select the "At log on" trigger and click Edit at the bottom

Step 13. Check "Delay task for" and enter "1 minute", then click OK

Step 14. In the Properties window, go to the "Actions" tab

Step 15. Click "New" at the bottom

Step 16. Under "Program/script", enter the path of the "ShLib.exe" file you downloaded

Step 17. Under "Add arguments", enter the following:

remove "%userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Libraries\Pictures.library-ms" "%userprofile%OneDrive\Pictures"

(this will remove the OneDrive folder from your Pictures Library)

Step 18. Click OK

Step 19. Click "New" at the bottom

Step 20. Under "Program/script", enter the path of the "ShLib.exe" file you downloaded

Step 21. Under "Add arguments", enter the following:

remove "%userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Libraries\Documents.library-ms" "%userprofile%OneDrive\Documents"

(this will remove the OneDrive folder from your Documents Library)

Step 22. Click OK, then OK again, and you're done!