Windows 10: Remove My Documents Folder From OneDrive Control but still Use OneDrive

Discus and support Remove My Documents Folder From OneDrive Control but still Use OneDrive in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; I am running MS Windows 10 Enterprise 10.0.19042 Build 19042I use this PC Lenovo Legion Y540 for trading and the trading application installs all it's... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Network and Sharing' started by JEEaster, Aug 13, 2022.

  1. JEEaster Win User

    Remove My Documents Folder From OneDrive Control but still Use OneDrive


    I am running MS Windows 10 Enterprise 10.0.19042 Build 19042I use this PC Lenovo Legion Y540 for trading and the trading application installs all it's user files in the default Documents Folder. It is constantly retrieving data from this location, and for reasons I can not change it must stay in the default "My Documents" folder.If I have OneDrive linked to this PC-this application becomes VERY sluggish and essentially inoperable for live trading. In prior versions of Windows 10 Pro, I could keep OneDrive and simply deselect the documents folder from being synced.Windows no longer seems to

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    JEEaster, Aug 13, 2022
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  2. Freezer Win User

    Windows 10 - OneDrive

    Anyone know how to remove "OneDrive - For Business" from the Explorer navigation panel? I've tried just about every registry modification, and windows policy for "Onedrive" but they only seem to work for the consumer product, not for onedrive for business.

    The onedrive product alone is so damn annoying and continues to load itself upon startup, even when it's explicitly remove from startup. It continues to automatically load and unload itself from within the startup folder... while I'm actively watching it load itself into the startup folder.
     
    Freezer, Aug 14, 2022
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  3. 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.
     
    FordGT90Concept, Aug 14, 2022
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  4. Remove My Documents Folder From OneDrive Control but still Use OneDrive

    Why I have TWO Documents folders?

    ok so lemme start off my saying i recently wiped my system and installed windows 10
    and i noticed even more recently that i seem to have TWO documents folders...
    i have one that has nothing that it should in it and the other somehow is linked to Onedrive...
    the onedrive linked one has everything that the non onedrive should. (game saves, etc)
    my question is...why? is this normal cause i can't imagine it is...
    i don't think steam game save cloud will work with onedrive so i need to know, is this fixable WITHOUT another wipe? i have no idea how my onedrive got synced with my documents folder. i didn't set it up that way. any help is appreciated!
    thanks!
     
    TheMatt1984, Aug 14, 2022
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