Windows 10: Synching OneDrive to new PC created confusing local disk storage

setting up new Windows PC, default installation of OneDrive connecting to existing Microsoft & OneDrive accounts. After intial synchronisation, the parent and all sub directories of OneDrive data put in Documents folder in local OneDrive folder. In addition, a documents folder was created in my User directory on local disk that contains a mirror copy synchronised with OneDrive Documents folder on my local disk.


The OneDrive cloud directory structure does NOT reflect the Documents directory.


synchronisation with cloud and other devices works perfectly well; i just have this arbitrary nets directories pn local disk.


is there a configuration setting or similar that i am missing?

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Confused about how OneDrive works

I am using windows10 on several PCs all with the same microsoft account.

My understanding is I have a OneDrive cloud storage, and on every PC I can see a local OneDrive, which will be synchronized to the cloud, is that right?

Now I have some questions.

1. Those local OneDrive are supposed to use my local harddisk storage.
   So if I put a lot of files in the Cloud, I will have a local copy in
   all my PCs which occupied my local hard disk?
   
2. If I modified something on my local OneDrive, say I delete a file,
   the file in the Cloud will later be deleted as well when they
   synchronise ?
   
3. If I do different modifications on different PCs locally, which one
   will be synchronised to the Cloud?
   
4. I tried to use browser to login my OneDrive, in this way I am
   supposed to be see the Cloud files, not the files on my local
   OneDrive, right? But I see different directories different files
   when visit it using different PCs.
   

I am really completely confused by how OneDrive work. Anyone can help? Thanks in advance!

 

Creating new non-synching storage folder for documents on C: drive

Hello:

I've recently synched all my documents in my Documents directory with OneDrive.

This changed the pathway of all files/folders there from

C:\Users\Username\Documents

to

C:\Users\Username\OneDrive\Documents

I don't wish to synchronize all my document folders. Just most of them. But when I undid Documents from OneDrive's Settings--> Backup, they all just disappeared from my hard drive --I guess up into the OneDrive cloud. So I ticked Documents back in from within Settings, and they re-appeared....It's fine with me to have most my Documents protected this way..But there are many I'd just like to simply store on my PC--without OneDrive synchronization
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Question:

How best to do that?

Offhand, I can think of two ways, but there may be others:

1) One option might be to use the already existing directory at OS (C) C:\Users\Username\Documents

It is non-synching. So far OneDrive hasnt "claimed" it. I have placed a file there a few days ago, sent link to it to my Desktop and it seems to just stay put..So far..

But might this somehow "confuse" the system and create issues later on?


2) Create new Folder at OS (C):

For example:

C:\Storage

and simply store non-syching file/folder documents there. Not sure this is safe and stable way to do this without messing things up

Which of these two options--if any-- is the more stable and wont create issues and pathway confusions down the line

There's only one user for my pc and only one OS Drive C

Thanks


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Windows 10 Version:1809
OneDrive Version: 2019 Build 19.086.0502.006

 

Creating new non-synching storage folder for documents on C: drive

Thank you. However I had read those tutorials last week when I was trying to get OneDrive to synch with my Documents. The Documents folder is one of 3 folders backed up by default by OneDrive. I had found out what was blocking the synching of Documents, and finally got it to synch as a protected Windows folder. Now my question pertains to un-synching a few specific folders in my Documents, while keeping most of them protected by OneDrive backup.

The goal is to have those available only locally and not online. Unticking a given folder in Documents via Settings merely makes it invisible--and unavailable-- on the local drive. Only way to get it back then is to re-synch by ticking it back in.

So my initial question above--and possible modes I put forth there to achieve that --still remains

Thanks