Windows 10: User folder has duplicated my files and I don't want this

Discus and support User folder has duplicated my files and I don't want this in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; Hi, I have noticed my storage is almost full, yet I have 66GB on the drive, exploring I find a USERS folder with my name that has 157GB on there -... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Network and Sharing' started by #ouch, Aug 15, 2021.

  1. #ouch Win User

    User folder has duplicated my files and I don't want this


    Hi, I have noticed my storage is almost full, yet I have 66GB on the drive, exploring I find a USERS folder with my name that has 157GB on there - ahah! However when I delete these files on this user folder it also deletes them from the Desktop/documents/pictures folders - I wish to obviously keep these. How do I delete the files on the user folder without losinng them elsewhere, please help. Thanks in advance.

    :)
     
    #ouch, Aug 15, 2021
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  2. Tenforo Active Member

    Duplicate User folder.

    I moved my default Pictures, Documents, Music folders to a new Data partition (D).

    My Users/myName folder remained on the C partition.

    Everything was fine for 2 years.

    For some reason this myName folder is now duplicated on the D partition (D\myName)

    I have now a default documents folder in

    • D\Documents
    • D\myName\Documents
    • Onedrive\Documents
    • C\Users\myName\Documents
    The same with the other system folders.

    I can not change the location of the folders in the 2 duplicate user folders.

    Rightclicking in properties, there is no location option.

    Only the folders in OneDrive and the D partition have this option.

    Any ideas?
     
    Tenforo, Aug 15, 2021
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  3. Tenforo Active Member
    onedrive duplicating my folders...

    Hi.

    Again, onedrive is going crazy and is duplicating my main folder, full of subfolders. It's locking me out of all my files. I have windows 10, Office 365 home. I paused synch at the moment before I have 1000 copy of my folder, which I can't open anyway!
    Please don't ask me any question that will further delay the repair. Simply give me a step by step solution and then improve onedrive so this won't happen again to so many of us. I suggest you also add "onedrive" in the list of "Windows Topics" below since
    thousands of users have issues with it.

    Thanks

    Michel

    *** Email address is removed for privacy ***
     
    Tenforo, Aug 15, 2021
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