Windows 10: Why does Microsoft make it nearly IMPOSSIBLE to STOP OneDrive Changes Drive Path on Local...

I have wasted several hours trying in vain to follow microsoft guidance on how to stop the tentacles of OneDrive from redirecting what I need to be local and keeps trying to send everything to one drive against my will. I followed the instructions carefully, repeatedly and I am very, very upset. I do not have time to waste with this ****.I had to pass a dozen verifications, repeatedly, unlinked, stopped syncing and on and on, but then i go to unzip a local file and AGAIN!!!!! this parasite called OneDrive inserts itself in every path.C:\Users\Jon\OneDrive\Desktop\Gigabyte Window UtilityHHHEEE

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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 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

 

Recent shortcuts for apps show files on OneDrive instead of local hard drive

I was able to follow the steps and uncheck the "Use Office apps to sync" box but it didn't change Office's behavior. I opened and closed an Excel spreadsheet on my local hard drive. After that, when I right-clicked on the Excel icon pinned to the taskbar, a link to the OneDrive cloud file was in the list of recent files instead of a link to the file on my hard drive.

Do you have any other suggestions?

Thanks!