Windows 10: WHY is onedrive moving my desktop files, and why is it backing up everything?

Discus and support WHY is onedrive moving my desktop files, and why is it backing up everything? in Windows 10 Gaming to solve the problem; I wanted a cloud for pics and vids... NOT all my games and apps... Now I have to reload hundreds of Gigabytes of data from the recycle bin in one drive... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Gaming' started by Zachary_Blu_Red, Nov 13, 2022.

  1. WHY is onedrive moving my desktop files, and why is it backing up everything?


    I wanted a cloud for pics and vids... NOT all my games and apps... Now I have to reload hundreds of Gigabytes of data from the recycle bin in one drive and i cant figure out how to stop this..

    :)
     
    Zachary_Blu_Red, Nov 13, 2022
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  2. OneDrive moved my Desktop into a OneDrive folder and removed Google Drive

    To revert the shell folder locations to default, open OneDrive and do the following:

    Important: Before proceeding, copy the files in those special folders to another folder or external drive. Please don’t copy them anywhere under Desktop/Documents/Pictures. This is because disabling OneDrive backup for a folder would erase the local copies of the files. Copying them to a different location beforehand will ensure that you don’t need to download them again from the OneDrive cloud.



    1. Right-click the OneDrive icon in the Notification area and click Settings.
    2. Select the Backup tab, and click Manage Backup
    3. In the Manage folder backup dialog, click on the Stop backup link under the special folder (Desktop, Documents, or Pictures)
    4. Click Stop backup in the confirmation dialog that appears.
    5. Repeat the step for each shell folder you want to revert to the original location.

    See also:

     
    Ramesh Srinivasan, Nov 13, 2022
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  3. Moving desktop files to onedrive

    I finally decided to finally start using OneDrive, so I clicked and dragged a file folder on my desktop and moved it to the OneDrive folder. It disappeared from my desktop, but did not appear in OneDrive, alone or in any of the categories (documents, pictures,
    etc.). I'm sure there's a simple solution. Where are my files?
     
    DawnAnderson5, Nov 13, 2022
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  4. OldPilot Win User

    WHY is onedrive moving my desktop files, and why is it backing up everything?

    Document files moved to OneDrive

    My first post here: Windows 10 build 19042 Ver 20H2

    I don't know happened. Yesterday, I used Calibre that requires access to files in a folder in my Documents folder. But it wasn't there. All files and folders were gone and apparently moved to onedrive. I was able to move that folder back to the document folder within my user account and all of that worked okay. But why, had the files and folders been moved like that without my action. Also, how should I put my system back in order, if it is out of order?

    Not only have the files been moved but the point to locations have been changed. The location of Documents is listed as "C:\Users\jvpri\OneDrive\Pictures" . Hmm...why should the documents folder have been placed within Pictures? There still exists a Documents folder within my User directory account but it was empty.

    Also, some of my content on Desktop have been moved to a OneDrive/Desktop directory. There is a Where are my Files link left on the Desktop.

    Because of all this, I tried to learn a bit more about how OneDrive is supposed to work, but only go more confused. So, besides solving my immediate problem, is there somewhere a good read that will simplify what I am supposed to expect from Onedrive and how to keep it all straight.
     
    OldPilot, Nov 13, 2022
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