Windows 10: Why OneDrive is the default setting for folders?

Who thought it was a Good Idea to set OneDrive as default settings to connect all of them to your local folders.This is why we're gonna move to Linux at some point Windows and its features is more of a virus than a virus is a Virus.What a world we live in.[Original Title has been changed due to using offensive language]

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Xbox captures default folder

Hi,

Yes, you can change the default folder for Xbox captures in OneDrive by following these steps:

1. Open the OneDrive app on your device.
   
2. Click on the gear icon in the upper-right corner of the screen and select "Settings."
   
3. Go to the "Auto Save" tab.
   
4. Under the "Screenshots" and "Captured gameplay" sections, select the "OneDrive" option and then click "Update folders."
   
5. Deselect the Xbox captures folder that you no longer want to be the default and select the new folder you want to use instead.
   
6. Click "Update" to save your changes.
   

After completing these steps, any new Xbox captures will be saved to the new default folder you selected in OneDrive. If you want to move your existing captures to the new folder, you can do so by selecting them in OneDrive and using the "Move" function to move them to the new folder.

Regards

Shuaib

 

OneDrive: How to reset default location for the "Documents" folder

Ok, that's a bit messy.

To play this safe, I would recommend that you go to OneDrive via web browser to download your files (which is the newer version, right?) and put them locally somewhere outside of OneDrive folder, so that no matter what we do with OneDrive, they will not be affected, for now.

Then I will suggest that you go to OneDrive settings, do steps 4 and 5 above.

Then sign back into OneDrive, at the step where it was asking you for the OneDrive folder path, set it back to the old path. Then perform step 4 again. The intention here is to return your shell folders (documents, desktop, pictures) back to local level and out of OneDrive.

If you want to continue using OneDrive, you can leave it at that, otherwise continue with unlink and uninstall.

Then you will have to manually sort through your files after that to decide what to keep.

 

This PC leads to the OneDrive folder.

Hi Lance,

There are different factors as to why the default location of the documents and pictures folder on your computer is defaulting to OneDrive. One possible reason is that you setup OneDrive as the default save location of your files. For us to resolve your
concern, kindly follow the steps below:

• Open File Explorer and from the left-hand panel select the
  Documents folder from the list.
• After selecting the Documents folder, right click on it and select
  properties from the list.
• Select the Location tab, and click on the Restore Default button. (see screenshot below)
  
  
  
  
• Select OK and if prompted to create a folder at the default location, click on
  Yes.
• If you get a prompt to move all files from the old location to the new default location, click on
  Yes.

Once complete the folder properties windows will close by itself and folder should not be using the default location. Take note that these steps apply to the different folder in your computer.

We look forward to your response once you complete the steps.