Windows 10: Windows Multiple users snycing on same MS account

Discus and support Windows Multiple users snycing on same MS account in Windows 10 Customization to solve the problem; Hello, I searched for a while and didn't find any results .. So my question is: Is it somehow possible to snyc 2 devices seperately with OneDrive... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Customization' started by KowanSan, Feb 11, 2020.

  1. KowanSan Win User

    Windows Multiple users snycing on same MS account


    Hello, I searched for a while and didn't find any results ..


    So my question is:

    Is it somehow possible to snyc 2 devices seperately with OneDrive Desktop, Documents etc on the same Microsoft account ?


    My issue is that I don't want all of my settings, desktop etc from my PC synced to my outdated Laptop so it has its own environment / settings etc ---> and I don't want to override my settings on my PC when I change something on my outdated laptop


    Is there any way to achieve this without using 2 separate Microsoft accounts?

    :)
     
    KowanSan, Feb 11, 2020
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  2. Kari Win User

    Local Acct user and MS account user - sync them or merge them


    If the local account is the one where you have most of your personal data, this is how I would do it:

    • Sign in to your Microsoft account
    • Copy all documents, pictures and other personal data from Microsoft account's user folders to corresponding folders in user Public (contents of MS account Documents folder to Public Documents folder and so on)
    • Sign out from Microsoft account
    Notice that above steps are only required if Microsoft account user folders contain data you want to keep. If its user folders are empty or do not contain anything worth saving, you can skip the above steps. Continue from below.

    • Sign in to the local account
    • Delete the Microsoft account (Option One in this tutorial)
    • Switch your local account to a Microsoft account (tutorial)
    • Copy the data backed up from old Microsoft account to Public folders to new Microsoft account in corresponding folders

    That's it. Using the Public folders as temporary storage you will have none whatsoever file owner / permission issues later on.
     
  3. Zakin Win User
    Strange Windows 10 User Account issue.

    Unfortunately I had done those steps numerous reboots, it just, reappears for no good reason. The base account isn't even a Microsoft account, it's a local account.

    I haven't quite tried the built in administrator account on W10, but so far in my experience on my own computer, the built in account seemed to have absolutely no more control than I did on my own.

    It's just strange, I go in, it warns me twice about deleting the account, then it's gone. Reboot, and it's back?

    EDIT: Just to specify, both command line and Netplwiz both say only HIS account exists on the computer, it doesn't list this rogue account. This is what I meant in my first post about the fact that even Windows doesn't seem to believe it exists, HALF the time. *Frown Windows Multiple users snycing on same MS account :(
     
    Zakin, Feb 11, 2020
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  4. chideock Win User

    Windows Multiple users snycing on same MS account

    Local Acct user and MS account user - sync them or merge them


    Thank you. I will give it a try later today and post my results.

    Got to it sooner than I thought.
    Your method worked perfectly.

    Thank you
     
    chideock, Feb 11, 2020
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