Question Duplicated Documents folder

[dforrest]

Since upgrading my system from Windows 10 to Windows 11, I am having problems with what appear to be duplicated folders. In Windows 10 I had my documents in a folder "C:\Users\dforr\Documents" ("dforrest" is my user name). Now the content of that folder appears to be duplicated in a folder "C:\Users\dforr\OneDrive". is there an explanation for this?

 

[USAFRet]

Since upgrading my system from Windows 10 to Windows 11, I am having problems with what appear to be duplicated folders. In Windows 10 I had my documents in a folder "C:\Users\dforr\Documents" ("dforrest" is my user name). Now the content of that folder appears to be duplicated in a folder "C:\Users\dforr\OneDrive". is there an explanation for this?

Yes, OneDrive.

It is the same data, only now it is "backed up/duplicated" to the cloud space, OneDrive.

You can disable that if you wish. Or leave it, and have a good backup of your data.

 

[dforrest]

Thanks, that sounds very simple but is causing me problems with older aps thinking I have two copies of several folders. I need to uninstall OneDrive.

Does anyone know of a simple way of completely disabling and uninstalling OneDrive?

 

[USAFRet]

Thanks, that sounds very simple but is causing me problems with older aps thinking I have two copies of several folders. I need to uninstall OneDrive.

Does anyone know of a simple way of completely disabling and uninstalling OneDrive?

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us...onedrive-f32a17ce-3336-40fe-9c38-6efb09f944b0

 

[dforrest]

Thanks again. I have gone through the unlink and uninstall procedures recommended but I continue to have the same problems.

I still have a folder "C:\Users\dforr\OneDrive\Documents which applications are reading and not my "C:\Users\dforr\Documents" folder as they should.

 

[USAFRet]

Thanks again. I have gone through the unlink and uninstall procedures recommended but I continue to have the same problems.

I still have a folder "C:\Users\dforr\OneDrive\Documents which applications are reading and not my "C:\Users\dforr\Documents" folder as they should.

Current Windows applications default to Saving to the last place they saved.
In your case, the OneDrive space.

Try renaming that /One/Drive/Documents to /NotOneDrive/.
See what happens.

 

[dforrest]

I have tried all you suggested and some (not all) of the documents created are saved in my "C:\Users\dforr\OneDrive" and not my "C:\Users\dforr\Documents" folder, where they should be saved. I have tried many ways to correct this without success. Can anyone on these forums help?

 

[USAFRet]

I have tried all you suggested and some (not all) of the documents created are saved in my "C:\Users\dforr\OneDrive" and not my "C:\Users\dforr\Documents" folder, where they should be saved. I have tried many ways to correct this without success. Can anyone on these forums help?

Can you copy those files to some other location.
Completely outside the /Users/dforr/.... realm.
Some other folder completely.

 

[dforrest]

Yes, I copy all of the to my documents folder.

 

[USAFRet]

Yes, I copy all of the to my documents folder.

Right.
And that Documents folder is likely still linked to OneDrive.

I meant somewhere else completely. Possibly even a USB connected flash drive.

 

[dforrest]

Why?

 

[USAFRet]

Why?

To have a copy of these files that are completely outside any connection with OneDrive.
Your Documents folder may still have that connection.

And it is never a bad thing to have more than one copy.

 

[dforrest]

This is what I need to do. I am trying to find out what I need to do to my system to make it unnecessary for me to need to do that,

 

[USAFRet]

This is what I need to do. I am trying to find out what I need to do to my system to make it unnecessary for me to need to do that,

All I'm saying is, safeguard the actual documents. Second copy, off to some other location.

Then, disable OneDrive.

 

[dforrest]

I have repeatedly done that over the past few weeks, with the same result.