OneDrive keeps activating

[Guest]

I have OneDrive disabled from starting when turning on my PC as I don't use it, but for some reason it started to pop up when I work with some programs and browse files. I'm not sure how to explain this properly, but for example when I click "insert media file" in a program and a new window opens up where I can browse through files, this also pops up:

http://imgur.com/YCeeRUT

Apart from that OneDrive appears in the tray. If I close it in tray and repeat the process it opens up again. It happens with other programs too, so it's not the programs fault. How can I block it? It started one day all of a sudden, probably due to some Windows update.

 

[Paul NZ]

How did you disable it?? If ccleaner is installed, disable it in startup

 

[Guest]

In settings, I unchecked the box to start it automatically when signing to Windows. Besides, the startup is not a problem, it only opens in the situation described above. If I turn on the PC and do nothing OneDrive stays closed.

 

[Guest]

I guess I could describe it better by saying that it pops up every time I use File --> Open or similar in any program.

 

[Paul NZ]

If you're using Win10 Pro do this

Go to start, type gpedit.msc, and press Enter to open the Group Policy Editor. Navigate to the following folder:

Local Computer Policy\Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\OneDrive

Double-click the Prevent the usage of OneDrive for file storage policy setting in the right pane, set it to “Enabled,” and click “OK.”

This will also remove it from file explorer

 

[Guest]

Sounds great, but unfortunately I have Win 10 Home and no gpedit.msc

 

[Guest]

Up, anyone has any other ideas?

 

[gardenman]

Right click on taskbar, open Task Manager, go to Startup tab, find OneDrive and right click on it and disable it. Reboot.

 

[Guest]

It's not there. It doesn't appear in the Startup tab.

 

[Paul NZ]

Get the registry hack. To disable or enable it if you do want to use it it

 

[Guest]

I'm surprised to say it doesn't work. For something so simple, this is really one stubborn little nonsense. I tried downloading the file and doing it manually too (and yes I rebooted PC after one of each). To further explain what's going on, here are some print screens:

No OneDrive active, not in the tray or anywhere:

http://imgur.com/wLXmODt

Opening file in OpenOffice (it's happening in other programs too, it's just an example):

http://imgur.com/nnOxoqR

OneDrive window appears and icon in the tray appears too:

http://imgur.com/9JAMatb

If I close OneDrive in the tray the whole process repeats itself. It's almost forcing you to have it in the tray and on startup doing this. I don't know if something is messed up, or is it just simply some "genius" Windows update. It wasn't like that a few weeks ago.

 

[wpgwpg]

It sounds to me like you could have some kind of malware. Make sure you have an up to date anti-virus checker, do a scan, then download the free version of MalwareBytes and do a scan with it.

 

[Guest]

Did as you said, with both quick and full scans on Avast and MalwareBytes, no malware. And yes, I deactivated Avast when MB was scanning.

 

[gardenman]

If you using Win 10 Home, you won't have the gpedit.msc so you can ignore the first section of this page.

Skip down to the 2nd part titled "Hide OneDrive in Windows 10" and try those steps.

https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Turn-off-or-uninstall-OneDrive-f32a17ce-3336-40fe-9c38-6efb09f944b0?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US

 

[Guest]

I don't even have most of these options, because I don't have a OneDrive account, they are either non-existent or grayed out. Still, I applied the points that I could and nada. I wonder if CCleaner has something to do with it? I sometimes use it to clean registry. Maybe it messed something there...

 

[madmatt30]

https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/instantanswers/c2aafab1-3433-45a0-8037-2f4b25e41751/turn-off-onedrive-in-windows-10

The second section titled ' Hide OneDrive in Windows 10' works for me.

The magic step is the last one where you mark the one drive folder as hidden.

 

[Guest]

There are exactly the same instructions as in what gardenman sent, so unfortunately, they don't work for me. I think the reason for it is that the problem isn't OneDrive being there, the problem is that it keeps popping up when it's closed. Subtle difference, but still. It only opens in situation described above. In all other situations it stays closed as it should.

 

[gardenman]

You said you don't use OneDrive. I recommend uninstalling it. I understand the reasoning behind wanting to keep it, but are you ever really going to use it?

I have uninstalled it on all 3 of my Win10 systems. I did this a long time ago and haven't had to mess with it since. The Setup files are still on my system. I just tried to re-install it (in a virtual machine) and it apparently worked. (I used the /install parameter. I got an error so I ran the uninstall once again, then I was able to re-install it).

I can't predict how difficult it will be to re-install for everyone, but I was just able to do it. Also, it could be re-installed at any time by a Windows Update or installation of another Microsoft product, but I like I said above, I haven't had that problem. If you really need it later on and it's impossible to reinstall, you might have to reinstall Windows.

If interested in uninstalling it, go to bottom of page:
https://www.howtogeek.com/225973/how-to-disable-onedrive-and-remove-it-from-file-explorer-on-windows-10/

 

[Guest]

You know what, I decided to keep it in tray and putting it on startup. That way it is there in tray for no other reason than being there, but at least it doesn't pop up every few minutes or so when I'm doing something. Much less hassle than uninstalling it and while I don't plan on using it ever, I don't want to be bothered by this again after some Windows update. Still, I'm picking your answer as solution, as it is probably the closest to what I was trying to do with this problem.