Path: not-for-mail From: Big Al Newsgroups: alt.comp.os.windows-11 Subject: Re: Getting rid of One Drive. Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2024 10:40:00 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 170 Message-Id: References: <656ssi1njkdg4jrdrut8mjetfooh31cvs8@4ax.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2024 15:40:01 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="770a06521aa4627a00744b964fac517d"; logging-data="3545658"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18o+8ywPN6+GFRUg3MMR2xLKN3uYWs8S/M=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:rXwTlMBZSETGfsZfCfx9Qvc7Bi8= In-Reply-To: <656ssi1njkdg4jrdrut8mjetfooh31cvs8@4ax.com> Content-Language: en-US On 2/15/24 08:59 AM, KenW wrote: > On Thu, 15 Feb 2024 00:05:26 -0500, Paul > wrote: > >> On 2/14/2024 10:51 PM, Peter Jason wrote: >>> Is there any way to get rid of One Drive, its history and stored >>> files? >>> >> >> There could be more than one version of OneDrive. >> >> The users here get a bit frothy on the topic. >> A person at the very end of the thread recommends Revo Uninstaller. >> >> https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/how-do-i-completely-uninstall-onedrive/60d40ca8-7dbb-4498-95d2-4e6ea2f971c3?page=1 >> >> You will notice some of the posts have interesting ideas. One >> person uses two machines, to clean up OneDrive on the server end, >> then carry out a procedure on the machine-in-question, for removal >> of OneDrive. And perhaps Revo Uninstaller can be fitted into the >> end of that progression. >> >> But the procedure is not just the removal of an executable on one >> machine, because that might leave some content "stranded" on the >> server end. The server end is unlikely to really delete everything, >> but what you're aiming for, is that the server *interface* no longer >> offers access to anything. In the fullness of time, the content >> still on the server (hidden somewhere), will get cleared off. >> >> When W11 24H2 arrives, the executable could come back. It might depend >> on how you installed 24H2, as to exactly what happens. >> >> Paul > > I used REVO > > > KenW Whatever I did on my Win10 machine, I left the Documents / Pictures / Music folders still linked to onedrive/documents etc. I had to go into the registry and tweak things. But it's been so long I forgot and took no notes that I can find. KenW has a point and thus I never did it to my Win 11 machine. WOOHOO. I found the registry file that fixed everything. Still...MAKE BACKUPS. If nothing else, just use this as a template and edit the registry manually. I decoded the MUSIC entry and it uses %USERPROFILE% so it's generic to any user name. I think I just dumped the whole 'shell folders' folder and there may be more here than needed. 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