Documents Folder Stuck in OneDrive

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  1. Posts : 5
    Windows 10 Pro
       #1

    Documents Folder Stuck in OneDrive


    Hi everybody,

    Hopefully someone can help with this annoying issue. At some point shortly after installation I changed the Location of my Documents folder, so it may reside within the OneDrive user folder.

    Shortly thereafter I released this was not what I wanted, given that many applications, by default, spout numerous files into my Documents' location. I redirected the Documents folder once again, seemingly successfully, to its original location. Since then a second, duplicated Documents consistently reappears (even after deletion from both the PC and the OneDrive website).

    On checking the properties of this Documents doppelganger I can observe that its location is configured still to the OneDrive folder.

    I am hoping there exists some register wizardry that might solve this issue.

    Thanks in advanced for any help!

    Pete
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  2. Posts : 12
    Windows 10
       #2

    How did you change the location of the documents? If you're absolutely sure you cannot find it under This PC tab in Windows Explorer, then go to OneDrive and right click on the documents folder in there (make sure this is not the OneDrive documents folder, which looks very similar). Select properties in the menu that appears. Go to the Location tab in Properties. In the text box that appears, enter in C:\Users\Your-Username\Documents . This should put your documents folder back in its normal location. This definitely should work, as I did it to my own computer just to check.
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  3. Posts : 15,027
    Windows 10 IoT
       #3

    How did you move it back? Did you use the Restore Default option? If No, I would do that on both folders.
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  4. Posts : 5
    Windows 10 Pro
    Thread Starter
       #4

    JTechnology said:
    How did you change the location of the documents? If you're absolutely sure you cannot find it under This PC tab in Windows Explorer, then go to OneDrive and right click on the documents folder in there (make sure this is not the OneDrive documents folder, which looks very similar). Select properties in the menu that appears. Go to the Location tab in Properties. In the text box that appears, enter in C:\Users\Your-Username\Documents . This should put your documents folder back in its normal location. This definitely should work, as I did it to my own computer just to check.
    alphanumeric said:
    How did you move it back? Did you use the Restore Default option? If No, I would do that on both folders.
    Hi and thanks for replying,

    I had changed the location using the Location tab of the Documents' Properties. I did indeed restore default location afterwards. I have tried changing the Location back as you have described to no avail, prompting this error:

    Documents Folder Stuck in OneDrive-access_is_denied.png

    Many Thanks,

    Pete
      My Computer


  5. Posts : 15,027
    Windows 10 IoT
       #5

    There is supposed to be a Documents folder in OneDrive by the way. And one in C:\Users\ your user name. There should be Documents, Pictures, Music and Public folders there.
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  6. Posts : 68,668
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       #6

    Hello Pete, and welcome to Ten Forums. :)

    Double check in OneDrive settings to make sure that you have Documents set to "Auto save" in "This PC only".

    https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/3...dows-10-a.html

    Documents Folder Stuck in OneDrive-48378d1447610582-documents-pictures-auto-save-onedrive-pc-windows-10-onedrive_auto_save_docume.png
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  7. Posts : 5
    Windows 10 Pro
    Thread Starter
       #7

    alphanumeric said:
    There is supposed to be a Documents folder in OneDrive by the way. And one in C:\Users\ your user name. There should be Documents, Pictures, Music and Public folders there.
    Thanks for your continued help,

    If that is the case, seems rather counter-intuitive to end up with this situation:

    Documents Folder Stuck in OneDrive-duplicated_documents.png

    I have none of the folders Pictures, Music, etc folders in there. I have used OneDrive prior to upgrading from Windows 7. You're saying that these folders would simply be injected among my previously established OneDrive folder configuration?

    Regards,

    Peter
      My Computer


  8. Posts : 5
    Windows 10 Pro
    Thread Starter
       #8

    Brink said:
    Hello Pete, and welcome to Ten Forums. :)

    Double check in OneDrive settings to make sure that you have Documents set to "Auto save" in "This PC only".

    https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/3...dows-10-a.html

    Documents Folder Stuck in OneDrive-48378d1447610582-documents-pictures-auto-save-onedrive-pc-windows-10-onedrive_auto_save_docume.png
    Thanks for the warm welcome Brink,

    I have checked this and these settings are already configured as illustrated.

    Regards,

    Peter
      My Computer


  9. Posts : 15,027
    Windows 10 IoT
       #9

    pjrobot said:
    Thanks for your continued help,

    If that is the case, seems rather counter-intuitive to end up with this situation:

    Documents Folder Stuck in OneDrive-duplicated_documents.png

    I have none of the folders Pictures, Music, etc folders in there. I have used OneDrive prior to upgrading from Windows 7. You're saying that these folders would simply be injected among my previously established OneDrive folder configuration?

    Regards,

    Peter

    Documents Folder Stuck in OneDrive-one-drive-capture.png
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  10. Posts : 5
    Windows 10 Pro
    Thread Starter
       #10

    alphanumeric said:
    Documents Folder Stuck in OneDrive-one-drive-capture.png
    Perhaps the two have become merged irreversibly? The icon in my OneDrive also appears to be different.
    Documents Folder Stuck in OneDrive-onedrive_documents_icon.png
    This by no means solves my problem.
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