Deleting/renaming files on desktop takes a long time

Wait what...? I went into the username folder and deleted my "onedrive" folder which contains the desktop folder for some reason, then tried to paste a shortcut on the desktop again, issue remained, and the onedrive folder comes back again in the username folder. I then renamed the onedrive folder to desktop2 (Since I already had one desktop folder which contains microsoft edge, don't know why that is) and deleted it again, I then pasted another shortcut again on the desktop and the folder desktop2 comes back again in the username folder, but now the problem suddenly gone away

Barman58 said:

Onedrive files are located in Either, the Onedrive folder on the local system and the onedrive location online, or just the onedrive location online.

The working of the shortcut is partly relient on checking that the data is still up to date at its final location, in the case of something that is stored remotely, and especially online, these checks may take a while to complete, and this gives the delay you are seeing.

The major issue here is caused by Microsoft, they decided to automatically add all the standard folders - Documents, Pictures, Music, etc to the OneDrive system and they placed this Onedrive folder in a priority location near the top,in the left pane of the File Explorer.

What you are doing is accidentally creating a link to the folders, (actually they are shortcuts rather than folders), within the Onedrive area rather than the actual folders, if you scroll down further in the list you should find a set of Libraries which also contain shortcuts to the real folders and interspersed with all these are the actual folders, these are identifiable as when you right click, select, properties, they will show a Location tab, rather than a variety of other tabs or shortcut info

If you make sure you make your links only to these real folders the speed of access will me much faster, I have done this myself in Windows 10 and I am a long term user, (40 Years), so it's a simple error.

It can also be seen with the access of the Quick Access folders to recent files and folders, I had it myself a few days ago as I had accessed a file remotely across the local network from the file explorer and the system tried to check it's presence evey time I opened the explorer - I removed the file from the list and this instantly cured the issue

Wait what...? I went into the username folder and deleted my "onedrive" folder which contains the desktop folder for some reason, then tried to paste a shortcut on the desktop again, issue remained, and the onedrive folder comes back again in the username folder. I then renamed the onedrive folder to desktop2 (Since I already had one desktop folder which contains microsoft edge, don't know why that is) and deleted it again, I then pasted another shortcut again on the desktop and the folder desktop2 comes back again in the username folder, but now the problem suddenly gone away

Slim101 said:

Wait what...? I went into the username folder and deleted my "onedrive" folder which contains the desktop folder for some reason, then tried to paste a shortcut on the desktop again, issue remained, and the onedrive folder comes back again in the username folder. I then renamed the onedrive folder to desktop2 (Since I already had one desktop folder which contains microsoft edge, don't know why that is) and deleted it again, I then pasted another shortcut again on the desktop and the folder desktop2 comes back again in the username folder, but now the problem suddenly gone away

I think I just had a short circuit. Is your problem resolved?

EyeInTheSky said:

I think I just had a short circuit. Is your problem resolved?

I thought it was, but the problem came back after restarting my computer, so I tried to do what I did before, renaming the "onedrive" folder and deleting it, and the problem is gone pretty much hahah, but the problem comes back when I restart my computer.

Slim101 said:

I thought it was, but the problem came back after restarting my computer, so I tried to do what I did before, renaming the "onedrive" folder and deleting it, and the problem is gone pretty much hahah, but the problem comes back when I restart my computer.

That is why I had a short circuit. Renaming the OneDrive folder is not the same as disabling OneDrive.

Barman58 said:

The Onedrive system is a Low Level Windows System - deleting the onedrive folder may delete your local and even the remote online files but the Onedrive folder itself should be rebuilt after a reboot, or so,
I'm not sure of the check cycle of the scheduled task[s] that perform these tasks. Even switching the function off is not guaranteed to work as each major update restores it.

In Windows 10 Home, I have only had to disable OneDrive twice since I first accepted the Free Upgrade to Windows 10.

Are you saying that in the Pro Edition, that OneDrive automatically re-enables itself with each Cumulative Update?

The Onedrive have been removed from the file explorer and deleted in apps and features, this was a week ago or so, so I don't know why that folder still is there.