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OneDrive Sync altered many desktop files
Hello:
Microsoft One Drive synched. As usual, it also synched many files I have on my desktop.
While it was synching, I noticed many files on my desktop flickering and when that was done, they had green checks next to them. When the synching was done with, I noticed the files looked different and and under "Properties"
It showed these were no longer on my Desktop, but they were replaced by One Drive files.
I have a One Drive directory on my PC ,as well as access to my One Drive back up files online.
Question:
What caused those files located on my desktop to be replaced by the OneDrive/Desktop files? This had never happened to my desktop before
The file locations should be : Users/xxxx/Desktop and not Users/xxxx/OneDrive/Desktop
A few files had lost their proper icons as well
I somehow restored the proper files-using system restore. Many files were thereby deleted, but I had copies. So all is now as should be
Question:
1) What might have caused desktop files to be altered during the OneDrive synch? Shouldn't files just be uploaded to OneDrive and not be altered at the PC end here?
2)In case no one knows why this happened and how to prevent it, is there a way I can synch to OneDrive without synching my desktop at all?
I see an option under One Drive Settings-->Choose Folders to untick various folders-including Desktop- but from the way it reads it seems that unticking just makes the One Drive folder not visible. Implication being , it doesnt affect what's synched--only which folders are visible to on my One Drive directory on the PC
Thanks
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Eliuri
Windows 10 Version1809 (Build 17763.557)
Microsoft Office 365
Last edited by eliuri; 14 Jun 2019 at 20:47. Reason: refinement