Hi Ana and all,
I have awesome news for those of you who don't want to have anything to
do with one drive, and I'm one of you, I hate it, and don't use it, and
don't want it!!!
One drive is one of a few apps that you can uninstall, how about that!!!
Here's how to do it:
step 1. Press the Windows key, and you should be in the list of apps,
and if not press up arrow and see if it says apps, and if not press the
down arrow key, and you should be in the list of apps.
step 2. When you find an app you want to uninstall, like one drive,
press shift f10 and a menu pops up.
step 3. Then, down arrow to uninstall and press enter.
step 4. A confirm uninstall pops up, and you press space bar, and the
app is removed!!!
There you have it!!!
enjoy!
Harry
On 1/26/2020 5:02 PM, Ana G wrote:
> Hi All,
>
>
> I'm running Windows 10 1909.
>
>
> I just had a frightening experience with cloud storage, which made me
> realize I don't really understand One Drive and Windows Libraries. If
> anyone can give me a little explanation to get me started, I can read
> more on my own.
>
>
> So my experience has always been this.
>
>
> When you go into This PC, you find folders like Desktop, Documents,
> Downloads, and Music, and later you find the official C:\ drive. If
> you put files into Documents, Music, etc., they go into One Drive and
> are synced by Microsoft. If you don't want to use One Drive, you can
> go into the C:\ drive to find Users > your name > and a different set
> of folders called Desktop, Documents, Downloads, and Music, and you
> put your files there. The two sets of folders with the same name
> (i.e., the two Documents folders) are completely unrelated, so you can
> add files to one without the file appearing in the other. When you
> upgrade to a new version of Windows, Windows defaults you to the set
> of folders that is synced to One Drive. If you aren't interested in
> the MS cloud service, you need to get yourself to the folder that
> doesn't sync.
>
>
> Since I'm not a One Drive user, I always get myself to the folder that
> doesn't sync. I also empty out the synced folder, and I usually turn
> off One drive though this is sometimes enough of a PITA that I give up
> at some point. Every now and then, I check the synced folder to make
> sure it's still empty, and it is. I don't remember when I last
> checked, but I would say it was probably last spring.
>
>
> This morning, I had a very different experience.
>
>
> About a week ago, I updated to Windows 10 1909. Last night, I
> downloaded some files from the web, and when I couldn't find them in
> the non-syncing Downloads folder, I realized I had to set the right
> folder because of the OS update. This morning, I saved an email
> attachment, and the same thing happened. The file wasn't in the
> non-syncing Documents folder, so I saved the attachment again, this
> time navigating to the right folder. What I just described went as
> expected.
>
>
> The next thing I did was go into the Documents folder that syncs to
> One Drive. It was full of folders and files, including my BARD and
> Audible books. That was a surprise. I didn't check to find out whether
> it was an exact copy of the non-syncing Documents folder. My quick
> skim was that most things were there but that a few things were
> missing. Maybe during all the Google Drive drama of a few days before,
> One Drive somehow got itself in on the cloud sync action and copied my
> files. Anyway, I hit ctrl+a to select all, and I hit Delete to clear
> the One Drive folder. Then I went to C:\ > Users > Ana > Documents,
> and ... you know where this is going ... the folder, which isn't
> supposed to sync, was absolutely empty and its contents were
> permanently gone. Fortunately, I had copies of the really important
> things in Dropbox, so I pasted them into the non-syncing folder, and a
> few minutes later, when I checked the One Drive folder in This PC, my
> newly pasted files and folders were there.
>
>
> So my first question is "Are these two folders now one and the same?"
>
>
> As I've been exploring, I notice that, when you're in one of these
> syncing / non-syncing folders and press the Applications key on a file
> or folder, there's an item that says, "give access to," which includes
> options like Home Group and Specific Users, and there's another item
> that says "Include in Library," which includes options like Documents
> and Music.
>
>
> So my next two questions are "What do the 'Give access to' and
> 'Include in Library' items do, and how are they related?"
>
>
> I know that home groups, sharing, and libraries have been part of
> Windows forever, but I've never understood these features, even when I
> try to do some reading.
>
>
> Thanks for any wisdom.
>
>
> Ciao
>
>
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