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OneDrive for all my user profiles
Each Windows account is isolated — OneDrive won’t automatically share files between them.
You can’t merge or automatically access the other user’s OneDrive unless you:
Log into that user account
Or share files manually between the accounts (via OneDrive's “Share” feature or Windows folder sharing).
You cannot run two OneDrive accounts in the same Windows profile unless:
One is a personal account. The other is a business/work/school account (OneDrive for Business).
- OldPilotApr 20, 2025Copper Contributor
-Thanks Nikolino. That is what I am finding out I have to go to the other account and somehow transfer whatever file/data I am looking for. I had thought (hoped) that since both accounts were created from within the same Microsoft Windows Live account (same username and same password) and on the same computer that they would be somehow linked. One was an admin user and the other was a standard user.
I will try the "sharing" scheme. Since my other computers are operated from a single admin user account, they all have a full access to all data in the Onedrive. So sharing is not required.