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Onedrive has the desktop for my computer? Why?
So, I saw that there was a folder on my OneDrive for Desktop for my home computer. I deleted that folder....and lost everything that was on Desktop for my home computer. I was able to restore the d...
Look at the settings for OneDrive. Redirected folder backup for Desktop, My Documents and My Pictures has been a standard feature for a decade .it is incredibly well documented.
Don't manually delete folders and move them around. You will lose files.
Don't manually delete folders and move them around. You will lose files.
Mike WilliamsThank you. The settings for "Back up folders on this PC" has "Desktop" not backed up. I did not realize that Documents and Pictures were being backed up, so I turned those off. (I have a NAS in my house where I store those and don't store anything on this computer.)
So, if the Desktop is not supposed to be being backed up...why is it being backed up? Is there a way to fix this?