Jun 21 2019
02:34 AM
- last edited on
Feb 01 2023
01:20 PM
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TechCommunityAP
Jun 21 2019
02:34 AM
- last edited on
Feb 01 2023
01:20 PM
by
TechCommunityAP
For build 18362.175+
When OneDrive initializes and runs first setup for Backup of Desktop, Documents and Pictures directories, the current setup logic creates a duplicate Documents folder in %USERPROFILE%.
An additional step is required to prevent the duplicate directory, and verify that the symbolic link for %USERPROFILE%\Documents is pointing to %USERPROFILE%\OneDrive\Documents
Additional steps
If this isn't done, applications writing to the absolute path of C:\Users\%USERNAME%\Documents will not be backed up, and users will have files go missing during an OS Update. The application will not write to C:\Users\%USERNAME%\OneDrive\Documents. It will use the absolute path.
While two directories exist, the symbolic link is bugged, and will not correctly redirect C:\Users\%USERNAME%\Documents to C:\Users\%USERNAME%\OneDrive\Documents
Please patch OneDrive setup to include these checks
Jun 24 2019 04:12 AM
Jul 05 2019 05:08 AM
OneDrive support have informed me that they have passed this issue on to the Engineers
Note:
Just adding another visual example:
Explorer: User Profile Local Path compared to User Profile Cloud Path