Desktop shortcuts duplicated - OneDrive


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I have a work from home setup on my Win 10 desktop. This uses OneDrive and Office365.
Its all been working perfectly.

My boss got me a laptop (uses Win11) and had this set up the same way - OneDrive and Office365.

Everything is running and syncing perfectly, EXCEPT my desktop shortcuts.

Every time I log into to either device, my desktop shortcuts seem to duplicate endlessly on both devices.

All other files and folders seem fine.

Any idea why this is happening and how do I resolve it?

Many thanks
 

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That's what syncing is...duplication. If you don't want both desktops to look exactly the same you will have to turn off syncing for the desktop folder on at least your personal computer...or both of them if you want. IMO syncing desktops causes issues since rarely do 2 systems use the same apps..
When they are unsynced , once you straightem out the shortcuts on both computers, they should stay straightened out because they are not in that perpetual loop like when they're synced.
This tutorial should help. For the Desktop folder Do Option 1-steps 1-4. Then do Option 3 - step 3 and step 5

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glasskuter said:
That's what syncing is...duplication. If you don't want both desktops to look exactly the same you will have to turn off syncing for the desktop folder on at least your personal computer...or both of them if you want. IMO syncing desktops causes issues since rarely do 2 systems use the same apps..
When they are unsynced , once you straightem out the shortcuts on both computers, they should stay straightened out because they are not in that perpetual loop like when they're synced.
This tutorial should help. For the Desktop folder Do Option 1-steps 1-4. Then do Option 3 - step 3 and step 5

www.elevenforum.com

Turn On or Off OneDrive Folder Backup Syncing Across Windows 11 Devices

This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off OneDrive folder backup and sync for your Microsoft account across all your Windows 10 and Windows 11 devices you sign in with the same Microsoft account. You can use OneDrive to sync files and folders between your computer and the cloud, so you...
www.elevenforum.com www.elevenforum.com
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That's not really a valid solution is it.
I would say unsyching is a WorkAround.
Solution should be to stop duplicates to continously be created, a duplicates check of some sort.
Otherwise what's the point of sync- one wants the same desktop no matter where one logs in.

Possibly something like this should be implemented: $AllDuplicates= (get-childitem -Path $OneDriveLocation -Filter "Copy*.lnk" -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)
 

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