Solved OneDrive has got me in a mess


perdrix

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I made the mistake of activating OneDrive. And got into a right mess with some stuff on Users/userid/Documents and some in Users/userid/OneDrive/Documents

Same for other folders like Pictures.
So I uninstalled OneDrive using BCUninstaller and deleted the stuff in Appdata/Local/Microsoft/OneDrive.

But there's a ghost in the machine. When I logoff/logon the OneDrive folder reappears with Documents and Pictures folders in it :( And Labview is writing is logs to a folder in OneDrive/Documents.

How on earth to sort out this mess?

Thanks David
 

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You might want to try REVO Uninstaller with it's... "Scan for Leftovers" tool.

Re-install OneDrive, then use REVO (free), to uninstall it.
 

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Hmm I used BCUninstaller "Remove Leftovers"
 

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And to add insult to injury Outlook has opened a new pst file in "OneDrive/Documents/Outlook Files" and not opened the existing Outlook.pst file
 

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Hmm I used BCUninstaller "Remove Leftovers"


I saw that. I dunno what to tell ya. I used REVO... and OneDrive is... gone.
 

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    AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
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    Asus Pro WS X570-ACE (BIOS 4702)
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    G.Skill (F4-3200C14D-16GTZKW)
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    EVGA RTX 2070 (08G-P4-2171-KR)
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    Realtek ALC1220P / ALC S1220A
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    Dell U3011 30"
    Screen Resolution
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    2x Samsung 860 EVO 500GB,
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    Logitech Optical M-100
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    ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe Wireless Edition
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    Onboard
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    ViewSonic G90FB Black 19" Professional (CRT)
    Screen Resolution
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    Hard Drives
    WD 36GB 10,000rpm Raptor SATA
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    Generic Beige case, 80mm fans
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    ZALMAN 9500A 92mm CPU Cooler
    Mouse
    Logitech Optical M-BT96a
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    Logitech Classic Keybooard 200
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    Firefox 3.x ??
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    Still assembled, still runs. Haven't turned it on for 13 years?
One drive is indeed uninstalled, but it lingers around still AFAICT Revo Uninstaller didn't change
 

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Solved!!! OneDrive had messed with HKCU\Software\Microsoft\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders :(

A brutal attack on that with regedit has solved the problem! :)
 

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    128GB

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