Solved OneDrive Setup on Windows 10/11 is ridiculous!!!

cereberus said:

As I said above, you only see the option if setting up with an MS account.

Unless you state what type of account you were using using oobe, your statement that the link was not there may or may not be true - hence pointless without proper context.

The link is definitely there, and to be fair is more obvious in Windows 11. In Windows 10, it was even more obscure.

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Yes, I agree. And I never said the link wasn't there. I actually pointed it out as there....

Dru2 said:

From the Clean Install tutorial - step 20 L...

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Now if you're making the argument that it depends on the account route (local vs MSA) taken as to whether that link shows or not, I also agree and why I said this...

Dru2 said:

@cereberus pointed it out the difference - Microsoft Account you get it, Local Account, you don't. But that makes sense on a local machine because you aren't being signed into any Microsoft services where an account is needed. OneDrive requires sign-in. Hence the "no option".

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Thanks.

After conducting experiments @pparks1 wrote

pparks1 said:

Clearly, with the same product, and different Microsoft Accounts, and getting updates during the install process itself, and using a product key or not, we all seem to have different experiences.

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From reading problem descriptions of help seekers on this forum, I wrote (the following on March 4, 2023, there are other similar postings earlier on)

Haydon said:

MS is changing from one algorithm to the next to make users adopt OneDrive one way or another

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My point is that MS' guerilla tactics has continued after the install process. I therefore do not believe in half-hearted measures like 'stop OneDrive sync'. I believe in uninstalling OneDrive

Haydon said:

My point is that MS' guerilla tactics has continued after the install process. I therefore do not believe in half-hearted measures like 'stop OneDrive sync'. I believe in uninstalling OneDrive

Default installation of OneDrive and clean uninstall thereafter

I am sharing an easy and clean (and the most radical) way to NOT use OneDrive, although non-believers may not want to believe the procedure below, LOL. Anyway, back up your data beforehand if you already have data on your computer. The following was done with a Lenovo laptop with W11 Home. 1)...

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Yeah, I tested that and it worked just fine.

Option 1:
I went into OneDrive, settings, Backup tab and removed the desktop, documents and pictures sync.
Option2:
I went into start, settings, apps, and uninstalled OneDrive.

Of course this was only in my test VM's as I actually like and use OneDrive on my machines.

I've got a bit over 200GB of my 1 Terabyte used, so I too am not concerned with having enough OneDrive space. I keep all my data and photos in OneDrive. My backup strategy utilizes three totally separate methods, all running at the same time.
1. Microsoft OneDrive
2. Microsoft File History
3. Macrium Reflect Complete Drive Images

Dru2 said:

Yes, I agree. And I never said the link wasn't there. I actually pointed it out as there....



Now if you're making the argument that it depends on the account route (local vs MSA) taken as to whether that link shows or not, I also agree and why I said this...


Thanks.

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I replied to wrong person - my apologies.

@pparks1 I agree 100% with your findings that there are issues in the install process, I just pointed out that there are issues after that, too, and people then using words like 'hijack', 'shanghai', 'insane', etc. LOL

I like my OneDrive folder in the cloud, too, it's my 'USB stick in the cloud' although I don't use it much. It's the OneDrive app that does things that 99.999% of the masses never notices, and the 0.001% that do notice then post on this forum using the above words LOL

cereberus said:

I replied to wrong person - my apologies.

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Got you