Phantom Folder Courtesy of OneDrive


JosephR

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I seem to have a phantom folder in my File Explorer. I can’t delete it, nor can I find it because the path doesn’t exist. Even weirder is that its a document folder in what used to be the OneDrive Pictures folder.

The folder was deleted AFTER unsynching my computer from OneDrive and then uninstalling it. As the error messages says, it WAS deleted, but it gives me no clue how to make the folder go away.

Any ideas? Please tell me that I won't have to install OneDrive again. I will if I must, but that is SUCH a pain!
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Windows 11 Version 25H2

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Windows 11
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HP
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Intel Core i7-14700
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It's just that the folder is still included in the libary. Right click the Documents libary, the one right inside the Libaries node on the left, the one that doesn't have a folder icon. Click Properties. You should be able to remove the offending folder from the libary.
 

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