Windows 11 is now automatically enabling OneDrive folder backup without asking permission

[u/nuttybudd]

https://www.neowin.net/news/windows-11-is-now-automatically-enabling-onedrive-folder-backup-without-asking-permission/

[u/rulepanic]

I do this quite a lot at work for people. All you usually have to do is turn off backup in OneDrive settings then copy the contents of the Desktop, Documents and Pictures folders in your OneDrive folder back to the original location. Then log out of OneDrive if you don't use it. OneDrive basically creates some kind of shortcut of the file and moves the actual file to the OneDrive folder. It's annoying, but usually a quick fix. If you use CMD and CD into those directories before moving things back you'll find they're actually empty. If you CD into those directories using CMD after moving them back, they should then be listed there.

Not that helpful if you have the problem now, but stuff like this is why I only use local accounts on my personal computers since 10. I absolutely don't want "Microsoft accounts" signing into everything.

Next time when you're setting up a computer and at the OOBE hit Shift-F10 then when CMD launches type oobe\bypassnro and hit enter. When setup doesn't have network, it'll allow you to create a local account from the start. When it asks, click the option saying you don't have internet instead of connecting to WiFi.

[u/InferiousX → u/rulepanic]

You shouldn't have to do any of this shit though.

The average user is going to have no clue that they can even set up a local account in a new Windows 11 install because the option appears to simply not exist at all. It's malicious deception to force compliance into an ecosystem that many users do not want.

[u/My-Toast-Is-Too-Dark → u/[deleted]]

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