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Jon Murray 0 Reputation points
2023-01-12T04:43:58.4633333+00:00

I uninstalled onedrive using the MS uninstall tool. Then I went through my files deleting the leftover onedrive files.

Then I found that MS still searches for onedrive paths (why on earth didn't uninstall fix this?) so I tried to change Location in individual app Properties. Doesn't work.

Now Windows has decided that Desktop has a onedrive path and won't recognise it. Nor does my Nikon softwear, which is what I swapped from tablet to Windows to use.

Essentially uninstalling onedrivehas rendered my laptop useless. Will a reinstall of Windows fix this?

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  1. Emily Hua-MSFT 27,551 Reputation points
    2023-01-12T08:09:36.1866667+00:00

    Hi @Jon Murray

    I find you replied another thread "I uninstalled OneDrive but my files are still redirected to it?", that you do not want to modify any registry value.

    Under this case, re-install Windows system or reset Windows system will fix this issue, as the registry value will be recover to the default.

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