On 2/15/24 08:59 AM, KenW wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Feb 2024 00:05:26 -0500, Paul <nospam@needed.invalid>
> wrote:
>
>> On 2/14/2024 10:51 PM, Peter Jason wrote:
>>> Is there any way to get rid of One Drive, its history and stored
>>> files?
>>>
>>
>> There could be more than one version of OneDrive.
>>
>> The users here get a bit frothy on the topic.
>> A person at the very end of the thread recommends Revo Uninstaller.
>>
>> https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/how-do-i-completely-uninstall-onedrive/60d40ca8-7dbb-4498-95d2-4e6ea2f971c3?page=1
>>
>> You will notice some of the posts have interesting ideas. One
>> person uses two machines, to clean up OneDrive on the server end,
>> then carry out a procedure on the machine-in-question, for removal
>> of OneDrive. And perhaps Revo Uninstaller can be fitted into the
>> end of that progression.
>>
>> But the procedure is not just the removal of an executable on one
>> machine, because that might leave some content "stranded" on the
>> server end. The server end is unlikely to really delete everything,
>> but what you're aiming for, is that the server *interface* no longer
>> offers access to anything. In the fullness of time, the content
>> still on the server (hidden somewhere), will get cleared off.
>>
>> When W11 24H2 arrives, the executable could come back. It might depend
>> on how you installed 24H2, as to exactly what happens.
>>
>> Paul
>
> I used REVO
>
>
> KenW
Whatever I did on my Win10 machine, I left the Documents / Pictures / Music folders still linked to
onedrive/documents etc. I had to go into the registry and tweak things. But it's been so long I
forgot and took no notes that I can find.

KenW has a point and thus I never did it to my Win 11 machine.

WOOHOO. I found the registry file that fixed everything.
Still...MAKE BACKUPS.

If nothing else, just use this as a template and edit the registry manually. I decoded the MUSIC
entry and it uses %USERPROFILE% so it's generic to any user name. I think I just dumped the whole
'shell folders' folder and there may be more here than needed.
Good Luck.
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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders]
"AppData"=hex(2):25,00,55,00,53,00,45,00,52,00,50,00,52,00,4f,00,46,00,49,00,\
4c,00,45,00,25,00,5c,00,41,00,70,00,70,00,44,00,61,00,74,00,61,00,5c,00,52,\
00,6f,00,61,00,6d,00,69,00,6e,00,67,00,00,00
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00,45,00,25,00,5c,00,41,00,70,00,70,00,44,00,61,00,74,00,61,00,5c,00,4c,00,\
6f,00,63,00,61,00,6c,00,5c,00,4d,00,69,00,63,00,72,00,6f,00,73,00,6f,00,66,\
00,74,00,5c,00,57,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,6f,00,77,00,73,00,5c,00,49,00,4e,00,\
65,00,74,00,43,00,61,00,63,00,68,00,65,00,00,00
"Cookies"=hex(2):25,00,55,00,53,00,45,00,52,00,50,00,52,00,4f,00,46,00,49,00,\
4c,00,45,00,25,00,5c,00,41,00,70,00,70,00,44,00,61,00,74,00,61,00,5c,00,4c,\
00,6f,00,63,00,61,00,6c,00,5c,00,4d,00,69,00,63,00,72,00,6f,00,73,00,6f,00,\
66,00,74,00,5c,00,57,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,6f,00,77,00,73,00,5c,00,49,00,4e,\
00,65,00,74,00,43,00,6f,00,6f,00,6b,00,69,00,65,00,73,00,00,00
"Desktop"=hex(2):25,00,55,00,53,00,45,00,52,00,50,00,52,00,4f,00,46,00,49,00,\
4c,00,45,00,25,00,5c,00,44,00,65,00,73,00,6b,00,74,00,6f,00,70,00,00,00
"Favorites"=hex(2):25,00,55,00,53,00,45,00,52,00,50,00,52,00,4f,00,46,00,49,00,\
4c,00,45,00,25,00,5c,00,46,00,61,00,76,00,6f,00,72,00,69,00,74,00,65,00,73,\
00,00,00
"History"=hex(2):25,00,55,00,53,00,45,00,52,00,50,00,52,00,4f,00,46,00,49,00,\
4c,00,45,00,25,00,5c,00,41,00,70,00,70,00,44,00,61,00,74,00,61,00,5c,00,4c,\
00,6f,00,63,00,61,00,6c,00,5c,00,4d,00,69,00,63,00,72,00,6f,00,73,00,6f,00,\
66,00,74,00,5c,00,57,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,6f,00,77,00,73,00,5c,00,48,00,69,\
00,73,00,74,00,6f,00,72,00,79,00,00,00
"Local AppData"=hex(2):25,00,55,00,53,00,45,00,52,00,50,00,52,00,4f,00,46,00,\
49,00,4c,00,45,00,25,00,5c,00,41,00,70,00,70,00,44,00,61,00,74,00,61,00,5c,\
00,4c,00,6f,00,63,00,61,00,6c,00,00,00
;; Music=%USERPROFILE%\Music
"My Music"=hex(2):25,00,55,00,53,00,45,00,52,00,50,00,52,00,4f,00,46,00,49,00,\
4c,00,45,00,25,00,5c,00,4d,00,75,00,73,00,69,00,63,00,00,00
"My Pictures"=hex(2):25,00,55,00,53,00,45,00,52,00,50,00,52,00,4f,00,46,00,49,\
00,4c,00,45,00,25,00,5c,00,50,00,69,00,63,00,74,00,75,00,72,00,65,00,73,00,\
00,00
"My Video"=hex(2):25,00,55,00,53,00,45,00,52,00,50,00,52,00,4f,00,46,00,49,00,\
4c,00,45,00,25,00,5c,00,56,00,69,00,64,00,65,00,6f,00,73,00,00,00
"NetHood"=hex(2):25,00,55,00,53,00,45,00,52,00,50,00,52,00,4f,00,46,00,49,00,\
4c,00,45,00,25,00,5c,00,41,00,70,00,70,00,44,00,61,00,74,00,61,00,5c,00,52,\
00,6f,00,61,00,6d,00,69,00,6e,00,67,00,5c,00,4d,00,69,00,63,00,72,00,6f,00,\
73,00,6f,00,66,00,74,00,5c,00,57,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,6f,00,77,00,73,00,5c,\
00,4e,00,65,00,74,00,77,00,6f,00,72,00,6b,00,20,00,53,00,68,00,6f,00,72,00,\
74,00,63,00,75,00,74,00,73,00,00,00
"Personal"=hex(2):25,00,55,00,53,00,45,00,52,00,50,00,52,00,4f,00,46,00,49,00,\
4c,00,45,00,25,00,5c,00,44,00,6f,00,63,00,75,00,6d,00,65,00,6e,00,74,00,73,\
00,00,00
"PrintHood"=hex(2):25,00,55,00,53,00,45,00,52,00,50,00,52,00,4f,00,46,00,49,00,\
4c,00,45,00,25,00,5c,00,41,00,70,00,70,00,44,00,61,00,74,00,61,00,5c,00,52,\
00,6f,00,61,00,6d,00,69,00,6e,00,67,00,5c,00,4d,00,69,00,63,00,72,00,6f,00,\
73,00,6f,00,66,00,74,00,5c,00,57,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,6f,00,77,00,73,00,5c,\
00,50,00,72,00,69,00,6e,00,74,00,65,00,72,00,20,00,53,00,68,00,6f,00,72,00,\
74,00,63,00,75,00,74,00,73,00,00,00
"Programs"=hex(2):25,00,55,00,53,00,45,00,52,00,50,00,52,00,4f,00,46,00,49,00,\
4c,00,45,00,25,00,5c,00,41,00,70,00,70,00,44,00,61,00,74,00,61,00,5c,00,52,\
00,6f,00,61,00,6d,00,69,00,6e,00,67,00,5c,00,4d,00,69,00,63,00,72,00,6f,00,\
73,00,6f,00,66,00,74,00,5c,00,57,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,6f,00,77,00,73,00,5c,\
00,53,00,74,00,61,00,72,00,74,00,20,00,4d,00,65,00,6e,00,75,00,5c,00,50,00,\
72,00,6f,00,67,00,72,00,61,00,6d,00,73,00,00,00
"Recent"=hex(2):25,00,55,00,53,00,45,00,52,00,50,00,52,00,4f,00,46,00,49,00,4c,\
00,45,00,25,00,5c,00,41,00,70,00,70,00,44,00,61,00,74,00,61,00,5c,00,52,00,\
6f,00,61,00,6d,00,69,00,6e,00,67,00,5c,00,4d,00,69,00,63,00,72,00,6f,00,73,\
00,6f,00,66,00,74,00,5c,00,57,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,6f,00,77,00,73,00,5c,00,\
52,00,65,00,63,00,65,00,6e,00,74,00,00,00
"SendTo"=hex(2):25,00,55,00,53,00,45,00,52,00,50,00,52,00,4f,00,46,00,49,00,4c,\
00,45,00,25,00,5c,00,41,00,70,00,70,00,44,00,61,00,74,00,61,00,5c,00,52,00,\
6f,00,61,00,6d,00,69,00,6e,00,67,00,5c,00,4d,00,69,00,63,00,72,00,6f,00,73,\
00,6f,00,66,00,74,00,5c,00,57,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,6f,00,77,00,73,00,5c,00,\
53,00,65,00,6e,00,64,00,54,00,6f,00,00,00
"Start Menu"=hex(2):25,00,55,00,53,00,45,00,52,00,50,00,52,00,4f,00,46,00,49,\
00,4c,00,45,00,25,00,5c,00,41,00,70,00,70,00,44,00,61,00,74,00,61,00,5c,00,\
52,00,6f,00,61,00,6d,00,69,00,6e,00,67,00,5c,00,4d,00,69,00,63,00,72,00,6f,\
00,73,00,6f,00,66,00,74,00,5c,00,57,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,6f,00,77,00,73,00,\
5c,00,53,00,74,00,61,00,72,00,74,00,20,00,4d,00,65,00,6e,00,75,00,00,00
"Startup"=hex(2):25,00,55,00,53,00,45,00,52,00,50,00,52,00,4f,00,46,00,49,00,\
4c,00,45,00,25,00,5c,00,41,00,70,00,70,00,44,00,61,00,74,00,61,00,5c,00,52,\
00,6f,00,61,00,6d,00,69,00,6e,00,67,00,5c,00,4d,00,69,00,63,00,72,00,6f,00,\
73,00,6f,00,66,00,74,00,5c,00,57,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,6f,00,77,00,73,00,5c,\
00,53,00,74,00,61,00,72,00,74,00,20,00,4d,00,65,00,6e,00,75,00,5c,00,50,00,\
72,00,6f,00,67,00,72,00,61,00,6d,00,73,00,5c,00,53,00,74,00,61,00,72,00,74,\
00,75,00,70,00,00,00
"Templates"=hex(2):25,00,55,00,53,00,45,00,52,00,50,00,52,00,4f,00,46,00,49,00,\
4c,00,45,00,25,00,5c,00,41,00,70,00,70,00,44,00,61,00,74,00,61,00,5c,00,52,\
00,6f,00,61,00,6d,00,69,00,6e,00,67,00,5c,00,4d,00,69,00,63,00,72,00,6f,00,\
73,00,6f,00,66,00,74,00,5c,00,57,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,6f,00,77,00,73,00,5c,\
00,54,00,65,00,6d,00,70,00,6c,00,61,00,74,00,65,00,73,00,00,00
;; Downloads
"{374DE290-123F-4565-9164-39C4925E467B}"=hex(2):25,00,55,00,53,00,45,00,52,00,\
50,00,52,00,4f,00,46,00,49,00,4c,00,45,00,25,00,5c,00,44,00,6f,00,77,00,6e,\
00,6c,00,6f,00,61,00,64,00,73,00,00,00
;; Documents
"{F42EE2D3-909F-4907-8871-4C22FC0BF756}"=hex(2):25,00,55,00,53,00,45,00,52,00,\
50,00,52,00,4f,00,46,00,49,00,4c,00,45,00,25,00,5c,00,44,00,6f,00,63,00,75,\
00,6d,00,65,00,6e,00,74,00,73,00,00,00
;; Pictures
"{0DDD015D-B06C-45D5-8C4C-F59713854639}"=hex(2):25,00,55,00,53,00,45,00,52,00,\
50,00,52,00,4f,00,46,00,49,00,4c,00,45,00,25,00,5c,00,50,00,69,00,63,00,74,\
00,75,00,72,00,65,00,73,00,00,00
;; Screenshots
"{B7BEDE81-DF94-4682-A7D8-57A52620B86F}"=hex(2):25,00,55,00,53,00,45,00,52,00,\
50,00,52,00,4f,00,46,00,49,00,4c,00,45,00,25,00,5c,00,50,00,69,00,63,00,74,\
00,75,00,72,00,65,00,73,00,5c,00,53,00,63,00,72,00,65,00,65,00,6e,00,73,00,\
68,00,6f,00,74,00,73,00,00,00
;; Camera Roll
"{AB5FB87B-7CE2-4F83-915D-550846C9537B}"=hex(2):25,00,55,00,53,00,45,00,52,00,\
50,00,52,00,4f,00,46,00,49,00,4c,00,45,00,25,00,5c,00,50,00,69,00,63,00,74,\
00,75,00,72,00,65,00,73,00,5c,00,43,00,61,00,6d,00,65,00,72,00,61,00,20,00,\
52,00,6f,00,6c,00,6c,00,00,00
;; Pictures\Saved Pictures
"{3B193882-D3AD-4EAB-965A-69829D1FB59F}"=hex(2):25,00,55,00,53,00,45,00,52,00,\
50,00,52,00,4f,00,46,00,49,00,4c,00,45,00,25,00,5c,00,50,00,69,00,63,00,74,\
00,75,00,72,00,65,00,73,00,5c,00,53,00,61,00,76,00,65,00,64,00,20,00,50,00,\
69,00,63,00,74,00,75,00,72,00,65,00,73,00,00,00

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