On 2/15/2024 4:28 PM, Big Al wrote:
> On 2/15/24 04:14 PM, Paul wrote:
>> On 2/15/2024 10:40 AM, Big Al wrote:
>>> 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.
>>> --------------------------------------
>>> 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
>>> "Cache"=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,\
>>>    65,00,74,00,43,00,61,00,63,00,68,00,65,00,00,00
>>> "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
>>
>> These are the 25 strings in the above double-byte encodings.
>> That's what those hex things mean. This is what they would have
>> looked like in ASCII.
>>
>> %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming
>>
>> %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache
>>
>> %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCookies
>>
>> %USERPROFILE%\Desktop
>>
>> %USERPROFILE%\Favorites
>>
>> %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\History
>>
>> %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local
>>
>> %USERPROFILE%\Music
>>
>> %USERPROFILE%\Pictures
>>
>> %USERPROFILE%\Videos
>>
>> %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Network Shortcuts
>>
>> %USERPROFILE%\Documents
>>
>> %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Printer Shortcuts
>>
>> %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs
>>
>> %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent
>>
>> %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo
>>
>> %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu
>>
>> %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
>>
>> %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Templates
>>
>> %USERPROFILE%\Downloads
>>
>> %USERPROFILE%\Documents
>>
>> %USERPROFILE%\Pictures
>>
>> %USERPROFILE%\Pictures\Screenshots
>>
>> %USERPROFILE%\Pictures\Camera Roll
>>
>> %USERPROFILE%\Pictures\Saved Pictures
>>
>>     Paul
> Thanks.   Now how did you do that?   I've been looking a decoder forever.

Originally, this was just intended for "one-off" translations of copy pasted material.
The code is not "generic enough" for the real world -- it needs to filter
off other forms of text, and just zero in on the material needing
translation.

# gawk -f regstrtrans.awk < input.txt
BEGIN {
FS=","
# Creating a table was done initially, so I could code a space as "SPACE "
# I could have arbitrary strings as output for individual bytes
# I did a quick mod of the code today, to make presentation-ready output,
# and just now I changed "SPACE" to " ".
# This is obviously just for users where ASCII strings have been translated to
# double-byte. This does not handle rich character sets or anything. for English
# speakers, it gives some idea what these "baloney strings" are all about :-)
arr["00"]="NUL"; arr["40"]="@";
arr["01"]="SOH"; arr["41"]="A";
arr["02"]="STX"; arr["42"]="B";
arr["03"]="ETX"; arr["43"]="C";
arr["04"]="EOT"; arr["44"]="D";
arr["05"]="ENQ"; arr["45"]="E";
arr["06"]="ACK"; arr["46"]="F";
arr["07"]="BEL"; arr["47"]="G";
arr["08"]="BS"; arr["48"]="H";
arr["09"]="HT"; arr["49"]="I";
arr["0A"]="LF"; arr["4A"]="J";
arr["0B"]="VT"; arr["4B"]="K";
arr["0C"]="FF"; arr["4C"]="L";
arr["0D"]="CR"; arr["4D"]="M";
arr["0E"]="SO"; arr["4E"]="N";
arr["0F"]="SI"; arr["4F"]="O";
arr["10"]="DLE"; arr["50"]="P";
arr["11"]="DC1"; arr["51"]="Q";
arr["12"]="DC2"; arr["52"]="R";
arr["13"]="DC3"; arr["53"]="S";
arr["14"]="DC4"; arr["54"]="T";
arr["15"]="NAK"; arr["55"]="U";
arr["16"]="SYN"; arr["56"]="V";
arr["17"]="ETB"; arr["57"]="W";
arr["18"]="CAN"; arr["58"]="X";
arr["19"]="EM"; arr["59"]="Y";
arr["1A"]="SUB"; arr["5A"]="Z";
arr["1B"]="ESC"; arr["5B"]="[";
arr["1C"]="FS"; arr["5C"]="\\";
arr["1D"]="GS"; arr["5D"]="]";
arr["1E"]="RS"; arr["5E"]="^";
arr["1F"]="US"; arr["5F"]="_";
arr["20"]=" "; arr["60"]="`";
arr["21"]="!"; arr["61"]="a";
arr["22"]="\""; arr["62"]="b";
arr["23"]="#"; arr["63"]="c";
arr["24"]="$"; arr["64"]="d";
arr["25"]="%"; arr["65"]="e";
arr["26"]="&"; arr["66"]="f";
arr["27"]="'"; arr["67"]="g";
arr["28"]="("; arr["68"]="h";
arr["29"]=")"; arr["69"]="i";
arr["2A"]="*"; arr["6A"]="j";
arr["2B"]="+"; arr["6B"]="k";
arr["2C"]=","; arr["6C"]="l";
arr["2D"]="-"; arr["6D"]="m";
arr["2E"]="."; arr["6E"]="n";
arr["2F"]="/"; arr["6F"]="o";
arr["30"]="0"; arr["70"]="p";
arr["31"]="1"; arr["71"]="q";
arr["32"]="2"; arr["72"]="r";
arr["33"]="3"; arr["73"]="s";
arr["34"]="4"; arr["74"]="t";
arr["35"]="5"; arr["75"]="u";
arr["36"]="6"; arr["76"]="v";
arr["37"]="7"; arr["77"]="w";
arr["38"]="8"; arr["78"]="x";
arr["39"]="9"; arr["79"]="y";
arr["3A"]=":"; arr["7A"]="z";
arr["3B"]=";"; arr["7B"]="{";
arr["3C"]="<"; arr["7C"]="|";
arr["3D"]="="; arr["7D"]="}";
arr["3E"]=">"; arr["7E"]="~";
arr["3F"]="?"; arr["7F"]="DEL";
# for (key in arr) print key " " arr[key]
print "Enter one line of text, comma separated, two digits hex for each character"
print ""
}

# "IconPath"= 25,53,79,73,74,65,6d,52,6f,6f,74,00
{ $0 = toupper($0)

if (length($1) > 2) {
$1 = substr( $1, length($1)-1, 2 )
}

for (i=1 ; i<=NF ; i++) {
if (arr[$i] != "NUL") printf("%s", arr[$i])
}
printf("\n")
# exit
}

*******

The program gawk.exe is available here. There is a PDF manual in
the documentation section. One of the nicer FOSS manuals.

https://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/gawk.htm

Gawk is also available via WSL, but then the line endings can be an issue
for some purposes. Usually it takes two lins of code to fix that.

Paul