how to create a direct access to a folder

[Horst.Epp]

Listen to that presentation of what Desktop on Onedrive means and how to get rid of it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5WPe6yUgNE

[petermad]

Is it possible to force Windows to do not use OneDrive for the desktop

I cannot answer that , my Windows has separate Desktop and Onedrive folders in the C:\Users\[username] folder, and there is no Desktop inside the Onedrive folder.

In My windows I can right-click on the Onedrive icon in the System Tray and choose "Close Onedrive" to disable Onedrive totally

[beb]

It looks like there is something really wrong with you Windows installation.

2petermad
Nothing wrong with their installation.
It's normal if a user opts for the important folders backup in the cloud (also see my previous message here):

• 'OneDrive - Settings - Sync and backup'
  https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/back-up-your-folders-with-onedrive-d61a7930-a6fb-4b95-b28a-6552e77c3057
  or
• 'Start - Settings - Update & Security - Files backup - Backup files to OneDrive'
  https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/back-up-and-restore-with-windows-backup-87a81f8a-78fa-456e-b521-ac0560e32338

If a user is happy with their benefits of such a backup, their Desktop folder location within OneDrive is completely in the right; please do not advise them to change that, or 'get rid of it', without figuring it out. Just live with it then.

Maybe it is a Window 11 thing?

Win 10 too.

Is it possible to force Windows to do not use OneDrive for the desktop, in order to have something like "C:\Users\[username]\Desktop"?

2Yo230
It is. But why?

[petermad]

2beb

Thanks.

I have never used the Onedrive Backup "Feature" (thank God, I see now). The video link you provided ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5WPe6yUgNE ) perfectly well explains what a mind fu*ck Microsoft has created - and also tell how to get things back to "normal".

In my opinion Microsoft utterly misuses the word backup for this "feature" - who have ever before heard of a backup actually moving the original folders !!!

[Horst.Epp]

2beb

Thanks.

I have never used the Onedrive Backup "Feature" (thank God, I see now). The video link you provided ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5WPe6yUgNE ) perfectly well explains what a mind fu*ck Microsoft has created - and also tell how to get things back to "normal".

In my opinion Microsoft utterly misuses the word backup for this "feature" - who have ever before heard of a backup actually moving the original folders !!!

It's my copyright
I like the Author for it's style to explain things.

[AntonyD]

In my opinion Microsoft utterly misuses the word backup for this "feature" - who have ever before heard of a backup actually moving the original folders !!!

next video from LEO explains this
https://www.youtube.com/live/PLzX1rfgzVI
"OneDrive is not backup. OneDrive is file synchronization. I'll explain why it's so critical to understand the difference."

[petermad]

"OneDrive is not backup. OneDrive is file synchronization

That doesn't justify that Microsoft uses the word backup (Back up important PC folders to OneDrive) - it does not say: Synchronize important PC folders to OneDrive - and next to it is a button saying "Manage backup" https://tcmd.madsenworld.dk/onedrivebackup.png

[AntonyD]

It is quite possible that these are already problems of the kind that all those who are not very aware of what this or that technology is for have become involved in the development on M$ side. And for them, English is probably not their native language either. So we get very complex collisions.

[petermad]

English is probably not their native language either

Well, the dialog ( https://tcmd.madsenworld.dk/onedrivebackup.png ) is localized - In Danish the word "Sikkerhedskopi" is used - it translates directly to Safety copy - not a word about "synkronisering" (synchronizing) in Danish either.

[Yo230]

And about the Windows file explorer, in the address bar I have all the time the virtual address of the files. How to have the full path in the address bar (in the address bar, not in the title bar) ?

[Sir_SiLvA]

If I go to C:\Users\[username]\, I don't see any "Desktop" here.

and what folders do you see there

Is it possible to force Windows to do not use OneDrive for the desktop, in order to have something like "C:\Users\[username]\Desktop" ?

have you tried installing windows without a minihard account?

[Yo230]

If I go to C:\Users\[username]\, I don't see any "Desktop" here.

and what folders do you see there

Is it possible to force Windows to do not use OneDrive for the desktop, in order to have something like "C:\Users\[username]\Desktop" ?

have you tried installing windows without a minihard account?

If I go to C:\Users\[username] , I have by example the folders Appdata, OneDrive, Downloads, etc ... but no desktop folder.

But finally I have decided to keep OneDrive on my computer. I have only removed some folders from OneDrive to put them on a local storage.
By example, because of OnDrive, I had some problems with my email client software, so I had removed my email client folder data from OnDrive to put it in local.

Now, is it a way to force Windows to display the full path of the files (absolute path) all the time in the Windows File explorer (in order to have it also in TC) ? For the moment I have not found the solution.

[tuska]

Now, is it a way to force Windows to display the full path of the files (absolute path)
all the time in the Windows File explorer (in order to have it also in TC) ?

Right-click on your OneDrive folder (with the cloud icon) in Windows Explorer,
then click on “Properties,” the location (absolute path) will be displayed.

For example, the path displayed for me is D:\Daten (because I changed the location for OneDrive).
The absolute path for me is therefore D:\Daten\OneDrive.

This path can be entered in Windows Explorer (click on "D: NTFS - 2 TB - int. SSD (D:)", copy/paste)
– OR –
in Total Commander in the command line with: cd D:\Daten\OneDrive\ <enter>.

[Yo230]

Now, is it a way to force Windows to display the full path of the files (absolute path)
all the time in the Windows File explorer (in order to have it also in TC) ?

Right-click on your OneDrive folder (with the cloud icon) in Windows Explorer,
then click on “Properties,” the location (absolute path) will be displayed.

In fact, my goal is to display the absolute path all the time in the address bar of Windows file explorer but I have not found a solution to do it.

[tuska]

Which path is shown in the file properties on your OneDrive folder (with the cloud icon) in Windows Explorer?
Maybe C:\Users\[username]\OneDrive ?