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paulandreasen
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Mar 04, 2025

OneDrive cannot die!

I cannot get rid of OneDrive on my Windows 11 Pro. (Upgraded from Home ver)

First, on poor advice, I just deleted it from Programs & Files. That did not work. I reinstalled it and it got even worse. Everything wants to use the Taskbar tab that has Never existed even if I try and tie OD to it!

I have disabled it from Startup using both Task Manager & Taskkill commands.

I have disabled it with the Group Policy Editor.

I have disabled it in the Register.

I have found dozens (actually hundreds) of instructions online for getting rid of it, but so far, they ALL show screens that are completely unlike mine, or settings, choices & drop-down menus mine does not have! VERY FRUSTRATING.

I have copied all the files within the OneDrive folder to another. But, if I try and delete the OneDrive folder (EVEN AFTER DELETING OneDrive) my desktop, documents, etc. all GO AWAY!

When I try and save a file anywhere on the boot drive, the stupid OneDrive is out of space message STILL appears!

I have so many app’s (programs) installed that are now unavailable to reload, that I cannot either do a Windows reload or clean install without losing a vast amount of software I depend on.

I am fairly ‘puter literate, but at 79 years, I have forgot a lot, and NEED HELP!

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