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Purging OneDrive on new install

From "Alan K." <alan@invalid.com>
Newsgroups alt.comp.os.windows-11
Subject Purging OneDrive on new install
Date 2025-01-11 18:01 -0500
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <vlut7n$pvh6$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)

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I got my hands on a new laptop.
After starting it up, I answered all the questions, putting in the MS login (no local account), and 
eventually getting a login window.

I found that OneDrive was install.  I kinda knew it would.  So I want to remove it.
I stopped it, turned off sync, and then went into settings-apps and removed it.  The folders were 
empty.  But they are linked Documents = C:\users\name\onedrive\Documents
So I have some batch files that change a few registry entries.
3 batch files for Pictures, Documents, Desktop.  Looking at them they are simply editing these keys.
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders
and
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders

While I was looking, I don't remember, but I'm sure I checked all.

I then deleted the onedrive folder in the users home folder.
Major majority of things work.  Things in the file explorer, links I tested.

I'm not sure what the user was doing but we were doing something and got an error that some onedrive 
folder was not available.   I wish she had not gone thru it so fast.  I've asked if it comes up 
again to stop and make a note of it.

Does anyone else have suggestions that I might check?
I did not remove folders in AppData/*  so maybe that should be done?

-- 
Linux Mint 22, Cinnamon 6.2.9,  Kernel 6.8.0-51-generic
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Alan K.

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Purging OneDrive on new install "Alan K." <alan@invalid.com> - 2025-01-11 18:01 -0500
  Re: Purging OneDrive on new install ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ  <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2025-01-13 12:37 -0700
    Re: Purging OneDrive on new install "Alan K." <alan@invalid.com> - 2025-01-13 18:31 -0500
      Re: Purging OneDrive on new install ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ  <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2025-01-14 03:05 -0700
  Re: Purging OneDrive on new install Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-01-14 09:03 -0500
    Re: Purging OneDrive on new install "Alan K." <alan@invalid.com> - 2025-01-14 09:43 -0500
    Re: Purging OneDrive on new install "Alan K." <alan@invalid.com> - 2025-01-14 09:44 -0500
    Re: Purging OneDrive on new install ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ  <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2025-01-14 11:49 -0700

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