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I just bought my first windows 11 computer. Why are my personal folders like pictures and documents under a OneDrive folder? This is insane. Going to see how Ub

• vee-kay 11mo ago
  In Win10/Win11, you can move your user folders to another partition or folder path. Right-click on them in Explorer, go to Properties, click on Location tab, and type/select the new path for them, click Move... then that folder and its contents will be moved to new locate. I've movier following to D: partition as root-level folders: Contacts, Desktop, Documents, Downloads, Favorites, Links, Music, Pictures, Saved Games, Searches, Videos.
  • GJim 11mo ago
    > you can move your user folders to another partition or folder path The fact that the default is to auto-magically upload your personal data on to somebody else's box (sorry "the cloud") is fucking insane. Such things should be opt-in, not opt-out; and certainly not nag-ware.
  • Xss3 11mo ago
    Prepare to have software and games break or not run at all if you do this. Too many devs rely on the users folder being in default place. Too few use %USERS%. The proper way to do it without breaking everything is via a symbolic link or junction.