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I actually don't think that's possible. &nbsp;It seems that Microsoft wants to control and name the root OneDrive folder, and while it will let you place it on a drive or folder of your choice, it creates / uses a folder that starts with OneDrive at that location. &nbsp;I thought there might be a registry hack for this but haven't found one.<br />
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You can of course use the SUBST command to assign a drive letter to the OneDrive folder, but not sure that would be acceptable for you?<br />
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You also might be able to trick OneDrive by adding the folder that you want into the OneDrive folder, but as a link to the real folder, not an actual folder. &nbsp;More info on this if you are not familiar at the link below, but I'm not sure how well OneDrive would like this. &nbsp;In theory it should be fine with it, but OneDrive likes to be in control, and has certain expectations on how things are setup and what's allowed, so it could go either way. &nbsp;You'd have to do some testing with this approach...<br />
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<li><a href="https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/16226/complete-guide-to-symbolic-links-symlinks-on-windows-or-linux/" rel="ugc"><b>The Complete Guide to Creating Symbolic Links (aka Symlinks) on Windows</b></a></li>
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Test your restores, not your backups...

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Interesting find on mapping a drive to the CID of the actual OneDrive in the cloud.<br />
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Do you know if it caches that locally on the computer, or does it do all I/O to the mapped drive over the internet each time? &nbsp;If cached locally, where is the store for that?<br />
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And while that's a neat capability, it is slightly different than what the author originally wanted. &nbsp;They were looking to configure OneDrive to use a pre-existing folder as the root of the OneDrive I believe. &nbsp;In this way they still have their existing set of files, and also get a &quot;mirror&quot; of them on OneDrive in the cloud. &nbsp;Mapping a new drive to OneDrive cloud via CID is useful, and by moving the existing folder to that mapped drive afterwards might be close enough for the author, but I guess we'll have to see when they test / explore this.<br />
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Either way it's a good bit of info, thanks for sharing <b><i>dfke</i></b>!<br />
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Hi,<br />
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I'd like to set OneDrive to my E: folder, then choose files.<br />
Now it always creates a OneDrive folder and then I need to move all my files into it, which I do not want.<br />
This helped <a href="https://www.laptopmag.com/articles/move-onedrive-folder" rel="ugc">https://www.laptopmag.com/articles/move-onedrive-folder</a>&nbsp;but it sill creates a folder OneDrive which I do not want. I want to select folder e:\Whatever etc<br />
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J
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Hi,

I'd like to set OneDrive to my E: folder, then choose files.
Now it always creates a OneDrive folder and then I need to move all my files into it, which I do not want.
This helped https://www.laptopmag.com/articles/move-onedrive-folder but it sill creates a folder OneDrive which I do not want. I want to select folder e:\Whatever etc

J

OneDrive: choose folders in root and get rid of the annoying OneDrive folder?

Microsoft OneDrive (formerly SkyDrive) is a file hosting service and synchronization service operated by Microsoft as part of its web version of Office. First launched in August 2007, OneDrive allows users to store files and personal data like Windows settings or BitLocker recovery keys in the cloud, share files, and sync files across Android, Windows Phone, and iOS mobile devices, Windows and macOS computers, and the Xbox 360, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X and S consoles. Users can upload Microsoft Office documents to OneDrive.

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