Windows 10: Onedrive has just synced all of the desktop icons from my laptop over to my pc and also...

i was trying to view some images on my desktop, i was told that there was a syncing issue and when i fixed that and tried opening them again, onedrive synced every desktop icon from my laptop to my pc and removed a bunch of pre existing ones aswell, it also removed the images i was trying to view in the first place

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PC Desktop and Laptop Desktop sync

Hi Gary,

I've already done this on both my laptop and my PC and still no luck. When I was installing Windows 10 on my PC the setup asked my some sync options, I don't remember what they were, but I think that is what is causing my desktop icons to sync.

*UPDATE* I jus noticed that in my recent OneDrive syncs that OneDrive is syncing my desktop. Is there any way to turn off OneDrive syncing my desktop icons but not my files?

Thank You

 

Making PC desktop path native to onedrive folder?

Hi, I am using Microsoft office 365 as part of my institution package. Is it possible for the PC desktop files to natively display a folder from the onedrive? I want to make all common C: locations to onedrive locations. So if anything happens, I always have everything sync online?

Previously I synced the locations so from "C:\user\username" to other places on the PC. Previously, I use syncback to syncfolders to Onedrive and other HD's. However, this step is just redundant. When you sync onedrive to the PC, you still need to specify a place on the PC. So from "C:\user\username\ onedrive". Technically, Onedrive still uses a physical place on the PC to store files.
So what I did is that I specify which part of the onedrive to replace "My Documents", "My Pictures", "Downloads" folder in the quick access. I am having a problem specifying or replacing the Desktop folder. Is it possible to change my native desktop to display directly the desktop on the onedrive online? The only problem I see is application shortcuts. You cannot specify a shortcut to appear on the onedrive folder. Aside from that, I get full autosave function of MS files which is connected to Onedrive. If it is not possible to replace the desktop file, I will still use the same solution with syncback.




Thanks for the suggestions.

 

Sync files in OneDrive from one laptop to another laptop

Hi,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



We understand that you want to sync files in OneDrive from old laptop to a new laptop. Since you have already signed in to the OneDrive app, I suggest you to refer the section
If you already have an account signed in to OneDrive in the article

Sync files with the OneDrive sync client in Windows.



If the issue persists, I suggest you to get in touch with the OneDrive support team. Follow the below steps to contact the OneDrive support team.



Sign in to OneDrive.com from any browser, click the ‘?’ help icon on the top banner of the page and select
Email OneDrive support. Submit your question and follow the prompts to request support.



Regards,

Nikhar Khare

Microsoft Community - Moderator