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Windows users keep losing files to OneDrive, and many don't know why (www.techspot.com)

submitted 2 months ago by throws_lemy@reddthat.com to c/technology@lemmy.world

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When Windows users suddenly discover that their files have vanished from their desktops after interacting with OneDrive, the issue often stems from how Microsoft's cloud service integrates with the operating system. The automatic, near-invisible shift to cloud-based storage has triggered strong reactions from users who find the feature unintuitive and, in some cases, destructive to their local files.

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[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Wait, this is ... news?

Hasn't this been happening like, constantly, since they rolled out OneDrive?

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[–] DylanMc6@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

Time to use TwoDrive

EDIT: Or "Time TwoDrive", if you prefer

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Maybe the lost photos are in Zerodrive

[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Saving stuff yo dev null is handy. Always has space.

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[–] Auth@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (3 children)

TwoDrive or not TwoDrive that is the question

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[–] tate@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I've struggled to find an epithet for MS that would really sum up my anger in a single epic childish insult. Problem is, they already surpassed anything I could come up with.

They are tiny and flaccid, and no one should pay them any mind.

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[–] ShankShill@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago

At this point I'm surprised there's still files, and not an AI trained on the files that you have to describe the contents to so it can maybe give you something resembling your file.

[–] Sine_Fine_Belli@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Fortunately I have backups on proton drive and Dropbox

[–] fishos@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

So I had the weird issue that none of my shortcuts were showing the proper icon, instead showing the blank piece of paper placeholder(even in the taskbar). Was digging through some other settings for something and found a bunch of one drive settings left on. Turned them all off and suddenly my icons are back to normal. Not sure if it was trying to access the files in the cloud instead of locally and wasn't loading them properly or what. Either way, One Drive absolutely fucks a lot of random things up

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago

Adding "cloud capabilities" during the slow death of capitalism wasn't the best idea. There are a lot of opportunists out there!

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 4 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Shit like is literally why i have a saved winscript json that gets run on all work machines after "updates"

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