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Windows users keep losing files to OneDrive, and many don't know why (www.techspot.com)
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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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[–] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 17 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

This only happens if you use Windows with an online account. Poor souls were probably forced to do this.

[–] NeptuneOrbit@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (2 children)

What does that mean? If I have a 3+ year old Windows am I unlikely to be affected?

[–] bytesonbike@discuss.online 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yep! My windows 10 is not hooked up to a real Microsoft account. It tries to force me to create an account every few months, which I laugh at.

I made the mistake a few years ago on my win 10 gaming tower and creating an account to play Xbox live, and suddenly, I was getting that garbage one drive shit.

[–] NeptuneOrbit@lemmy.world 1 points 17 hours ago

What is a "real" Microsoft account?

[–] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

If you use Windows with a local account and unlinked to OneDrive, yes.

[–] NeptuneOrbit@lemmy.world 1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

What does that mean. A local account?

[–] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

That's what I said. A... local account. I'm confused. A local account is an account that only works with your PC, a regular user account not related to any web service.

[–] NeptuneOrbit@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

I see. Thanks. I have an outlook account attached to my pc so this does NOT apply to me and I'm apparently in danger of this occurring.