OneDrive’s dueling Documents folders

One of the most confusing aspects of OneDrive’s operation is its creation of a second Documents folder.

Most Microsoft (and many third-party) apps automatically accept OneDrive’s Documents folder as their new default save-to location, but some apps may still continue to use the original Documents folder.

This means your PC can have two different, active, in-use folders identically named Documents, only one of which actually backs up its files to OneDrive. Here’s what’s going on, and how to avoid the worst problems caused by this duplication.

Plus: What about OneDrive’s encrypted Personal Vault?

Read the full story in the AskWoody Plus Newsletter 18.21.0 (2021-06-07).

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