Configuring local document folder location
Categories: others
Tags: windows
Problem ๐
When trying to configure Powershell, I faced the issue of location in $PROFILE returning document folder inside Onedrive. Resolving was quite simple and it required disabling syncing local files to Onedrive.
Disabling syncing in Onedrive
As a default onedrive would attempt to sync certain files like desktop, documents, and pictures. We could manually disable this by
- first open the onedrive by clicking the Onedrive icon in the taskbar.
- navigate to the setting


- in the backup section click โManage backupโ


- disable syncing for document
- restart the computer.
results๐คด
Then the $PROFILE
location is now changed from C:\Users\{user}\Onedrive\Documents ...
to C:\Users\{user}\Documents\...
.
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