Changing the Location (Moving) OneDrive Folder on Windows 8.1 Doesn’t Work
Posted by Russell Wright on June 3, 2014
Best I can tell, moving the location of your OneDrive folder from one user profile folder to another doesn’t work.
Navigating to my SkyDrive (OneDrive) folder in my former user profile (c:\users\Russell)…
And attempting to change it to my new profile location, c:\users\rwright\onedrive…
Selecting “Yes…”
After a little while of Windows churning…
Just FYI, I’ve tried moving it to a folder named SkyDrive and OneDrive and both give the same results.
If it can’t be moved here, where can it be moved? And why?
Here’s the response:
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Every Microsoft account (user account) will have it’s own files and settings. At the moment, you are trying to move OneDrive folder to a different Users folder (different user account). This will not be possible due to security reasons related to the Microsoft account that you use to access OneDrive. Again, each user account will have it’s own OneDrive folder (in case it’s a Microsoft account). Also, you can’t switch between accounts in the OneDrive app. When you sign in to a PC with your Microsoft account, you’re automatically signed in to OneDrive with that account. You can still get to OneDrive files for a different account by going to the OneDrive website. For reference: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/onedrive-app-faq Please let us know if you have more queries on Windows. |
The reference for moving a OneDrive folder is exactly what I tried to do.
How can I move my OneDrive to a different location on my PC?
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And more FAQ information:
Can I sign in with a different account to browse a different OneDrive?You can’t switch between accounts in the OneDrive app. When you sign in to a PC with your Microsoft account, you’re automatically signed in to OneDrive with that account. You can still get to OneDrive files for a different account by going to the OneDrive website. |
So, what I want to do is use a new domain account for logging on to my PC and simply “link” my domain account to my existing OneDrive account. Doesn’t sound like a big deal, does it? Worked fine on Windows 7.
And then, in this OLD response, Edmond_A says to use the “Unlink” function, which of course he doesn’t detail where one finds it or how one runs it, but I can only assume it’s for Windows 7, since it’s so old.
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Edmond_A. replied on April 23, 2012 Microsoft Forum Moderator You must use the Unlink function and go through the first-run experience where you will have the option to change the location of the OneDrive folder on your computer. |
If you go online, you can see how to remove PCs, but this appears to be for fetching files and is no longer supported on Windows 8.1, so this appears to be a dead end. I’ll go ahead and remove Tabula from the list of PCs.
So if I go to the OneDrive settings, it is not obvious how to set an account for OneDrive to use. Wouldn’t it make sense here to store the account OneDrive uses to log in? Isn’t that how it worked on Windows 7?
When I look at my accounts under PC Settings on the metro side, it shows my domain account and my Microsoft account, but no where can I find how to link a OneDrive account back to my PC.
So my question remains. How do I associate my domain account to my OneDrive account and move its current location, which is under my previous profile? This should be easy, guys…
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