What you see visualized as your desktop is being rendered as a mixed content of two physical folders:
- a user's desktop.
- an all users' desktop.
The former can be accessed by the Total Commander button:The latter can be accessed via the Total Commander button:Otherwise, you can locate your desktop folders (their actual paths) by the PowerShell script:
Where_my_desktop_folders_reside.ps1I may assume that if the OneDrive corresponding option (OneDrive - Settings - Sinc and Backup - Back up important PC folders to OneDrive) is activated, it can affect the said folders and how Windows would handle that. Unfortunately, I cannot predict it, and describe it, since I don't utilize OneDrive to control/backup my desktop, as seen in the screenshot, and therefore I do not get proper experience on the matter:
Image: https://i.imgur.com/ijpiQDW.png
I might suppose, that if the backup option is activated, OneDrive rather should just keep a copy of the above-mentioned folders.
Since I do not use that OneDrive option, Windows handles my desktop folders as usual, as if I didn't have the OneDrive at all.
Still, I believe it may give you some hints.
In its turn, here's a related Microsoft support page:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/back-up-your-folders-with-onedrive-d61a7930-a6fb-4b95-b28a-6552e77c3057
So, as a first approach, I would dare to recommend you set up identical settings regarding OneDrive backup options on each of your PCs. For instance, If the backup is turned off on your main machine (which behaves the way you used to), turn it off on the secondary machine as well, and vice versa.
- a user's desktop.
- an all users' desktop.
The former can be accessed by the Total Commander button:
Code:
TOTALCMD#BAR#DATAcd %$Desktop%wcmicon2.dll,27Desktop0-1Code:
TOTALCMD#BAR#DATAcd %Public%\Desktop%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,110Public0-1Where_my_desktop_folders_reside.ps1
Code:
[Environment]::GetFolderPath("Desktop")[Environment]::GetFolderPath("CommonDesktopDirectory")pauseImage: https://i.imgur.com/ijpiQDW.png
I might suppose, that if the backup option is activated, OneDrive rather should just keep a copy of the above-mentioned folders.
Since I do not use that OneDrive option, Windows handles my desktop folders as usual, as if I didn't have the OneDrive at all.
Still, I believe it may give you some hints.
In its turn, here's a related Microsoft support page:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/back-up-your-folders-with-onedrive-d61a7930-a6fb-4b95-b28a-6552e77c3057
So, as a first approach, I would dare to recommend you set up identical settings regarding OneDrive backup options on each of your PCs. For instance, If the backup is turned off on your main machine (which behaves the way you used to), turn it off on the secondary machine as well, and vice versa.
Statistics: Posted by beb — 2024-01-02, 00:39 UTC