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Great, now I've had to say/post this twice in 1 day. FUCK YOU MICROSOFT. Thank god I only use it as a game console and some lite browsing and otherwise run Linux. I also don't use W11 either so I guess that helps, until they force the same bullshit on W10.

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>Microsoft has made OneDrive slightly more annoying for Windows 11 users. Quietly and without any announcement, the company changed Windows 11's initial setup so that it could turn on the automatic folder backup without asking for it. Now, those setting up a new Windows computer the way Microsoft wants them to (in other words, connected to the internet and signed into a Microsoft account) will get to their desktops with OneDrive already syncing stuff from folders like Desktop Pictures, Documents, Music, and Videos. Depending on how much is stored there, you might end up with a desktop and other folders filled to the brim with shortcuts to various stuff right after finishing a clean Windows installation.

Great, now I've had to say/post this twice in 1 day. FUCK YOU MICROSOFT. Thank god I only use it as a game console and some lite browsing and otherwise run Linux. I also don't use W11 either so I guess that helps, until they force the same bullshit on W10. Archive: https://archive.today/se9MU From the post: >>Microsoft has made OneDrive slightly more annoying for Windows 11 users. Quietly and without any announcement, the company changed Windows 11's initial setup so that it could turn on the automatic folder backup without asking for it. Now, those setting up a new Windows computer the way Microsoft wants them to (in other words, connected to the internet and signed into a Microsoft account) will get to their desktops with OneDrive already syncing stuff from folders like Desktop Pictures, Documents, Music, and Videos. Depending on how much is stored there, you might end up with a desktop and other folders filled to the brim with shortcuts to various stuff right after finishing a clean Windows installation.

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There's a program called O&O Appbuster. It gives you a friendly GUI to do a lot of the powershell work and remove this crap.

It's the first non-microsoft thing I run when setting up new PCs at work.