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Win 10 and OneDrive

I frequently need to do a fresh install of Windows 10, but not frequently enough to remember that OneDrive will move data, pictures, and documents off my PC into the cloud. The result of this moving data off local storage may not be immediately apparent and, to compound matters, updates to that data go to OneDrive, too. I have searched the Internet for a fix, but find others just as confused. Somehow it’s tied to “Libraries” preferences. To get the data back and unlink the PC is a relatively complicated process. I don’t want my data only online, I don’t want MS to rip off my data, and I don’t want MS to hound me to set up a OneDrive account. Maybe, the real problem is I just don’t understand OneDrive

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