I have Windows 10, so things may be different for 11 or whatever version you’re on, but can’t you just uninstall OneDrive without specifically closing it? I feel like that’s what I did when it was default installed.
This exact same thing happens when trying to cancel a subscription. Magellan TV wouldn’t let me continue to cancel my subscription until I selected a reason for the cancellation.
So I exited the process and contacted support with the message “your website will not let me cancel without providing a reason”.
They replied with “you can just select a reason and then it will allow you to continue”
To which I said “and where’s the option to cancel without you holding my account hostage until I do what you demand of me?”
They replied with confirmation that they’ve cancelled my subscription for me.
It seems petty, but no company should be allowed to forcibly extract additional info out of you when you want to cancel. They can ask all they like, but never force.
Here in Sweden you can cancel a subscription however you wish (as long as it’s within reason). You can send a company snail mail, email, go by their office, phone, text, whatever reasonably reaches them. They’re not allowed to pull the “Oh, buy you have to call [number which leads to an antichurn department]” or “please tell us why” (but of course they’re gonna try anyway. If it’s an online form you usually have a “I don’t want to disclose why”-reason).
USER: powershell script to force close OneDrive, without on screen popups for any reason.
CoPilot: Sure, here’s a simple PowerShell script that can be used to force close OneDrive without any on-screen popups:
<span style="color:#323232;"># Get the process id of OneDrive
</span><span style="color:#323232;">$OneDrivePID = (Get-Process -Name "OneDrive").Id
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;"># Force stop the OneDrive process
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Stop-Process -Id $OneDrivePID -Force
</span>
This script first retrieves the process ID of OneDrive and then uses the Stop-Process cmdlet to forcefully stop it. Please note that forcefully stopping a process might cause data loss or corruption, so use this script with caution.
Also, running scripts in PowerShell might require administrative privileges. If you encounter any issues, try running PowerShell as an administrator.
Disclaimer: This script is provided as is, without warranty of any kind. Use of this script is at your own risk and responsibility. Microsoft assumes no responsibility for any damage or loss caused by the use or misuse of this script. Always ensure you have a backup of your data.
USER: Powershell command to write the above script to a new batch file on current windows user’s desktop, Titled “OneDriveBEGONE.bat”
Copilot: Sure, here’s a PowerShell command that writes the script to a new batch file on the current Windows user’s desktop, titled “OneDriveBEGONE.bat”:
<span style="color:#323232;"># Define the script content
</span><span style="color:#323232;">$scriptContent = @"
</span><span style="color:#323232;">@echo off
</span><span style="color:#323232;">powershell -Command "& {Get-Process -Name 'OneDrive' | Stop-Process -Force}"
</span><span style="color:#323232;">"@
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;"># Get the path to the current user's desktop
</span><span style="color:#323232;">$desktopPath = [Environment]::GetFolderPath("Desktop")
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;"># Define the full path for the new batch file
</span><span style="color:#323232;">$batchFilePath = Join-Path -Path $desktopPath -ChildPath "OneDriveBEGONE.bat"
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;"># Write the script content to the new batch file
</span><span style="color:#323232;">$scriptContent | Out-File -FilePath $batchFilePath
</span>
This script first defines the content of the batch file, which is a command to force stop the OneDrive process. It then gets the path to the current user’s desktop and defines the full path for the new batch file. Finally, it writes the script content to the new batch file.
Please note that running scripts in PowerShell might require administrative privileges. If you encounter any issues, try running PowerShell as an administrator.
Disclaimer: This script is provided as is, without warranty of any kind. Use of this script is at your own risk and responsibility. Microsoft assumes no responsibility for any damage or loss caused by the use or misuse of this script. Always ensure you have a backup of your data.
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in the bottom script needs to be deleted if you’re going to use this… just markdown format things…
I will not be using W11. This was via Edge Dev browser sidebar chat. And this is the only thing i use the browser for. It will tell you how to do anything you want in windows without any constraints that i’ve found, other than kernel level edits, although i haven’t asked. Disclaimer: I’m just some guy poking at windows and I’m not all that creative with what I’ve asked it regarding windows.
Imagine owning anything, anything you “buy” is just a perpetual license ever so graciously offered to you by MegaCorp, ready to be changed or taken away whenever they feel like they need even more money.
Literally what I write in every "Other reason: " box any time some rando software decides to entitle itself the privilege to open up browser pages on my machine.
“Are you sure about your decision? Have you thought it through? Gone through all the pros and cons (there are only pros btw)? What if we asked pretty please? Ok what if we tickle your balls a little, what then?”
Listen, Microsoft, it doesn’t work for bullied kids trying to get friends, and it doesn’t work for you.
Same reason why I refuse to use Edge. I don’t care if its the best browser in the world (which its not), the more you try to force me to use it, the less I’ll try it
Even Dropbox is better if you just want a hosted solution that does the same thing. I use syncthing as a self hosted version, I know Next cloud is popular too.
I know that this is just Microsoft trying get user feedback but because it’s Microsoft, it still seems bad. It’s just seems so disingenuous when a company like Microsoft, that usually ignores all user feedback, tries to get user feedback for a product that, if they actually listened to user feedback, they would already know that a majority of Windows users don’t want.
You could also open its executable with a hex editor and mangle its header. That’d sure keep it from running, regardless of what anyone else on the computer fiddled with. Or being “helpfully” relaunched by the system, despite your efforts.
Not sure if Windows Update would notice and overwrite the file. Maybe after you do this, mark it read only.
You can even just sign out and remove it from the startup list.
But people are still going to find ways to fuck around in the registry or use some random Powershell script and then blame Microsoft for “ruining their computer with OneDrive”.
Ironically, these same people often end up paying to get their own files back.
You can… at least for now. I don’t have it installed on any of my Windows PC’s.
I wouldn’t put it past them to make it non-uninstallable at some point, like is currently the case with some built in apps like the “Game Bar,” an application I totally need to be built into my work PC that doesn’t have a dedicated graphics card or any games installed on it.
I only use Windows at work (because I have to). The thing that drives me fucking nuts, as an advanced computer user in general, is how God damned unintuitive the Office,OneDrive, and File explorer integration is.
I have no idea where I am saving stuff half the time(or more accurately have to change it each time because the defaults are dumb). I don’t want it in my OneDrive downloads folder or OneDrive documents folder. I want it in my fucking laptop download folder or local documents folder.
Then Teams is saving stuff in SharePoint in the background, permissions are annoying AF. At least they’ll flag that a recipient of an email attachment or imbedded url doesn’t have access. So that’s nice I guess.
Oh, then sometimes I’m prompted to save a copy of a shared document, but that’s different from “download a copy”. If you save a copy it just makes a new shared copy for everyone in the SharePoint site.
I feel like a boomer when I work with MS now. Maybe it’s all enterprise settings for where I work and maybe it’s not MS’s fault but hot damn I am so much less productive than if I just used Gsuite, only office, on Mac or .
Maybe I just need to spend a week taking training classes on these products. But who tf has time for that when you have your actual job to do. So I guess that really sums up Microsoft for me: it’s in the way and slowing me down.
When saving a file in Word, Excel or whatever, the process looks some thing like this.
ctrl+s
“Save this file” dialogue appears, and it expects I want to dump everything into the root of OneDrive. Well, I don’t.
“Choose location” has some folders, none of which are what I want, because I tend to save my files pretty deep in the tree. Everything has a logical place, you know. I’m not one of those people who have a thousand files and 500 GB on the desktop. I like it neat and tidy.
Click “more options”. Now I can finally navigate to the specific folder I want. If you realize you actually need to create a new folder, this dialogue box isn’t for you. In order to do that, you need to go to “browse” where you’ll get the normal file dialogue box.
Can’t I just jump straight to the browse menu when I press ctrl+s? You know, like the way normal applications do it. Just try to save a file with Inkscape to see what I mean.
Same. I was so annoyed with windows slow, useless search at work (I search for pdfs all day) I just wrote a Python program that does that job much, much better.
What you are saying heavily echoes my challenge as a govt employee who uses Linux at home. Like why, when I select a folder to save something in, does it revert right back to the nebulous default one minute later? Unacceptable.
saving stuff in SharePoint in the background, permissions are annoying AF
The nice thing about this is that it told me when bosses were snooping around files that I’d never shared with them. I got an automated email from Sharepoint asking to give them permissions.
It is not the settings of your enterprise, the file savings mess is 100% on Microsoft. Imo learning to work with it is pointless, since it will be entirely changed sometime in the future again when Microsoft again tries to trick more people into using these programs in order to boost their quarterly statistics.
Was this at all necessary? You used a generic meme format to reiterate the point someone else made, and because there’s no “hide images in comments” setting yet, it’s just distracting and taking up space.
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