Thank you!! Out of all the videos I’ve watched you were the ONLY one to solve my sims 4 game. I was able to change the location from my hard drive to external drive with ability to play my mods. Months of frustration to a simple 1-3 clicks and done. THANK YOU!

@jamiewagner

Жыл бұрын

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@ind_avnish

4 ай бұрын

I want say. Same thankyou to you 🥳

@meaningfulexchanges

Ай бұрын

Omg Thank you so much. Had my drive for 6 months and tried everything. This made my day. Def have my follow

Man you are an absolute saint, spent the better part of 3-4hours tinkering with this stuff even preforming a system restore that further borked my Desktop, but just disabling the syncing in the Manage Folder Backup worked like a charm and found no websites suggesting it for this issue. Thanks!

@jamiewagner

11 ай бұрын

You are welcome! and thanks dude! be sure to share this video for me on those websites so people can find my video!! thanks man!!!!👍👍

Saw another comment about it as well, I was getting the same error for moving my documents for my Sims 4 and could not figure out why. Your video is the one that came in clutch! Big thanks!

@jamiewagner

11 ай бұрын

Glad I could help!

Thank you! Been struggling to do this and you are the first person to actually give the correct steps and it doesn't take forever!

@jamiewagner

2 ай бұрын

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Thank you so much. I just bought a new computer and not only am I trying to get things onto that computer from the old one. I'm new to Windows 11 so I have a double whammy on this business. I just don't know what I would do without people like you on KZread and people like you on Google. So many of these things are just a one-time shot and if it wasn't written somewhere I'd never remember. But thanks again!.

@jamiewagner

9 күн бұрын

Welcome!!

When I changed the location, the documents folder was saved as a one-drive shortcut. I'm not sure how to fix this.

@zhenyiaberry6912

5 ай бұрын

Same

@Dovah_Slayer

2 күн бұрын

i had to manually drag and drop bits and pieces of the files from the shortcut into the new (old in my case) location as well as completely uninstall and reinstall steam (it still technically restored the default location but for some reason decided to not move the files) i then permanently unlinked one drive from my pc because FUCK THAT SHIT

It won't let me do the same for the documents folder, though. I've stopped backing it up to OneDrive but when I ctrl x it then ctrl v into my user folder in the C drive, it says that it cannot move it since the folder or a file in it is open in another program. When I right-click the documents folder (in the OneDrive folder) and go to properties, it doesn't have a "location" section, so I can't restore to default location. What do I do? Thank you!

@joshuajoseph6278

7 ай бұрын

I got the same problem. Found a solution?

@cloud_222

7 ай бұрын

@joshuajoseph6278 Yep I fixed it but I honestly don't remember how. I think I went to the "location" tab in the properties of the documents folder in the user folder in the c drive (not the one in the OneDrive folder) and restored to default and then copy pasted the stuff in the documents folder in the OneDrive folder to the one in the user folder

@nicholascummings5902

7 ай бұрын

Me too

@jairayne

3 ай бұрын

@@cloud_222can you explain this again 😭😭 I’m so confused

@jairayne

3 ай бұрын

@@cloud_222when I press the restore default the error still pops up

I don't get that menu for OneDrive...I get a normal Windows looking setting and can't find a "Sync and Backup" section

Thanks! The only adder for me was I needed to reboot after I changed the setting. None-the-less, I finally got the changes done thanks to the info you provided here. Many thanks!

@jamiewagner

6 ай бұрын

Glad it helped!

Thank you! I spent the better part of the day trying to resolve this. Reinstalling one drive after removing it can be a bit flakey, but can confirm that this works once you get that to work properly.

@jamiewagner

Жыл бұрын

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Thanks for your help. As others, I spend an hour trying to do this which I did change years ago. Your instructions was easy to understand and make the changes.

@jamiewagner

4 ай бұрын

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Thanks a million. I was googling this and found several solutions non of wich worked. Your video finally helped and I am truly thankful :)

@jamiewagner

7 ай бұрын

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Thank you! That's a big help!

@jamiewagner

Ай бұрын

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This was very helpful, thank you! I followed your steps and that fixed it for me :)

@jamiewagner

4 ай бұрын

Great to hear!

This happened to me when I reinstalled windows 10 and can confirm that this also works on W10 for anyone wondering, thanks for the tutorial man

@jamiewagner

11 ай бұрын

You're welcome. I'm glad the video helped you out.

Thanks! I found that I needed to restart my PC after turning off the backups, soI could see the "location" tab

@jamiewagner

Жыл бұрын

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@sophialikescatz

Жыл бұрын

I was having the same issue, thanks!

Thank you so much. You are a life saver! I was gifted a new laptop with windows 11 and would rather use the disk drive for default storage instead of Onedrive.

@jamiewagner

18 күн бұрын

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You are a life saver fam! Thank you!

@jamiewagner

22 күн бұрын

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Thanks very much. It worked. Simple method for fixing problem. Liked & Subscribed.

@jamiewagner

Ай бұрын

Awesome thanks for subscribing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you! I’ve been facing this issue for a couple weeks. Reinstalled the game as well. But this worked!

@jamiewagner

3 ай бұрын

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Thank You!! It's working.

@jamiewagner

Ай бұрын

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I did this but now it didn't transfer all my pictures files over to the new drive it just added a couple onedrive shortcuts into the new pictures folder on my other drive

This is the easiest solution and it just works! Nice job and thank you!

@jamiewagner

3 ай бұрын

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Thanks a lot, the helped me with a very bad Documents folder pointing to OneDrive

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3 ай бұрын

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bro i am struggling with this problem from a lot of time but when i came across your video it just solved my problem

@jamiewagner

5 ай бұрын

Awesome!!

Thank you! This was driving me nuts!

@jamiewagner

3 ай бұрын

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once Ive changed the location of pictures/documents or what have you and copied the files to the folder I wish to use can I delete everything from the old location with no negative effects? I'm asking cause the whole reason I'm here is to get crap other than the OS off my C drive.

Unfortunately this does not seem to work on Win 10 Documents, when I turn OFF backup as shown, the view location option is no longer visible. I REALLY hate what Onedrive does, I did not give it the right to hijack my folders, backup yes, hijack so I have no control NO!

Thanks for the video =)

@jamiewagner

12 күн бұрын

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Omg it worked!!! Thank you sm

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5 ай бұрын

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Thank you so much man, i just restarted my computer because my storage is really messed up (my fault for only putting in a 260gb drive when I first built it) and I was sorting my storage onto other drives I now have in it and I was getting that error message

@jamiewagner

7 ай бұрын

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Thank you very much!

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5 күн бұрын

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I don't even have onedrive installed (I uninstalled it as soon as I installed win11), so why the hell this trashy buggy OS won't allow me to move the folder?. There is nothing using it, the folder is literally empty (I already moved all the content that It had). Wtf windows

Thank you very much Sir. One drive is really annoying as hell.

@jamiewagner

3 ай бұрын

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Thank you so much! I've been dealing with this issue for MONTHS lmao

@jamiewagner

Жыл бұрын

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Thanks! It worked!

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5 күн бұрын

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Thank you so much, no more stress :)

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3 ай бұрын

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MATE!!! thank you very much ... u really help me 😭😭

@jamiewagner

Жыл бұрын

No problem 👍

as others have mentioned, my documents has now turned into "Shortcut to Documents (OneDrive - Personal)". no clue how to fix this, restarted 2 times and nothings changed so..

@drewh_simracing

8 ай бұрын

Did you fix it? I'm confused. Looks like I have no choice but to pay 2 dollars. I'm trying to do something and one drove keeps messing it up!!!!

@jamiewagner

6 ай бұрын

You need to find your documents root folder. It's still there trust me you just need to find it. I'm not sure what exactly you did so it's hard to tell you exactly what to do

I can't see the location tab somehow after doing it, everytime i click on it, the location tab is gone :(

I feel like I tried to do this and didn't work, but now it did after following your tutorial, I must've missed somethinig myself. Thanks a lot though!

@jamiewagner

2 ай бұрын

Glad I could help!

Thanks this was driving me crazy!

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6 ай бұрын

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In my case is the videos folder but is not backed up on one drive

The location option is missing from the documents when i click properties. And worse i cant get into the settings for one drive, there is no little one drive icon in the bottom right to right click on... Tried settings in one drive itself but get no options to stop the sinking of the documents folder. I just want to change the documents folder out of one drive. Ive done everything i possibly can think to do, ive been trying for over two months now. I feel broken and hopeless. Please can amyone help me.. please i dont know whay else to do

Hey this is amazing, because I've looked at thousands of tutorials and websites and they were all BS hahah!! I've followed all of the steps carefully and they have all turned out well, just one thing is.... even though I have done this, for some reason its made an automatic kind of file saying "Shortcut to Documents (OneDrive-Pers..." as the pathway from the documents folder we made, that is now the documents folder, to get into the documents folder. IDK if that made sense at all, but like I've moved the documents folder to my hard drive all safely and correct, but then when I clock into the docs folder inside my hard drive, it brings up the one drive short cut, so I click in that, and then I am in my docs folder? Is there a way for it not to still be connected to my one drive? because even when I unlink my one drive after that, it wont even show me the contents in the folder, because I have had to click docs and click into that one drive short cut to get into it, even though I stopped backing them up at the start. PLEASE HELP!! or is it a me issue lol

@jamiewagner

Жыл бұрын

So I think I know what your saying so at 4:07 on my video I went into microsoftone drive and into Manage folder backup, so in there you have to click on the documents one also and choose Stop Backup like I did for the pictures one, then reboot you PC and try and fix the documents folder that way because you should be able to get rid of that shortcut icon and just use the default documents main folder, I think that's what you mean, I hope this helps some, but you might have to link onedrive again like from the beginning so you can go in and make the changes and then you can just unlink it when your all done again, just remember to reboot your PC after making changes so the changes can take effect

@em.wag765

10 ай бұрын

@@jamiewagnerI’m having the same problem and I did what u said but the problem is the documentst turns into a normal folder in my one drive rather then it being the paper logo it like creates the second folder file with all my stuff in it and then the document folder that I move to my hard drive is just a short cut to the actual document folder in my one drive idk if I made any sense

You're a lifesaver!!

@jamiewagner

9 ай бұрын

Thank you!👍 glad it helped you out!

That was a good trick. Thank you

@jamiewagner

Жыл бұрын

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thank you, it helps me a lot.

@jamiewagner

11 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

I wish I'd seen this before having deleted the Onedrive...What do you suggest now? Even having deleted the folder one drive is still there and so are the desktop, pictures, and documents... what should I do? re-install one drive?

@jamiewagner

Жыл бұрын

yes you can reinstall one drive that's what I would do then you can do this video and it should help

@monikabarbosa7473

Жыл бұрын

@@jamiewagner thanks for replying! I will try and let you know.

@gingerbread7107

11 ай бұрын

@@monikabarbosa7473did it work

How do you fix this with the documents folder on Windows 10?

Thank you!!! You helped me clen my c drive out of 18 gigs

@jamiewagner

3 ай бұрын

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GOD BLESS YOU!!!! Thank you!

@jamiewagner

Ай бұрын

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Well thats several hours of my life i wont get back but then I found this. Stupidly I had deleted one drive completely so after reinstalling which took some doing. All good now Cheers Buddy

@jamiewagner

4 ай бұрын

Cheers to you as well!! Glad my video helped you out!!!!

Im trying this with the Documents folder and now that i unliked it , theres not location tab to move the document file can u help?

@Keishatatum

5 ай бұрын

Same🤦🏻‍♀️

@jamiewagner

5 ай бұрын

It has to be the main documents folder

thankyou it is working to my folder thank a lot

@jamiewagner

4 ай бұрын

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Thank you so much

@jamiewagner

3 ай бұрын

You're most welcome

Thank you! It worked for me too

@jamiewagner

8 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

When I tried this with my documents (because I had way too many things and I wanted to put them on another disk), it told me that I have deleted 492 files, which kinda scared me so I asked it to re-back up my files but now it tells me that I don't have enough space and that I'm 168% over the limit? Which makes me wonder how was it handling all the documents before if its too much now? Also it doesn't let me back up the "my documents" folder again. Did I do something wrong in the process? Where are all my files in my documents? Need help thank you

@jamiewagner

9 ай бұрын

Like you said how the heck was it working before but now it's telling you something different? I think they just want to get people to pay for more storage and I feel like it's pushed on us, for your situation it sounds like your documents are still backed up but your just gonna have to figure out that storage issue to restore restore them, not sure what's up with that, I would have to look into it more and for you to get your storage back you may need to clean up your system and safely delete unwanted things so you can have enough storage to restore them, your right it's weird that it would do that after they were already on there, like why did the storage change so much?

@gendarmyy7586

9 ай бұрын

@@jamiewagner I partially understood what happened, basically the deleted files I believe were only the backups and not the main files so they're still all here, but that doesn't explain the fact that I still can't back up altough it was already backed up before. Also, all my document files are now located in a different "my documents" folder than the main one on the disk, which makes it impossible to change the location of them. All of that is pretty weird 🤔

Thank you so much brother you are the savior

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5 ай бұрын

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Thank you!!

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Жыл бұрын

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Thank you so much dude

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Жыл бұрын

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great thanks! after unchecking backup, documents and pictures wend back to the normal C:\users\sjoerd\ folder. great thanks problem solved .

@jamiewagner

10 ай бұрын

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You're a fken lifesaver hahaha i was so frustrated with onedrive

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5 ай бұрын

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I deleted defalt folders permanently and onedrive folder.i can't resolve the problem for a month 😢😭😭 Now i can't have any backup.what do i do to restore

@jamiewagner

11 ай бұрын

It depends on how bad it is you might have to restore your computer, so it restores those default folders

Thanks a ton! Saved my day!! Microsoft never ceases annoying us with these stupid integrations that only make us lose time.

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4 ай бұрын

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Thanks!

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4 ай бұрын

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Not working. One Drive back up was disabled for Pictures anyway.

The moment I stop the monitoring from onedrive the option for MOVE location is gone from the folder

@jamiewagner

Жыл бұрын

You need to click on the main root folder of that folder to find it. I know what your saying because it did that to me

u saved my life. thanks so much

@jamiewagner

13 сағат бұрын

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I don’t have one drive on my taskbar

@jamiewagner

11 ай бұрын

You can search for OneDrive in the search menu

Mine wasn’t connected to one drive and it’s still not working

Odin's beard!!! I hate how Microsoft decides my setup for me. Thank you for this video!!!

Thank you!!!!!

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12 күн бұрын

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This didnt excatly work for me but thanks to ur tiutorial I was able to open tht up and just unlink onedrive as a whole

Thank you

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12 күн бұрын

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thank you. 🤗

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6 ай бұрын

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Can anyone help me! at 4:25 i dont see tab location even i restarted pc :(

@divyamjain9240

Жыл бұрын

same here

I don't have OneDrive installed why has it taken over my documents folder?

thanks so much. i was getting frustrated.

@jamiewagner

10 ай бұрын

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Think you very very much.

@jamiewagner

10 ай бұрын

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The thing is it wont let me move it, like it doesnt have a location

@jamiewagner

Жыл бұрын

Make sure to right click on the main folder not a shortcut one like for example the actual main documents or music or pictures folder

Thank you so much now i can play sims on my external drive

@jamiewagner

7 ай бұрын

Glad I could help

My documents folder doesnt have the location button anymore

@jamiewagner

7 ай бұрын

You're probably selecting the wrong folder you need to make sure you're on the root my documents folder the main documents folder

thank yoiu very much

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Ай бұрын

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you're the MAN

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Ай бұрын

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this was helpful!!!!!!!!!1

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3 ай бұрын

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I did all of this but now I can't see the location of my documents folder

@jamiewagner

6 ай бұрын

You can always search for it using windows explorer

you legend!

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5 ай бұрын

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The fix involved reinstalling OneDrive???

@jamiewagner

10 ай бұрын

you could try it that but it will probably want to do the same thing again causing the same problem

thanks man

@jamiewagner

7 ай бұрын

Happy to help

Thanks. working September 2023

@jamiewagner

10 ай бұрын

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what if it’s unlinked tho.

I unlinked and uninstalled onedrive, am getting this error, but cannot for the life of me reinstall onedrive to be able to do what you're showing her. Any idea how to get onedrive back?

@HolyCrusaderGrim

3 ай бұрын

got the same issue lmao, you ever fix it?

@street55789

3 ай бұрын

@@HolyCrusaderGrim no, I wasn’t able to. Despite onedrive’s persistence in reminding me it is there, it wants me to PAY to redownload it. Sigh. I just gave up. *%^+ windows 11. lol

@street55789

3 ай бұрын

@@HolyCrusaderGrim great user name by the way :)

@HolyCrusaderGrim

3 ай бұрын

@@street55789 tyty, i had to bite the bullet and just reinstall it with the above tutorial still not working

Clicking on stop backup will delete all the data that hasn't been backed up. Just lost all of mine, save yours.

@jamiewagner

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing this with everyone

@petehelme7714

4 ай бұрын

can concur, I recently lost the contents of Documents and Pictures after unchecking Backup. this happened to me after doing a Laplink PCMover session to a new laptop, where the old one had local Doc & Pic folders. I stupidly ignored all the warnings PCMover game me about this before starting the transfer :). it's smart enough to know that it'll be moving files to OneDrive directories. they give one the option of making a local folder instead.

thank you for the help. i now have 256gb of photos to transfer from the cloud onto my physical storage ☠☠

@jamiewagner

11 ай бұрын

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What if you dont use one drive ???

@jamiewagner

5 ай бұрын

You don't have to use one drive. I don't use it.

jamie i love u bro

@jamiewagner

4 ай бұрын

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Yeah, it fuckin work dude

@jamiewagner

2 ай бұрын

Freaking awesome 😎

I love you.

@jamiewagner

7 ай бұрын

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This video saved me from dessert of hell

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9 ай бұрын

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