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  1. lakshya
    lakshya

    No location tab in Windows 10.
    Is there another way?

  2. shaynr
    shaynr

    Thank you for the detailed and precise instructions. Managed to do it on the first trial.

  3. Hartoyo
    Hartoyo

    Thank You Very Much for the explanation.
    I want more space in drive C, and i’m worry once my PC get a trouble and need to be formated it’s affect on files in OneDrive.

    ur explanation is Clear and very usefull .
    Cheer

  4. Darin
    Darin

    Thank you. Perfect explanation and I got it done 1st try with no fuss.

  5. 2Rowdy
    2Rowdy

    Skydrive demands NTFS. I can’t move it to my SD card.

    1. 2Rowdy
      2Rowdy

      Got it to work. In Hardware settings I have set the drive to Better Performance. Next I used CMD Convert to reformat the SD card to NTFS without having to make a backup of the card. After a restart I could transfer OneDrive to the SD card.

  6. Anusha
    Anusha

    Thank you for the post. Can the original Onedrive folder be deleted after changing the default location? Will it have any impact on the changed drives?

  7. Mihai
    Mihai

    Is there a way to use another account instead of the current account?

    1. Ciprian Adrian Rusen
      Ciprian Adrian Rusen

      You sign into Windows 8.1 with another account and you can use OneDrive for that account separate from your main account.

  8. Adele Anderson
    Adele Anderson

    I’m in line behind Jimmy G. I’m not interested in the default opening of File Explorer to “This PC”. Please explain a work-around for this if at all possible.

    Thanks for all the -understandable- info on OneDrive. Very nice to be able to understand information for a change 🙂

  9. Jimmy G
    Jimmy G

    Nice work here, but maybe I am not approaching the problem correctly. I want to have File Explorer in Win 8.1 (Update) open by default in OneDrive/Documents, which is the default when I click “Save.”
    Right now when I open File Explorer it defaults to “This PC.” How do I change the default? TIA Jim

  10. Dave
    Dave

    Can i move sky drive to my external hard drive which will be plugged into my computer at all times to save space on the computers hard drive?

    1. Ciprian Adrian Rusen
      Ciprian Adrian Rusen

      I haven’t tried it but it should work. Try it out and share the results with us. I’m sure others will find your experiment useful.

  11. Ivar
    Ivar

    I used your guide on how to move my Skydrive folder to another disk (d:skydrive). Thank you. But then I found that the folder content is available for the Guest user (which I activated so that friends can use the PC for simple browsing.) Why is that? I assume the default location restricts access? And what’s the easiest way restrict access to just me ?

    Thanks

    Ivar

  12. Antonio Castro
    Antonio Castro

    Ciprian, I followed your instructions but I don´t have the Location tab in Skydrive folder properties.
    How come?
    Tks

    1. Ciprian Adrian Rusen
      Ciprian Adrian Rusen

      What exact Windows version are you using?

      1. Antonio Castro
        Antonio Castro

        Ciprian, I´m using Windows 8.1 Pro preview.
        Tks

        1. Ciprian Adrian Rusen
          Ciprian Adrian Rusen

          As I mentioned in earlier comments – this feature doesn’t exist in Windows 8.1 Preview. It was implemented only in the final RTM version which will be launched globally on October 18th.

  13. A. Brian
    A. Brian

    The steps you have provided is for Windows 8; not for 8.1 Preview. You are liar!

    1. Ciprian Adrian Rusen
      Ciprian Adrian Rusen

      There is no lie in this article. In Windows 8.1 Public Preview you cannot change the SkyDrive folder by design. Simply because Windows 8.1 wasn’t finished at that point.

      In the final version of Windows 8.1 (RTM), the folder can be changed using the procedure mentioned in this article.

  14. Abdur Rehman
    Abdur Rehman

    you are making personification easy with Windows 8.1 tips, thanks for sharing your valuable knowledge

    1. Ciprian Adrian Rusen
      Ciprian Adrian Rusen

      I’m glad you found this article useful.