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Technology@beehaw.org · 5 months ago

Windows 11 is now automatically enabling OneDrive folder backup without asking permission

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Windows 11 is now automatically enabling OneDrive folder backup without asking permission

UngodlyAudrey🏳️‍⚧️@beehaw.org to

Technology@beehaw.org · 5 months ago

Microsoft quietly changed how folder backup works in the OneDrive app on Windows 11. Now, the OS enables it by default during the initial setup without asking the user for permission.

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Or just reinstalls it in the next update.
- Moonrise2473@feddit.it
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  They never reinstalled OneDrive after an update… yet
  
  (I hate how I have to uninstall useless shit after updates)

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