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OneDrive folder roams to another computer unexpectedly in Windows 8 and Windows 8.1

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Symptoms

Consider the following scenario:
  • You have Roaming User Profile configured for a user in a domain.
  • The user logs on to a Windows 8 or Windows 8.1-based computer.
  • The user installs or configures OneDrive Desktop client on the computer.
  • The user logs on to another computer in the domain.
In this scenario, the OneDrive file is roamed to the computer even when the computer does not have OneDrive Desktop client installed or configured.

Note: Do not use the same roaming user profiles to log on to Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 Computers. Roaming user profiles in Windows 8.1 or Windows Server 2012 R2 are incompatible with roaming user profiles in earlier versions of Windows.

Similarly, roaming user profiles on Windows 8-based or Windows Server 2012-based computers are incompatible with roaming user profiles in other versions of Windows.

For more information, please review the following articles:
Incompatibility between Windows 8 roaming user profiles and roaming profiles in other versions of Windows
Incompatibility between Windows 8.1 roaming user profiles and those in earlier versions of Windows

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Cause

This issue occurs because OneDrive folder is not in the exclusion list of Roaming User Profiles

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Resolution

To exclude the OneDrive files from Roaming User Profiles, create or change a Group Policy Object and set the exclusions for OneDrive folder. To do this, refer to the steps in the following Microsoft knowledge base article:
814592 How to prevent folders from roaming with a profile in Windows Server 2003

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Article Info
Article ID : 2958107
Revision : 1
Created on : 1/7/2017
Published on : 4/22/2014
Exists online : False
Views : 277