PC World – December 2015

ANSWER LINE
BY LINCOLN SPECTOR
HERE’S
HOW
How to stop Windows
10 from saving files
to OneDrive
If you don’t watch out, Windows 10 will put your documents,
music, and photos automatically into its cloud service.
Joyce Shue bought a new computer running Windows 10. After
transferring data files from her older PC, she discovered that “it placed
all my files and folders in OneDrive. How can I transfer these files and
folder back to my PC?
JOYCE USED LAPLINK’S PCMover (go.pcworld.com/laplink) to move
her files, but I doubt it was that program’s fault. I simply dragged and
dropped, and my data files also ended up in OneDrive (this was in a
new Windows 10 environment; not an upgrade). I get the impression
that Microsoft wants you to store your data in the company’s cloudbased
storage service. Given that the company recently reneged (go.
pcworld.com/onedrivelimited) on its promise of infinite OneDrive
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