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    OneDriveStandaloneUpdater.exe to contact microsoft. I do not use and hope I turned OFF one drive. Can I , should I deny firewall reaching out?
    win10 home ver 1903

    Thanks you

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    • #2021202

      If you definitely don’t use it then it’s safer to completely uninstall OneDrive than try to just turn it off unless you also check in Scheduled Tasks for triggers (as you have just experienced). I use Geek Uninstaller as it seems to do a good job of cleaning remnants from the Windows registry (and I prefer small, portable apps rather than installed ones).

      You can use the following PowerShell two-liner to get rid of the OneDrive shortcut that often seems to get left in the Start menu after uninstallation.

      Remove-Item -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue "C:\Users\Default\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\OneDrive.lnk"
      Remove-Item -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue "$env:userprofile\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\OneDrive.lnk"

      The first line deletes the shortcut from the default template; the second line deletes it from your user profile.

      Hope this helps…

      PS – For a superbly easy way to manage the Windows Firewall, have a look at Sordum.org‘s Firewall App Blocker. I’ve started using it on all my Windows devices now.

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      I suppose I should have mentioned I use Bitdefender AV. …….

      How DO you install/delete Onedrive?

      Thanks

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