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> what used to be a clearly understandable suite of products (e.g. Office) I only assume you refer to the pre 2000 state of Office. Confusion started way befor

> what used to be a clearly understandable suite of products (e.g. Office) I only assume you refer to the pre 2000 state of Office. Confusion started way befor AI. And to me the OneDrive - was forced on my in the job - was never a properly usable product, allowing others think differently, but to me, its weird ways and failures (i.e. renaming files) are jus barriers to efficiency.

munchler 2y ago
The move to a subscription model is where I started to lose the thread, and it’s gotten worse from there. I understand OneDrive as Microsoft’s version of Dropbox, but the more it’s integrated into Windows/Office, the more confusion it causes me.
- maximilianthe1 2y ago
  I was confused to discover (while deleting OneDrive), that it had changed my Desktop folder from User/Desktop to User/OneDrive/Desktop.
  - wishfish 2y ago
    That confused me too. Made me a little angry when I was looking for something in Documents. I went to Users\username\Documents and the data wasn't in that folder. Turns out Windows maintained two Documents folders. That one + OneDrive\Documents. I had uninstalled OneDrive the first time I used this laptop. But that wasn't enough. I had to reinstall OneDrive. Turn off folder backups. Unlink the PC from OneDrive. Then uninstall it again. That fixed the two Documents folders problem. OneDrive\Documents went away and the contents put back into Users\username\Documents. A fairly frustrating experience and wasted about an hour troubleshooting it.
layer8 2y ago
Before Office 365 (later Microsoft 365), things were pretty clear.
mint2 2y ago
This hacker news post is refreshing but unexpected. When I’ve one googled reviews of one drive, i’ve usually found the top results are threads of IT folks raving about how great one drive is compared to shared drives. I have always been puzzled by the threads since it’s a mess with a bad UI with bad default locations for the various programs.

munchler 2y ago

The move to a subscription model is where I started to lose the thread, and it’s gotten worse from there. I understand OneDrive as Microsoft’s version of Dropbox, but the more it’s integrated into Windows/Office, the more confusion it causes me.

maximilianthe1 2y ago
I was confused to discover (while deleting OneDrive), that it had changed my Desktop folder from User/Desktop to User/OneDrive/Desktop.
- wishfish 2y ago
  That confused me too. Made me a little angry when I was looking for something in Documents. I went to Users\username\Documents and the data wasn't in that folder. Turns out Windows maintained two Documents folders. That one + OneDrive\Documents. I had uninstalled OneDrive the first time I used this laptop. But that wasn't enough. I had to reinstall OneDrive. Turn off folder backups. Unlink the PC from OneDrive. Then uninstall it again. That fixed the two Documents folders problem. OneDrive\Documents went away and the contents put back into Users\username\Documents. A fairly frustrating experience and wasted about an hour troubleshooting it.

layer8 2y ago

Before Office 365 (later Microsoft 365), things were pretty clear.

mint2 2y ago

This hacker news post is refreshing but unexpected. When I’ve one googled reviews of one drive, i’ve usually found the top results are threads of IT folks raving about how great one drive is compared to shared drives. I have always been puzzled by the threads since it’s a mess with a bad UI with bad default locations for the various programs.