Finding OneDrive files on a new computer

stonecherub · Jul 24, 2023

Finally traded my wife's old Win 10 box for a new mini running Win 11 Pro. I made an account for her on the new machine and logged-in to our family Microsoft 365 account using her name and password. Where are the OneDrive files from her old Win 10 box? How do I get access to them for her?

Rollback_Jockey · Jul 24, 2023

If you sign into OneDrive you can find the path (Or change it) within settings.

TraderGary · Jul 24, 2023

stonecherub said:
Finally traded my wife's old Win 10 box for a new mini running Win 11 Pro. I made an account for her on the new machine and logged-in to our family Microsoft 365 account using her name and password. Where are the OneDrive files from her old Win 10 box? How do I get access to them for her?

I've been a OneDrive user since it was implemented in 2007. When I purchased my new Dell XPS 15 Windows 11 Pro computer and logged in to Windows, my OneDrive files were right there in my OneDrive folder waiting for me.

OneDrive has always been that way for me, I buy a new computer and as soon as I log in to Windows, all my files are right there in my OneDrive folder waiting for me as if nothing ever happened.

TraderGary · Jul 24, 2023

@stonecherub, I just reread your post. You shouldn't have created a new account for her. All of her OneDrive files will be accessed using the same Windows Account she always used when logging in to Windows.

stonecherub · Jul 24, 2023

Thanks, Rollback_Jockey, turns out Ms 365 wasn't fully installed.

stonecherub · Jul 24, 2023

TraderGary:

You are quite correct but I am IBM-cards old with a lot of baggage and the fight to get some kind of connectivity was bruising with accounts created and deleted because there wasn't anything else to try. Deleting Elaine's MS account and rebuilding it solved the problem. Thanks for the help.

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