I’m sure it’s intended for people who don’t backup their photos and then go ballistic when the hard drive goes bad.īut for everyone like reader Reg, here’s how to change your settings so files are saved to your PC: By default, documents and pictures are saved to OneDrive for “eligible users,” according to Microsoft.

Tech+ Apparently, Windows 10 did decide it knows what’s best for your files. I wonder if giving it flying lessons would help it see things my way. … Maybe I am being too picky about this, but I find it irritating that the machine is trying to be too helpful (on this and a number of other functions) and constantly forcing choice on me that I have to counter.

I may someday, but I would like to switch that function off for the time being. I am not sharing with other computers in the house. I constantly have to back out of the beloved digital device’s choice to go back to my preference, which always adds a step or two and becomes very annoying. Q: How do I keep my PC with Windows 10 from defaulting to HomeGroup all the time? I don’t need it to access or save files, photos, etc. How to change Windows 10 default file save locations when you have Microsoft's OneDrive