I just bought my first windows 11 computer. Why are my personal folders like pictures and documents under a OneDrive folder? This is insane. Going to see how Ubuntu runs on it and hopefully never look back.
Right-click on them in Explorer, go to Properties, click on Location tab, and type/select the new path for them, click Move... then that folder and its contents will be moved to new locate.
I've movier following to D: partition as root-level folders: Contacts, Desktop, Documents, Downloads, Favorites, Links, Music, Pictures, Saved Games, Searches, Videos.
The fact that the default is to auto-magically upload your personal data on to somebody else's box (sorry "the cloud") is fucking insane.
Such things should be opt-in, not opt-out; and certainly not nag-ware.
The proper way to do it without breaking everything is via a symbolic link or junction.