Microsoft now desires you to describe precisely why you’re trying to close its OneDrive for Windows app before it enables you to do so. Neowin has actually identified that the current upgrade to OneDrive now consists of an irritating dialog box that asks you to pick the reason you’re closing the app each and every single time you try to close OneDrive from the taskbar.
Closing OneDrive is currently buried away and not a basic job, with Microsoft concealing it under a “time out syncing” choice when you right-click on OneDrive in the taskbar. Now, the given up choice is grayed out up until you pick a factor for giving up OneDrive from a drop-down box. Here are the choices:
You’ll require to pick one to close OneDrive, however Microsoft hasn’t consisted of a “disappear and let me close the damn application” choice, sadly.
Microsoft has actually been pressing OneDrive in Windows for many years, with it taking control of the Files and Photos libraries in Windows 11 by default to sync files to Microsoft’s cloud-powered storage. There are likewise a range of triggers throughout Windows if you have not established OneDrive, consisting of one that appears when you alter a Windows desktop wallpaper.
This brand-new habits follows years of Microsoft’s requiring Edge triggers that appear if you attempt to download Chrome or alter your default internet browser. Last month, Microsoft even thirstily began injecting a survey into the download page of Chrome asking why individuals were downloading an alternative internet browser. Now, Microsoft needs to know why you’re closing OneDrive.
What’s next? Ideally, Microsoft will not begin injecting a survey at shutdown requiring to understand why I’m turning my PC off for the day.
If you wish to prevent this most current OneDrive rubbish, then do not hesitate to open Job Supervisor, look for Microsoft OneDrive, and end that job the old-school method.
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