We happen to think that Microsoft’s online storage and syncing service,, is pretty neat. After all, it’s available on most major desktop and mobile platforms, including Xbox, and offers massive storage capacity for a relatively cheap price, especially when bundled as part of an Office 365 subscription. But OneDrive, as a home-grown Microsoft project, is basically shoved in the face of all Windows users, regardless of how they feel about the service. In Windows 10, for example, the OneDrive taskbar icon bugs users to sign in, and the OneDrive name and logo are (apparently) permanent fixtures in the File Explorer sidebar.
This registry edit does not work for my Windows 10 Professional. I have an orphaned OneDrive icon in the file manager and another one on my desktop. Having uninstalled one-Drive some time ago (long before trying this registry hack), I suspect that the solution is failing because there was no program there prior to that. The root problem, however, is Microsoft attempting to take extraordinary means to push choices on us.