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Similar to this question, but with OneDrive, and with Win7 & Win10.

I have my PC set up with dual boot to Windows 7 and Windows 10 -- they are two separate partitions on the same SSD. Now, I want to use OneDrive from both OS's, but I want its physical disk location to be on a separate drive that's NOT the OS SSD. So let's say the OS partitions are C: & D:, respectively depending on which is running of course. I have a dedicated 'data' drive, call it drive H:; thus I want OneDrive to use H:\OneDrive. From both OS's.

It seems that MS makes this nearly impossible. In each OS's case, when the OneDrive app "takes control over" that folder, it breaks the other OS's hold on the folder, rendering it inoperable to said other OS.

Hope there is a way! Thank you folks. For context, assume I'm a fairly competent power-user and understand basic NTFS permissions, and am moderately comfortable with CMD & PowerShell when given direction.

PS: I also read this Q&A, but I'm not sure if I follow it 100%, especially because of the conflicting answers. I know about symlinks and junctions, at a super basic level (like, I can create them and see that they work), so if that's part of the answer, great. But again, just not super sure if this is all possible & worthwhile, or a completely futile effort.

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  • There are third-party tools that will allow you to mount your OneDrive account and make it act as a network drive. I would try one of those applications if that would be an acceptable solution.
    – Ramhound
    Apr 11, 2020 at 22:52
  • @Ramhound Thanks for the reply. Any specific suggestions?
    – NateJ
    Apr 12, 2020 at 23:44

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