Users Guide

Since the old PC has Desktop, Documents, and Pictures folders in the OneDrive folder, clearing the OneDrive folder
automatically stops the migration of all the files and folders in it including the Desktop, Documents, and Pictures folders.
Logged in to OneDrive on the old PC and selected Desktop, Documents, and Pictures for backup
The files are migrated from the OneDrive folder on the old PC to the default location of the Desktop, Documents, and Pictures
folder on the new PC.
For example, if the Desktop folder on the old PC is C:\Users\John\OneDrive\Desktop, and the Desktop folder on the
new PC is C:\Users\Ross\Desktop, all the files are migrated from the old PC C:\Users\John\OneDrive\Desktop
folder to the new PC C:\Users\Ross\Desktop folder.
Since the old PC has Desktop, Documents, and Pictures folders in the OneDrive folder, clearing the OneDrive folder
automatically stops the migration of all the files and folders in it including the Desktop, Documents, and Pictures folders.
Logged in to OneDrive on the new PC and selected Desktop, Documents, and Pictures for backup
The files are migrated from the default location of Desktop, Documents, and Pictures folder to the <Drive name>:
\Users\<Username>\<old PC-Machine Name> folder on the new PC.
For example, if the Desktop folder on the old PC is C:\Users\John\Desktop, and the Desktop folder on the new PC is
C:\Users\Ross\OneDrive\Desktop, all the files are migrated from the old PC C:\Users\John\Desktop folder to the
new PC C:\Users\Ross\<old PC-Machine Name>\Desktop folder.
A shortcut is created in the C:\Users\Ross\OneDrive\Desktop folder to which redirects to the C:\Users\Ross\<old
PC-Machine Name>\Desktop folder.
120 Migration of OneDrive files