⚛️ Windows has a default user folder layout that I've avoided for years. With the recent assumptions Microsoft has made on how those folders should be treated, I'm glad I don't rely on them. ⚛️ Windows standard folders I’ve always avoided Windows default folders like Desktop, Documents, and Pictures. This has saved me from Microsoft’s recent, frustrating changes, such as pushing OneDrive backups. Instead, I create and organize my own folders, maintaining full control without Microsoft’s interference. Updates, related links, and more discussion: 🔔 Subscribe to the Ask Leo! YouTube channel for more tech videos & answers: ✅ Watch next ▶ The Problem With OneDrive Backup ▶ Chapters 0:00 Avoid Windows Standard Folders 1:00 What are the standard folders 2:00 The assumptions 2:30 OneDrive backup feature 4:30 What I do instead 6:45 Applications assume a default ❤️ My best articles: ❤️ My Most Important Article: More Ask Leo! ☑️ to get your questions answered ☑️ to subscribe to the Confident Computing newsletter. ☑️ to help support Ask Leo! ☑️ for even more! #askleo #microsoft #folders