https://lab.artur-rios.tech/tags/symbolic-link/Recent content in Symbolic Link on Artur Rios LabHugoen-usWed, 21 Oct 2026 22:00:00 +0000https://lab.artur-rios.tech/tutorials/back-up-any-folder-with-onedrive/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 22:00:00 +0000https://lab.artur-rios.tech/tutorials/back-up-any-folder-with-onedrive/<p>OneDrive backs up what is inside its own folder, usually <code>C:\Users\&lt;you&gt;\OneDrive</code>, and nothing else. Its built-in folder backup extends that to a fixed set of folders: Desktop, Documents, Pictures, Music and Videos.<sup id="fnref:1"><a href="#fn:1" class="footnote-ref" role="doc-noteref">1</a></sup> A folder anywhere else, say <code>D:\Projects</code>, is not backed up unless it is moved into OneDrive, and moving it breaks every program, shortcut and script that expects it at <code>D:\Projects</code>.</p> <p>The trick that gets passed around is to leave the folder where it is and put a symbolic link to it inside OneDrive. That does not work reliably, for reasons explained <a href="#why-not-a-link-inside-onedrive">below</a>. What works is the same idea pointed the other way: move the folder into OneDrive, where it syncs like any other folder, and leave a link at the old path, so everything that used <code>D:\Projects</code> still finds it there.</p>