I have recently reconfigured my Laptops’s Data (Stored on separate D: drive) to interface with MS OneDrive (for backup purposes) with the selection “files and folders always available  locally” to cater for offline situations.

However, I have noticed (and there is no better way to put it) a total screw-up with data storage. Data files seems to have been willy-nilly moved to the default Quickbooks file location ( seems to be related to whether the laptop was on-or offline at the moment of exiting.

This created the impression on lost data when after a while selecting a previous company, accompanied by error messages, requiring running data doctor. This did not solve the problem, necessitating the recapturing of 2 month’s data. Only to subsequently finding the correct file in a folder which have never been specified.

Ha anybody experienced the same and/or is there any advice. currently I am running my QB2018 data file from an external drive (which is obviously not ideal)

I am running on Windows10 on an i7 processor with 16GB of RAM, 128 GB SSD (C: for programmature) and 1TB ADATA (D: drive for all data)

Appreciating any feedback: [email address removed] [removed] (South Africa)

Attached is an image showing the mishmash that is created in the Quickbooks file selection panels