i do not wish to use onedrive at all. am i just out of luck?

[Microsoft Windows]

i recently built a new computer, and ended up with little to no recourse but window 11.If i wish my files to be stored in the cloud, i will put them there - with dropbox or google drive. but it seems that i cannot have a desktop folder, a my documents folder, or a PICTURES!!! folder that isn't tied to microsoft's onedrive cloud storage. the problem: i've spent all day moving files, trying to create desktop shortcuts to non-onedrive folders i made and it all either ends with MY folders being empty, or magically linked back to onedrive through the short cuts. it changes the shortcuts i make from

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