.xps files on Desktop

[Oliver]

I am running CloudDrive with Google and a few other cloud services.  I just noticed I have a '.xps' file on my desktop for each of these.  These are real files, not just shortcuts.  They look something like this:

 

OneDrive - 500 GB (20161106224312Z).xps

 

Is it safe to delete these?  If not, is it possible to relocate them somewhere else than the Desktop?

 

[Flakeybanana]

Those files contain the encryption keys for your drive. I'd say it better for you to hang on to them

[Christopher (Drashna)]

If you encrypted the drives, and chose the "save" option, then yes, these are the encryption keys for the drives.

 

You *could* delete them, but if you need to mount the drives on another system (or reinstall), and you don't have them safely stored elsewhere, you'd be SOL.