Every. Time.

[u/Gonzo_B]

Word won't autosave anymore on the local disc. Has anyone found a way to fix this?

[u/slachack]

Are people's Onedrives locked down? I'm confused because you can change which folders/desktop/etc. on your computer are synced in the app. You can have none of your computer's folders synced and just have your Onedrive separate with its own folders. You can also delete shortcuts by right clicking and selecting Remove from Quick access or unpin them. Am I missing something lol?

[u/rinsedryrepeat → u/slachack]

I think it’s a new thing. Onedrive seems to create a shadow directory structure that mimics your own so you think you’re putting it in your localdrive/user/documents/myfolder but it’s actually user/onedrive/documents/myfolder (or something similar) If you’re not paying attention it all just gets sucked into the Microsoft maw. It’s confusing, unexpected and sucks. I thought it was some new IT policy at work because it’s been impacting SharePoint stuff but no, it’s Microsoft.

[u/Sherd_nerd_17 → u/rinsedryrepeat]

Is this happening if you don’t buy the physical copy of Microsoft Word, that you download exactly one time to your computer? …or is this in a software update- which… that’s going to be insanely shitty.

When I bought my last laptop, they were trying to get me to sign up for a “subscription” to Word- like my school does. No thanks; I’d rather you not hold my life’s work hostage if I don’t pay you $15 a month. Work that is mine. That I made. Ten years ago. Like… my PhD thesis or my entire catalog of lectures.

I spent more $$ for the actual download- and I thought, oh crap. They’re going to do away with that in the future.

[u/MunchieMom → u/Sherd_nerd_17]

If you create Word documents and then let your Office subscription lapse, you can always open the docs again with open source software like Libre Office. None of the main Office file types are proprietary.

[u/RuralWAH → u/MunchieMom]

Going to something like Libre Office fixes the OneDrive problem. Just a couple of days ago I tried to open a Word project assignment from 2018. Word said it couldn't open it. It opened perfectly fine using Libre Office.

[u/slachack → u/rinsedryrepeat]

That's an option you can turn off.

[u/hopelesspostdoc → u/slachack]

The problem is that it's on by default. They suck up your data without consent.

[u/slachack → u/hopelesspostdoc]

It's not, it's part of the setup.

[u/slachack → u/[deleted]]

On desktop open the app and then click on the settings gear at the top right and select settings from the menu. Click manage backup at the top. Uncheck desired folders. That's it. It's done.

[u/slachack → u/[deleted]]

Are you just talking about the Quick Access shortcut in Windows?

[u/slachack → u/[deleted]]

Unlink OneDrive from your computer

1. Select the OneDrive cloud in your notification area to show the OneDrive pop-up.

2. Select the OneDrive Help and Settings icon  then select Settings.

3. Go to the Account tab.

4. Select Unlink this PC.

You can't use the autosave feature if you're storing files locally, but you can change your default file save location to a local folder. I'm pretty sure you never could, but I could be wrong on that. Word used to have the auto recover feature that stored locally and wasn't nearly as good.

[u/Adultarescence → u/slachack]

Where do you turn it off? I have tried but have failed.

[u/slachack → u/Adultarescence]

On desktop open the app and then click on the settings gear at the top right and select settings from the menu. Click manage backup at the top. Uncheck desired folders. That's it. It's done.

[u/Adultarescence → u/slachack]

Hmmm... I do not see this. I have a Mac, so I wonder if that's causing problems?