Microsoft Word attempts to save to Sharepoint instead of local drive

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Hi,

When I open a document in Microsoft Word (Office 2016, 365 Pro, Windows 10) and attempt to save it using the F12 save-as function, Word attempts to save the document in Sharepoint, even though I open it on my local drive. I could previously fix this issue by unchecking the "Use Office 2016 to sync Office files that I open" box in OneDrive options. However, this behaviour still happens sometimes. Upon further investigation with a Microsoft support agent (case number 1XXX2), I believe this behaviour now only happens when I just created a document and it is still uploading online.

In other words: if I open a Word document on my local drive but that it is still showing the upload icon (meaning it's uploading to the cloud), then Word will open a Sharepoint version instead. As long as the document remains open, Word will by default propose to save in Sharepoint rather than on the local drive. Is this a glitch or intentional feature?

Thanks,

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Anonymous

Hi All,

We'd like to make a summary about the case, so every community member who comes across this thread will easily find the information:

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Issue description:

If we uncheck the option : Use Office 2016 to sync Office files that I open in OneDrive sync client and make some changes to a document stored in OneDrive, the changes will attempt to save to SharePoint first. The expected behavior is that changes will be saved to local PC first when we close the document.

Current status:

The issue is fixed in OneDrive version 18.025.0204.0007. You can install it from this article: New OneDrive sync client release notes

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Regards,

Sky

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Anonymous

2018-02-16T15:22:53+00:00

How is Onedrive updated, is it through Windows Update or Office 365 update? Does anyone have a URL that shows the latest version of Onedrive and the release notes. Thanks
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Anonymous

2018-02-16T15:07:09+00:00

YES! I can confirm for ver.18.025.0204.0003, saving to a Local onedrive folder no longer takes forever/saves online automatically. Files stay local and are synced.
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Anonymous

2018-02-16T15:01:16+00:00
I found version 18.025.0204.0003 of Onedrive on my machine this morning. This version seems to work much better in two areas
1. Saves to local synced folders of new documents work much faster and appear to save locally first.
2. The duplicate file issue seems to be solved as well for me although that will require more testing.
All good news.

-Bob
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Anonymous

2018-02-16T01:26:45+00:00

I have received a beta build from support that, after very brief testing here, appears to resolve the issue. I've been told that, despite an NDA, that I may not share it with anyone. I'm not sure how that would work or why Microsoft wouldn't want those who have reported this issue to test the beta build, but alas I will honour the request, at least for now. I would strongly recommend each of you call back and get Microsoft to provide you with the build to test it as well. Perhaps if Microsoft had actually tested the builds that are broken outside Microsoft they wouldn't be having to fix it now. Oh well, good luck folks. If I find out anything more about this build I will report back.

FWIW, they stated that this is being tested internally and that no ETA has been given to its release.
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