"The file 'name of file' may have been changed by another user since you last saved it. In that case, what do you want to do? Save a copy. Overwrite changes."

Anonymous
2017-06-23T14:12:56+00:00

I've been using Excel 2016/Office 365 and just recently, I started getting this message: "The file 'name of file' may have been changed by another user since you last saved it. In that case, what do you want to do? Save a copy. Overwrite changes."

I'm the only one working in my file. It is stored on the OneDrive for Business, which is the company supported.

How do I keep this message from appearing?  Or WHY is this message appearing?  

I saw a similar post for Excel 2013, but no help was actually given.

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Anonymous
2017-07-27T01:51:59+00:00

Hi All,

We've contacted the related team and would like to share the latest updates here:

For Consumer products (e.g. Home,Personal,University), the issue should has been fixed in Office version 8229.2103.

For Enterprise products (e.g. Business Premium, Enterprise), the issue will be fixed very soon in few days, the expected Office version number is 8201.2140.

Thanks,

Jim

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  1. Anonymous
    2017-06-30T14:46:14+00:00

    Hey,

    the registry change - did you do the QFE_Saskatchewan set to 1 and it didn't work?

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-06-30T02:16:18+00:00

    Hi Tim,

    We have received the information you provided via PM. We've engaged the relevant team to continue to assist you with this. You will be contacted via email for further troubleshooting.

    We will share the solution to the community once you confirm that this is resolved. Community members will benefit from your sharing.

    Thanks,

    Jim

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-06-29T21:56:36+00:00

    Hi Vitalie,

    Thanks for all the info. When I shared the suggestion it was not reported yet that it didn't work.

    We'll post back when there is any updates.

    Regards,

    Sheen

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  4. Anonymous
    2017-06-29T14:14:54+00:00

    @All,

    Please first refer to Hflores_77's reply on this thread and try to see if it works:

    Excel 2016 Save Issues.

    If it doesn't, for those who haven't, please confirm that the version of your OneDrive client is (6917.0607) and this all happens locally when you save an excel file in the local synced folder, not cloud OneDrive/OneDrive for Business/Excel Online

    Hflores_77 also happened to add

    Update to previous reply:

    I take back my previous suggestion.

    It became unstable once again, all of the sudden for no apparent reason. So, back to square one.

    And I don't quite understand his suggestions anyway - do I need to sign out of OneDrive? How do I do that? It only has the option to unlink PC/stop syncing or pause syncing. I don't see a point in second-guessing a solution that hasn't worked for the original poster.

    I'm on OneDrive Personal and Business, running in a single client Version 2016 (build 17.3.6941.0614). I get this message when saving Excel files that sync to either location. I always open local files and save them locally. Excel version is 1706 (Build 8229.2073 Click-to-Run).

    The registry hack didn't help.

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