"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
    2017-07-03T09:01:03+00:00

    Thanks GrzegorzSW!

    This solved my problem :)

    However, if I would want to share a file (I very rarely do), I guess I would have to change the settings back?

    Regards,

    Pascale

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-07-03T08:39:06+00:00

    In any case, I suggest Microsoft add a "Remember My Choice" checkbox, so that even if the message box appears, it will appear only one time, not every time I click SAVE.

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-07-03T08:03:28+00:00

    Hi Trail,

    I suggest you try GrzegorzSW's suggestion.

    If the issue still exists, we’d like to collect your tenant information to escalate the case to our related team for further investigation. To protect your privacy, I have sent each of you a private message. Please access them via the link below:

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    Thanks,

    Qing

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  4. Anonymous
    2017-07-03T07:50:49+00:00

    Hi,

    Try this (worked for me in O2016): 

    1. Right-click on OneDrive icon, choose settings from drop down menu
    2. Go to Office Tab and un-check 'Use Office 2016 to sync Office file that I open' box

    I have not checked the impact on co-editing files, yet.

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