How did my Save As page change? (Word, Windows 10)

Anonymous
2023-08-10T20:10:02+00:00

Since I got my computer years ago, when I clicked "Save As", my Desktop and recently used folders were the list of options. The past 3 - 4 days, instead of the usual locations, it's One Drive.

I DID NOT change things so how did this happen and how can I change it back. It is a true pain in my butt to have to click a bunch of stuff just to get to my Desktop.!

Every time Windows updates, something I didn't want to happen, happens. The ONLY other time this happened was back when Microsoft sabotages Windows XP. Seriously wrong!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  1. Stefan Blom 352.5K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2023-09-08T22:48:25+00:00

    I have turned off the synchronization years ago. Unfortunately, I don't remember the details. You may have to sign in first and then access the settings.

    Does the article for which I provided a link not help?

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  2. Stefan Blom 352.5K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2023-09-07T19:28:00+00:00

    If you click OneDrive in the File Explorer, you should see the icon for OneDrive in the notification area of the Windows taskbar. Click it, sign in (if necessary), and access the settings from there.

    In the screen shot below, my OneDrive icon displays with a backslash, because I am not signed in.

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  3. Stefan Blom 352.5K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2023-09-06T21:14:37+00:00

    You need to access the OneDrive app which is locally installed on your PC.

    Your screen shot appears to be from the web site https://onedrive.live.com.

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  4. Stefan Blom 352.5K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2023-08-18T17:54:26+00:00

    To turn off OneDrive, the easiest solution is to "unlink" OneDrive (Microsoft's terminology). See the article at https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/turn-off-disable-or-uninstall-onedrive-f32a17ce-3336-40fe-9c38-6efb09f944b0.

    The screen shot below is from the article:

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    As I wrote in a previous message, I don't have Windows 10, which means that I can't test any options available there. I think you will be better off changing the options in the OneDrive app as outlined in the linked article above.

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  5. Stefan Blom 352.5K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2023-08-17T18:17:14+00:00

    Nowadays, the default in Office, if you have a subscription version, is to synchronize folders with OneDrive.

    In other words, before you selected "Save to Computer by default," you could have saved some document to OneDrive without realizing it.

    To minimize the impact of OneDrive, you may also want to turn off the synchronizing in the OneDrive app (which comes with Windows).

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