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Disable "save as" defaulting to OneDrive, but do not disable OneDrive - possible?
Have the "Save to Computer by default" checked. That worked for me because I also spent way to much time stressing about this.
Have the "Save to Computer by default" checked. That worked for me because I also spent way to much time stressing about this.
Thank you, that combination of options does make it behave like before.
Now if only Microsoft, specifically some parts of it, would stop actively working against its customers where as other parts of Microsoft are working towards customers (hello kernel group, I talk about you!).
Now we only have to check the registry what got changed and GPO it.
It's frustrating. After being in IT for so long, changes like this can make you feel powerless. When you're supporting hundreds of clients and settings or common behaviors just change without warning, by the time you figure it out, it's often too late. Now, I'm searching for a group policy to deploy across all my networks to stop this, but that will likely create chaos since documents are stored all over the place.
It is this key:
PreferCloudSaveLocations
located here:
Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\General
The key works reversed to the options setting (set to 0 to check the box, set to 1 to uncheck it)
