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AutoSave feature causing frustration
HI Marli van Staden.
First of all, before editing the registry be EXTREMELY careful!
If you make a mistake you can render the machine unusable.
(You should also make a backup of the registry before modifying it.)
All this said, if you want to try, you have to ADD the "DontAutoSave" key inside "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Excel". The key type should be DWORD and its value should be 1.
Also, as an introduction to editing the registry, you can give a look to https://www.howtogeek.com/school/using-windows-admin-tools-like-a-pro/lesson5/
Hope it helps...
Yes, but that slider will only work for that specific file. If you open another file, for which you have not disabled it yet, it will be switched to 'On' again...which is what I am trying to avoid
Yes that is true, for me that works because most of the time I want it on, as I am collaborating and need it to work that way. The process is not difficult though.