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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...
It is a real mess. If it is autosave - basic thing is to save on hard drive an backup on cloud. Autosave backups on cloud - ONEDRIVE and messes up with your hard drive file.
You have now two different versions. I made a mistake using autosave and messing up my hard drive file.
I do not believe in this as the intent is to move you permanently to one drive where MS has control on you. I have disabled MS. When I pay MS for Office 365, I believe that MS has to synchronize both versions, it is basic responsibility as provider to a paying client.
I have lost trust on this. May reconsider due to lack of honesty.