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Office 365 AutoSave to OneDrive - how to choose the folder location where a new document is stored?
In any Office 365 application, such as Word, Excel or PowerPoint, the titlebar shows an "AutoSave" button. Upon turning this function on, a dialog pops up where you choose which OneDrive to save the ...
I found registry keys that were tied to the default location:
Computer\HKEY_USERS\<User_ID>\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\ServicesManagerCache\Identities\<UID>_LiveId\WLINBOX_SKYDRIVE_<UID>
The keys to edit are named:
ConnectionUriDocumentsUrl
ConnectionUriEmailAttachmentsUrl
I set these to the root path as below and now my autosave is not hidden down a rabbit hole of folders on OneDrive (the UID is the same as in the path above):
https://d.docs.live.net/<UID>/
Tested and the changes need to be made on each computer that uses the same microsoft account for access (had to change it separately on my desktop and my laptop).
Hope this helps anyone else who winds up here looking for the answer to this annoying design decision.