Forced updates, forced obnoxious apps that you don’t need but you can’t remove from starting services anyway (Your Phone to name one specifically) Thank you for the earlier attempt Barry but what were you saying about Microsoft is now ‘better behaved’ than in Bill Gates day? I couldn’t disagree with that more. NOW READ THIS: What’s the best way to convert Word to PDF?Īs these instructions are from 2019, I am assuming Microsoft has done away with the option to remove the OneDrive default to force your hand even further. Hopefully, it should default to your new location. Now click OK at the bottom of the screen and test whether it’s working by typing a few random words and hitting Save. Your screen should look something like this now:

I’ve chosen a folder in my Dropbox, which I find far more reliable and flexible as a cloud service than OneDrive.

Hit the Browse button next to “Default local file location” and navigate to the folder that you wish to use. You now need to tell Word which folder you’d like to save documents in by default. Then, in the right-hand pane, tick the option that says “Save to Computer by default”. Click on the File menu in the top left-hand corner and then click on Options in the bottom-left corner of the window.Ĭlick Save from the sidebar on the left-hand side of the window that appears. Re-installation of your Office applications might be the one of your solution.This is how to stop recent versions of Word (we’ve tested this back to Word 2016) on the PC defaulting to OneDrive every time you hit the Save button. Just find for an Antivirus that is capable of scanning during boot-up. Some virus can’t be removed in the normal mode, it is better to scan viruses on safe mode or during boot-up. Better run an Antivirus scan and free your computer from virus. This attack might be done just after the creation of the file or at time that your computer was infected. Some of them hide the file or change the attribute as read only. There are some viruses that changing the attribute of a file. Changing security information procedure is available in this site. Log-in as administrator then change the security permission on that particular folder or file. Right click on your file then properties uncheck the read only attribute then apply.Īnother problem is when you don’t have a full control or write access on the folder where the file was saved as well as on the file itself. Just change the attribute of your file, remove the read only attribute. Your downloaded file might be attributed as Read Only that’s why you can’t save your document when opening.Ī read only file attribute is for reading only and modification is not allowed although you can modify it in an editor.

File Permission Error on Saving Word Document

Why is my word document not saving