I think the new auto save feature in office 365 is a good thing for most users, but I have some concerns about it. I'm wondering if anyone has figured out a method to globally disable it yet? Short sighted on MS's part to not include an easy way to do so, but that's what my research to date is pointing to.
Thanks in advance
Cal
In Excel go to File>Options>Advanced> Uncheck "Allow Background Saves" then in the left panel click Save> Uncheck "Keep the last autosaved version if I close without saving” box. But you can't disable it forever, it is only on a per file basis.
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Simon
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In Office 365 you'll find Simon's options under File/Options/Save. Doing this to a blank workbook and then saving it to your XLStart folder as Book should mean new books are created without the Autosave enabled.
Last edited by mdmackillop; 09-08-2017 at 06:39 AM. Reason: Save as Book1 changed to Save as Book
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We keep telling them that. Can't say whether it will have any effect though.Originally Posted by CBrine
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I found a solution to this, figured I would post it here.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...ce-365-proplus
Looks like you need to actually add an entry to your register, but it does work and turns off the auto-save feature. Make sure you back up your registry first!
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