From: V@nguard.LH   
      
   sticks  wrote:   
      
   > The point I was trying to make was that Jim was using an older version   
   > because the default was to a onedrive folder.  Every program has to   
   > have an initial save to location, and Word 2021 does so too.  But,   
   > like most programs that save to location is easily adjusted to the   
   > user preference.   
      
   I ran into programs that had a fixed save location, and no option to   
   change.  Sometimes their fixed path was in a config file, or in the   
   registry, so you edited the config file or registry.  Sometimes their   
   code expected a fixed location (no config file or registry entry) for   
   which the workaround was to use a junction.   
      
   All those old "My Documents", "My Videos", "My Pictures", and so on   
   still exist, but as junctions.  Microsoft wanted to change the paths of   
   many common folders (not sure it was just to eliminate spaces), but   
   doing so would break many programs, so they used junctions.  Windows is   
   rife with junctions.  Microsoft even defined junctions that point to   
   folders that don't exist.   
      
   Then came OneDrive that changed locations again.  Instead of going to:   
      
   c:\users\\[My ]Documents   
      
   you now go to   
      
   c:\users\\OneDrive\Documents   
      
   OneDrive changed some common user paths, like Documents moved to   
   %onedrive%\Documents. Same for the Pictures, but not for Videos.   
      
   Programs really shouldn't be using fixed locations for default paths for   
   common user folders, like Documents.  They should get the paths defined   
   in the registry under:   
      
   HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders   
      
   You'll see there how OneDrive putzed with paths.  Instead of using:   
      
   %userprofile%\Documents   
      
   the path for "Personal" got changed to:   
      
   c:\users\\OneDrive\Documents   
      
   I never tried using junctions inside %userprofile%\OneDrive to fool   
   programs into trying to go there, but get redirected elsewhere.  Neither   
   has Microsoft, so maybe there's a gotcha in having junctions inside the   
   OneDrive folder pointing elsewhere.   
      
   You could use an option inside a program to change save location, if it   
   has the option.  If not, edit a config file, edit the registry for the   
   program's entries on save location, edit the user shell folders in the   
   registry, or use junctions.  All of which are beyond typical users.   
      
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