Offline Save Locations Incorrect

[Guest I Used to Be RJB]

I have posted similar aggravations with Office/OneDrive not playing well whilst offline (and had them closed, unresolved):

 

Hey! Get Off My Cloud! (Save As... to Hard Drive, Please)

 

Recent File List Forces Cloud-Only Option

 

 

I don't know if this is a Windows issue, an Office issue, or a OneDrive issue.

 

 

In a nutshell, when I'm ONline, I'm forced to save to the Cloud (used to be a version management issues online/offline... Seems to have been resolved in a recent update).

 

 

But when I'm OFFline, Office doesn't save to my preferred file location. It saves to the Windows/Documents folder.

 

 

I have OneDrive set to save to my PC:

 

 

 

I have my Office Default locations set as I think they ought to be, but:

 

 

 

 

 

How do I get it to save to the desired default location when offline???

 

 

Windows 10 Pro Version 1803 OS Build 17134.48

 

Word Version 1806 (Build 10211.20004 CtR)

 

One Drive Version 2018 (Build 18.091.0506.0003)

 

 

Thanks

 

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