Win 11 w/ One Drive Installed, Impacts Office 2003, will not allow "Save As"; One Drive "DeskTop" Sync is the Issue (Fix is in question!)

Question

On another PC, I was running Win 11 with One Drive and Office 2003 with no issue.

On PC with issue, I WAS running Win 10, One Drive (with Doc&DeskTop Synced) and Office 2003 with no issues.

After update of Win 10 PC to Win 11, ....

Tested both Word 2003 and Excell 2003. (Both Office 2003 applications have same issue.)

If I open a file from a window (on either D drive or One Drive), File opens fine, but...

"Save As" brings up a mostly blank window that never populates.

If I hit any button on window Word/Excell stops working.

To Fix, for Win 11, Un-Sync Just OneDrive "DeskTop"

Then, both Excel 2003 and Word 2003 work fine, "Save As" Works.

Steps to fix

Right click little white Cloud on bottom right of task bar

Select "Settings"

Select "Sync and backup"

Turn OFF just "DeskTop"

That simple, took hours to figure out, hope this helps

P.S. Is Anyone willing to part with a legal copy of Office 2007 (with Prod Key) or later? Maybe that version would work better?

Answer 1

To Fix, Un-Sync OneDrive just "DeskTop"

Then, both Excel 2003 and Word 2003 work fine, "Save As" Works.

Steps to fix

1. Right click little white Cloud on bottom right of task bar
2. Select "Settings"
3. Select "Sync and backup"
4. Turn OFF "DeskTop"

That simple, took hours to figure out, hope this helps.

P.S. Is Anyone willing to part with a legal copy of Office 2007 (with Prod Key) or later? Maybe that version would work better?