In the Sync your OneDrive files to this PC box, check and uncheck the box at Sync all files and folders in my OneDrive. On the Account tab, click Choose folders. On the Auto Save tab, set the Documents and Pictures lists to This PC only, and uncheck the other boxes. On the Settings tab, uncheck all the boxes under General. Select Start, type OneDrive in the search box, and then select OneDrive in the search results. If the icon doesn't appear in the notification area, OneDrive might not be running. It’s too late for me, perhaps you’ll do better.Note: You might need to click the Show hidden icons arrow next to the notification area to see the OneDrive icon. I’ve set mine to 5 minutes since I’m extra paranoid (The standard setting for other office programs is 10 minutes).

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Check the box next to Save AutoRecover information every X minutes.

In the Options dialog, choose the Save section from the navigation on the left.

Click the File tab/menu in the upper left.

These instructions are for Visio 2013 but should generally work for 20 as well. All you’ll find in your AppData folder are shape caches and regret.

Then if an errant update, a crash, or me dumbly closing the wrong window while ignoring the warning dialogs puts an end to my precious diagram, I go searching for the auto recovery files just like I would with Word or Excel.īut if you haven’t manually configured this, they are no where. But for whatever reason when I’m trying to get those lines perfectly aligned to the grid or I’m making minor font tweaks, etc. Generally I’m slapping Ctrl-S like it’s a gopher in one of those gopher slapping games or in some other situation where frequent slapping occurs. Each of these diagrams always takes me far longer than it should and losing one that I have been working on makes we weep uncontrollably naked in the corner for 4+ hours. Making Visio diagrams comes up pretty often when documenting workflows, server configurations, etc. Did you know that unlike EVERY OTHER Microsoft Office program, Visio does NOT have autosaving turned on by default? If so, you probably found out the hard way like me.

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