"Save As" location defaulting to local drive

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Sophie Beard

• January 05, 2024 03:35

When I "Save As" a file that was opened from Box Drive, the default save location is "My Documents" on my local drive, instead of the Box folder the file originally came from. Can this be changed?

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  Rona

  • January 05, 2024 20:08

  Hi Sophie, 

  Welcome to Box Community and glad to help!

  Let me create a new case and a member of our team will be in touch, please keep an eye out.

  Thanks for posting!

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  Marty Scherstuhl

  • April 04, 2024 18:51

  Same issue here. Plus, when I save or save-as, the file name corrupts, adding in lots of characters like this:

  For instance, "Quarterly Conversation Form" becomes "%20Quarterly%20Conversation%20Form" when I try to save. And defaults to local drive rather than Box.

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  Tyler Kimble

  • June 14, 2024 19:16

  I also am having this issue as of a few months ago. Every time I "save as" a file on box drive, Windows defaults to "Documents" instead of the originating folder. It's infuriating and costing me a lot of time. Please let me know how I can fix this ASAP.

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  Sophie Beard

  • June 15, 2024 05:37

  Box Support tried to help but concluded with "it's a Microsoft issue not a Box issue." The workaround I have discovered is instead of using the F12 "Save As" shortcut I go File>Save a Copy which defaults to the originating folder

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  Marty Scherstuhl

  • June 20, 2024 22:58

  That's clever, Sophie! I'm now doing what you suggest in Excel. With Word, still no luck, even with my default save location being a Box location.

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