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So here we go.
I want Dropbox as a standard save location on Excel, but of course W8 doesn't like that as they want you to use CryDive.
After faffing about I find a small batch file download that is supposed to do it for you.
Hooray!
Except it doesn't work.
It doesn't recognize the OS.
In the end I had to start plonking around in the registry to see if that would solve the problem.
Still no joy.
Eventually managed to edit the batch file, enter the dropbox path and managed to add it.
What should take 30 seconds took 30 minutes!
PITA
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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Dalek Dave wrote: What should take 30 seconds took 30 minutes!
Yeah, I've had customers like that, too. You seem to have a special talent!
Personally I've never had any such trouble with any of the Office365 apps.
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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I've been using Bittorrent Sync[^] with some officemates successfully...works like a charm...no middle man server to steal your data or charge exorbitant fees like DropBox.
I wouldn't want people storing 100 meg files on it but for your usual Word, Excel, PowerPoint stuff, it's great.
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Hint: It's only 3 characters long.
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You find one too! Happy Friday 
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It's Saturday morning over here in Australia, though...
What was your three-char search?
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I was half joking about it being a valid search. I copied and pasted ??? into google as a brain fart (bad encoding on a file I was parsing) then remembered google doesn't care for punctuation much. Then I decided to share with you guys because it's Friday afternoon.
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...
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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You found one too! Happy Friday.
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Is it just me (it usually is) or have you not been around for a while? Don't recall speaking with you for some time. Hope all is well.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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I've been super busy at work lately, not on much. All is going okay, unfortunately my dog is ill.
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Nothing serious, I hope?
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Seems like it might be. He's only 4, but they took a biopsy Wednesday. Fear it might be a tumor. We will know more soon. Been sick for 2 weeks, lost weight, fluid in the abdomen. His levels of everything as tested by his blood seem alright, and he's still playful.
I'm staying optimistic and enjoying the hell out of my time with him.
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Throw a stick for him for me?
Hope the biopsy is negative, even if that means they don't know what's wrong yet...![Rose | [Rose]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/rose.gif)
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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wizardzz wrote: All is going okay, unfortunately my dog is ill.
I told you not to call him Old Yella!
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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But... have you ever found a Googlewhack[^]?
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Yeah, I was kind of joking with you guys that I found something like that, but everyone caught on to punctuation real quick.
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Never heard of googlewhack before, so I tried a couple. Got it on my second try:
"existential tablecloth" - returned one result and one ad.
There goes another 1.2 seconds of my allotted fame..
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Dang it ... I read "with quotation marks", but it says "without quotation marks".
So "existential tablecloth" in quotes returns one hit.
Sigh. Need more caffeine.
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And in a day or so, the number will rise as this page gets indexed! 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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BTW: there is also a book[^] and a DVD[^] by a guy called Dave Gorman about what happened when he heard about GoogleWhacks - I saw the show he did on TV which covered some of it. Very silly person, worth a read.
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Damn. Time to sell my Google stock. 
/ravi
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