I’m envisioning making Word docs auto-save by simulating pressing Ctrl+S every 5 minutes or so, but I can’t use AutoHotKey because that’s a third-party tool and work doesn’t allow those on the company workstations.
Auto-recovery is a joke. I have auto-recovery set to every 5 minutes already and then when my Word doc crashes occasionally, I’ve lost 45 minutes of work—and gotten no auto-recovery options at all.
For whatever reason, our work desktops do come with PowerToys installed. Is there some way I could use PowerToys to accomplish what I’m trying to do? I’ve been able to do things like this on Mac OS for over a decade. I’m surprised there’s no obvious built-in Windows ability for something like that.
Autosave works fine for both my work- and personal M365 subs. This suggests the issue may be with your device or the install of office.
Run a repair/reinstall
Autosave that backs up to OneDrive? I can’t use OneDrive because work policy forbids it.