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I have the following setup:

Windows 8.1 on PC at Work. I use a local account.

My personal/private hotmail address, with all my personal data in Skydrive.

In Windows 8, I used to be able to have the Skydrive/Onedrive desktop app running, and connect it to my personal hotmail address. I could access, edit and sync my skydrive files at work: great!

Now upgraded to 8.1, it seems it is no longer possible? I installed the desktop app, but it cannot be opened?

As said here, it is all baked in: SkyDrive desktop app with Windows 8.1

Now, this is very annoying, obviously: I can no longer access my files!

Is there any solution to this?

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As of Windows 8.1, signing in with a Microsoft account is required to let OneDrive sync your files. Short of relying on third party applications, you won't be able to have a setup similar to what you previously had in Windows 8.

The OneDrive/Microsoft account is now equivalent to iCloud/Apple: if you want to use iCloud to store your documents and access them across devices, you are forced to use the same iCloud account.

As an alternative, you might switch to a different cloud storage provider such as DropBox, Box, or Google Drive.

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