F#C!N* MS! Another stupid decision I just found today...

When you "upgrade" to 8.1, you lose the ability to use the desktop version of skydrive, and it REQUIRES a microsoft account. If you use a local account, you are $#!T out of luck for synchronization.

Interestingly, someone found a work around where you map a drive to your skydrive. It's kind of nice that you can use a network drive for this, but the offline synching is toast.

http://www.flgoo.com/enable-skydrive-windows-8-1-local-account/
 Code:
1. Open your browser and login to skydrive.
2. Right click on files on left side bar and copy link.
3. Paste it some where. It looks like this https://skydrive.live.com/#cid=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx . Copy the cid.
4. Go to “This PC” and click Map network drive.
5. In folder box type https://d.docs.live.net/xxxxxxxxxxxxxx. Replace those x with your cid copied in step 3. Click finish.
6. Wait about 1-2 min. Now a popup windows will ask for your skydrive username and password. Provide it and wait 1-2 min again. Done.




MS=Idiots.