Windows 10: How to change the status of an old Microsoft Account by making it a local Microsoft Account?

I tried for over 4 years to get Microsoft to update my Microsoft Account to reflect my current email address after we moved from North Carolina to Florida in December of 2017. For some reason, Microsoft would not recognize that new email account. In those same years I had to purchase two Microsoft Office programs, install programs via the Microsoft Store, received updates, and have created numerous files and folders using the only account Microsoft would recognize. As a result I cannot completely remove the old Microsoft Account because I would probably lose everything for Microsoft that h

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Can't change local account to a Microsoft account

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I do not know what the reason might be.

I suggest you create a new account and make that an MSAccount instead.
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Windows 8 with 2 Microsoft accounts?

Yea, I would create a local account and just use your school account to login to Outlook and Onedrive.

Edit:
Here switch between local and microsoft account.

 

Windows 8 with 2 Microsoft accounts?

I was thinking of doing that, but it will be a PITA setting everything up on the 2nd account again. I might go that way and just spend the time getting the account in order.

The problem is, I would need to switch at the start of every day. Extra reset and waiting for the settings to be applied etc. Also, I'm not sure whether one drive would be maintained after switching back to a local account. I wouldn't want to have to re-sync every time I logged in. I may have to do some testing to see if onedrive is maintained after switching back to a local account.