After an upgrade to 8.1 my SkyDrive desktop app is gone. I couldn't find any way to download a classic Win32 app on my Windows 8.1 and don't want to use a Microsoft account to log into my computer as earlier suggested in these forums. Is there any workaround to use SkyDrive with local account on Windows 8.1?
I do NOT want SkyDrive to synch ALL my files (bandwith and privacy), I just want to use a local account and synch files selectively since apps on my machine create large files (10-30Gb) that are stored in user directories. SkyDrive will not be able to upload them as well and I do not want to manually "make files from online-only to offline state",  referring "to this link" (as suggested by MS engineer earlier).
To add details - I use full (NOT RT) version of Windows with primarily DESKTOP applications that NEED TO and WILL save files on the hard drive of my computer. My laptop does NOT support touch interface so Metro apps are in most part useless to me. And I do not want touch interface on my laptop.
 The vendor of the software confirmed there are no plans to make those apps use Metro UI.
I can't switch to or merge my local account (and I don't want to either) with a MS account for security and privacy reasons. Any advice?