I very much miss Live Mesh's ability to synch any folder on my PC to Skydrive.  Is there going to be the ability to do this in Windows 8.1, or will Microsoft still require everything to be in the Skydrive folder on my PC.  If so, does anyone know of a good competitor that has this functionality?

I'd prefer to use Skydrive, but if MS wants to require that docs be essentially cloud based and in a file/folder structure of their determination, then I would rather use another service.   If MS's Skydrive Pro does this, then I am okay paying a reasonable price for this ability. 

Thanks in advance for any input.