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happyTonakai
Copper Contributor
Apr 27, 2020

How do I turn off "Always open files of this type" in Edge Chromium?

Hello, I accidentally selected "Always open files for this type" for ".pdf" file extensions, and then pdf files are always opened whenever I download them without asking me to select a path. BTW I h...
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    i-am-kent
    Jun 02, 2020

    happyTonakai 

     

    Thanks for your feedback! In version 85.0.534 I am seeing an option to clear the setting to "Always open files of this type". We expect versions including and after 83.0.478.37 to have this change. This shows up in edge://settings/downloads

     

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Michal1984
Copper Contributor

Deleted Hi,

 

Can we set this using GPO? So users won't have to do it?

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Jun 02, 2020

Michal1984 Great question. The team has actually been actively discussing possible GPO scenarios for this.

 

There are some confounding factors that the team has to investigate further first, such as the potentially significant security impact of setting files to open automatically. So while I can't give you any firm promises at this point, I can confirm that this is top-of-mind for us.

 

Fawkes (they/them)
Project & Community Manager - Microsoft Edge

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