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Provide run / open / save / save as options when downloading files - Discussion
Hello everyone,
Thanks so much for all the feedback provided regarding Open/SaveAs. We are now introducing an option for users using Edge version 87.0.629.0 and above to choose, for each download, whether they want to Open, Save As, Save, or Cancel a download. To enable this option, navigate to edge://settings/downloads and enable, "Ask me what to do with each download." Once you download a file after enabling that setting, you will have the option to Open, Save As, Save, or Cancel it. If you choose to open it directly, it will be downloaded to a temporary folder.
Additionally, we have exposed an option to directly delete downloaded files from your computer, in the browser so that you can easily clean up after downloading your files without leaving the browser.
To learn more about these features, please check out our post.
Elliot Kirk I would also appreciate Open with... For example, I sometimes want a CSV file to open in Excel as I want to have a table and get sums from it, sometimes it would fit me better to open it in VS Code as I want to copy part of it in a raw form somewhere else... Sometimes I want to throw away the file (Open with), sometimes I want to keep it (Save followed by Open with). Similarly with other file types.
For me, the best for these options is IE
Popup with all information for download (not required to keep a browser window open)
The choice to open, save, etc... the fileIf MS could add these "features" to Edge
