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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.
As a Chrome user, here are my thoughts.
1. Chrome opens most pdf files in the internal pdf viewer (pdfium?) so they do not appear in my downloads folder. This means I rarely have this problem. When I do experience this problem, it usually occurs with Word and Excel files that I want to open but don't want a copy in my downloads folder.
2. I would like a way to choose the filename and location to save the downloaded file, but only for a subset of downloaded files (the ones I don't intend to delete soon after viewing). Because I only do this for some files, I would prefer to go to the downloads folder and change the name/location using File Explorer as opposed to being asked the name/location for every file I download.
3. Yes, I want a light-weight downloads process. Chrome is light-weight. You click on download and the file is in your download folder.