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Iron Contributor

Dec 20, 2019

Open Word/Excel Documents directly instead of Downloading - Undo Selection not available

To configure EdgeChromium to open for example Word, Excel ... documents directly instead of downloading them, there is an Option to click "..." => "Always open Files of this type" After ...

stesch79

Iron Contributor

Mar 31, 2020

josh_bodner

Because in Chrome the selection can be undone:

DavidGB

Iron Contributor

Apr 01, 2020

stesch79

After you have set at least one file type to open automatically, in Settings>Downloads a 'File types which are opened automatically after downloading' entry appears which you can use to clear the option.

stesch79
Iron Contributor
Apr 02, 2020
DavidGB Thanks. Unfortunately I don't see such an option. Neither in Settings > Download nor in Downloads
- i-am-kent
  Iron Contributor
  Jun 02, 2020
  stesch79 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.
  - stesch79
    Iron Contributor
    Jun 17, 2020
    i-am-kent Such great news!!!
    I have version 83.0.478.45 and here I am already able to untick the option
    
    And, once you have ticked a file type, you can clear it in Downloads settings:
    
    Issue solved! Many thanks!
- stesch79
  Iron Contributor
  Apr 15, 2020
  Does nobody else has this behaviour?
  - stesch79
    Iron Contributor
    Apr 28, 2020
    same here: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/discussions/how-do-i-turn-off-quot-always-open-files-of-this-type-quot-in/m-p/1340562/highlight/false#M29782