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Prevent Edge from opening Office files
Hi everybody I do not know if this hub is the proper place to report this problem, but I have been last hour “binging” where to and I think this one is the closest to my problem. I am a web d...
Kelly_Y
Microsoft
Microsoftpererexxl Hi! I was first going to suggest investigating the QuickViewOfficeFilesEnabled policy, but understand that is not an option in this case.
Eric Lawrence from Microsoft has written about this feature. Here is a link to his blog: “Can I… in the new Edge?” (Un-FAQ) – text/plain (textslashplain.com). Can you use one of the options listed to bypass the feature?
-Kelly
Kelly_Y
Yep, this helped me.
in edge go to settings > Downloads > turn off "Open Office files in the browser"