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djclements
Silver Contributor
Dec 12, 2025

That's interesting. I'm using MS Edge on Windows 11, and I get a gear menu icon in the top-right corner of my screen, which allows me to edit a discussion I started...

Glad to hear the edit worked for you with your reply, although it sounds like it might not be a reliable workaround 100% of the time as mentioned by SnowMan55​. So disappointing to see what's become of this forum... it used to be my favorite one.

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OliverScheurich
Gold Contributor
Dec 12, 2025

Thank you! I'm using Edge and Windows 11 as well and i didn't remember the gear menu item that is available for me as well.

I was only looking for the menu (three dots) as it's shown when replying to a discussion.

I've tried attaching a file several times to the discussion i've started but the attachment is removed unfortunately.

EDIT:

I was able to attach a small file ( ~11 KB) to my initial post of this discussion. However this isn't reliable since all other files were deleted. It seems that only small attachments aren't deleted no matter if i reply to a discussion or if i've started the discussion.

Another EDIT:

It seems that .xlsx files with up to 75 MB can be attached and aren't deleted and that all macro-enabled files .xlsm can't be attached from my PC.

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    Lorenzo
    Silver Contributor
    Jan 19, 2026

    I'm also on Windows 11 + Edge and seem to have observed the following:

    When attaching a file (something we usually do as the last step when posting a reply) the attachment icon (& others) stay displayed until the next action
    If the next action is a click on Reply/Update the attachment is randomly stripped out
    On the other hand, if the next action is to click elsewhere on the post - making sure the attachment icon loses focus - it seems to work more reliably - to be confirmed, though...

    (attached 3 files to this reply...)
    EDIT 1st attachment stripped out 😒

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      djclements
      Silver Contributor
      Jan 19, 2026

      Lorenzo​  Testing this strategy by attaching my files first, then typing all of this. Also testing a potential workaround for macro-enabled workbooks by renaming the file with a .zip extension (to be renamed and removed after downloading). If it works, there will be no further edits to this reply (2 files attached).

      EDIT: the 1st attachment (.xlsx) worked, but the 2nd attachment (.xlsm.zip) was purged. Looks like a promising strategy, but still subject to other "spam" filtering rules.

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