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BB-SPDev
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Mar 23, 2021

Image files being renamed when downloading from conversation

We noticed today that if someone uploads a file "filename.jpg" into a Conversation and then another user clicks it to open in the image modal and then hits the download button it is saving the file w...
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MRaim
Copper Contributor
Mar 29, 2021
I have the exact same problem. Very annoying
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jfoster2
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Jan 28, 2022

Same problem here, very disruptive. Still not fixed in Jan 2022. All on the most recent version of Teams.

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    soulwake
    Copper Contributor
    Apr 06, 2022

    jfoster2 I've run into this very thing. I figured out if I click on the image and then try to download it will rename it. However, if I right-click on the image in the message and choose Download it retains the original name of the file. This is what the menu looks like where it works. I've also found Open in Browser will retain the name to download too.

     

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      tlafoe
      Copper Contributor
      Apr 03, 2023
      BRILLIANT! THANK YOU! This should be marked as the answer.
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      jfoster2
      Copper Contributor
      Apr 07, 2022

      soulwake "right-click on the image in the message and choose Download it retains the original name of the file"

      Oh you're a life-saver! I had tried to find a workaround early on but found none, and now that right-clicking and downloading there works as expected, at least there's a reasonably painless workaround!!

      Thank you for sharing. Hope this long-standing bug eventually gets resolved!

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