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Kaushal-Mehta
Microsoft
Jul 23, 2021Now in Teams Public Preview: Default file open setting for office files
Feature description
The Teams desktop and web apps for Windows and Mac now enable users to configure the default app used to open Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files that have been shared in Microsof...
Chris70
Oct 04, 2021Copper Contributor
Hi, I now have this feature. I found the following:
When I open files in Team Channels - it does respect my choice.
When I open files in Chat - it does NOT respect my choice and always opens in Teams.
When I open files in "popped out" Chat - It does respect my choice.
When I open files from Search - it does NOT respect my choice and always opens in Teams.
Is it expected work like this? Or is it a bug that it fails to work in Chat (unless popped out) and search?
Many Thanks.
When I open files in Team Channels - it does respect my choice.
When I open files in Chat - it does NOT respect my choice and always opens in Teams.
When I open files in "popped out" Chat - It does respect my choice.
When I open files from Search - it does NOT respect my choice and always opens in Teams.
Is it expected work like this? Or is it a bug that it fails to work in Chat (unless popped out) and search?
Many Thanks.
Soumitra Paul
Microsoft
Oct 05, 2021