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Microsoft

Jul 23, 2021

Now 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...

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Richy72

Copper Contributor

Oct 08, 2021

Same here, some users (M365 Prem) have and some don't have the option for setting 'Desktop App' as Default. I myself on my main PC (.26376), do not - on other devices, I do get the option - so device dependant.

jsieber_mt

Copper Contributor

Oct 08, 2021

Richy72I'm running into the same situation. We are not using the preview. Some of have the option and others do not. I had the option on one device and then ran both Office and Teams updates and now I no longer have the option. Would love to figure out how to get it back.

another_ddmiller
Copper Contributor
Oct 13, 2021
Same here at our org. Teams app version 1.4.00.26376 64-bit Updated 9/28/2021. I go to Settings and the File menu, and I only get Teams and Browser in the drop down even if I scroll. I've logged out, quit, restarted, 2FA'd, and logged back in Teams and no difference on my machine. Others with the same version have it.
- another_ddmiller
  Copper Contributor
  Oct 28, 2021
  another_ddmiller
  
  Two more weeks and I still don't have the feature. Anyone from MSFT listening who can advise?
  - jsieber_mt
    Copper Contributor
    Oct 28, 2021
    another_ddmiller
    
    The frustrating part for me is that I did have this option, it went away, and now I can't figure out how to get it back. Our organization has a mixture of people who have and do not have the option even when on the same versions of Teams, Word, and Excel.