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Set preference of opening in Office Online or Office App
- On the Document Library Settings page, choose Advanced settings.
On the Advanced Settings page, in Opening Document in the Browser, select one of the following options:
Open in the client application When a user chooses a document in this library, the document will open in the corresponding client application if it's available.
Open in the browser When a user chooses a document in this library, the document will open in the web browser in the web app for that document type. When the document is opened in the web app, the user can then decide to open the document in the client application.
Use the server default When a user chooses a document in this library, the document will open by using the default open behavior specified for the server
On the Advanced Settings page, in Opening Document in the Browser, select one of the following options:
Open in the client application When a user chooses a document in this library, the document will open in the corresponding client application if it's available.
Open in the browser When a user chooses a document in this library, the document will open in the web browser in the web app for that document type. When the document is opened in the web app, the user can then decide to open the document in the client application.
Use the server default When a user chooses a document in this library, the document will open by using the default open behavior specified for the server
Unfortunately, the "open document in the client application" setting doesn't seem to work for .eml or even .msg (Outlook's format) files.
Hi Dean_Gross, is it possible to set it so that when the link is shared, it also opens on the App instead of the browser?
At the moment, if i go and open the file from the library folder, it opens on the App by default, but if i share the link and the link is posted on our intranet, when clicking the link it always opens on the Browser.
thanks
Dean_Gross That setting doesn't seem to exist?
All I can see is the below:
Add a page
Add an app
Site contents
Site settings
Site permissions
Site usage
Site performanceYou need to be IN the library you want to set application behaviour on. The options presented in the cog give you different options for where you are. This screenshot is taken from my SitePages library, which gives me site wide and library level options.
ViGuru Greetings!
You can follow the instructions given on https://www.syvantis.com/blog/onedrive-opening-online .
The usual warning: The given link redirects to a non-Microsoft website. Proceed at your own risk.BTW the website is pretty safe, nothing to worry about 😉 .
DarkPsycho302 Changing the library setting to open in desktop client does work in Chrome but only from the native library link. If you add a link to say a quick link web part, it still opens in the browser. If you then remove the ?web=1 parameter it should force a download. But there's no such option to force a single doc to open in the desktop app.
This illustrates Msft's shortsighted misunderstanding of the way people work and the basic options customers need. The all or nothing approach to link behavior is sloppy at best but more likely lazy. Instead of wasting their time on things no one has asked for or cares about, I wish Msft would focus on fixing the buggy modern ui and adding options like this that people might actually find useful.
I've also found the option 'Open Documents in Client Applications by Default' on the Site Collection Features page, which does the same for the entire Site Collection (which is what we wanted). Thanks for you reply, you pointed me in the right direction :-)
Hi, Sonny Gillissen could you please tell me where I can find that setting? There seems to be plenty of coverage of this issue in relation to Sharepoint but not the Office app.
Thanks!
I found that that setting only works in IE and Firefox but not for Chrome or Edge.
In Chrome or Edge, the document is opened/created using Office Web app irrespective of the setting.
Has anyone experienced the same?
I am using Windows 10.
Gilbert Okello you have to activate the IE Compatibility Mode (under Settings) in Edge first. It just work for the Sites that you explicity activate the Compatibility Mode (it will not be activate over the Internet).
- Alternatively, you could write some code to do this configuration in an automatic fashion
