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Download behaviour for PDF, invite.msrcincident
kwester-ebbinghaus-business Hello! I'm not totally familiar with the scenario you've described but would it work if users are asked what they would like to do with each download?
For example, if you navigate to edge://settings/downloads it is possible to turn on "Ask me what to do with each download." This will turn on the following Downloads message and selecting "Open" will not save the file in the Downloads folder, rather it will go to a Temp folder.
Thanks!
-Kelly
Microsoftkwester-ebbinghaus-business Hello! I'm not totally familiar with the scenario you've described but would it work if users are asked what they would like to do with each download?
For example, if you navigate to edge://settings/downloads it is possible to turn on "Ask me what to do with each download." This will turn on the following Downloads message and selecting "Open" will not save the file in the Downloads folder, rather it will go to a Temp folder.
Thanks!
-Kelly
Hi Kelly_Y this sounds like a solid workaround for the moment. Thank you for the inspiration and quick response.
It would be still nice to triage to have a setting for these filetypes similar to what we do for Office.
I am open for other ideas.
- Kelly_Y
kwester-ebbinghaus-business Hi! One more thing, specifically for PDFs we have the AlwaysOpenPdfExternally policy which does mention "If Microsoft Edge is the default PDF reader, PDF files aren't downloaded and will continue to open in Microsoft Edge." (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/microsoft-edge-policies#alwaysopenpdfexternally) Might be helpful in your scenario.
Also, if you haven't had a chance yet, you can also submit feedback through the browser? ("..." menu > Help and feedback > Send feedback) Thanks!
-Kelly
- Thank you Kelly we will try this!
