12-20-2019 06:25 AM - edited 12-21-2019 03:24 AM
To configure EdgeChromium to open for example Word, Excel ... documents directly instead of downloading them, there is an Option to click "..." => "Always open Files of this type"
After checking this Option .docx Files open directly instead of downloading.
But now there seems to be no GUI-Option to undo this selection.
In edge://prefs-internals/ it can be found as "extensions_to_open": "docx",
But how can a user without editing the JSON-Settings-File undo this behaviour?
03-31-2020 05:07 AM
Any reply from the product group to this question? I also look forward for a solution as deleting the whole preferences file could not be the solution.
03-31-2020 06:13 AM
04-01-2020 01:27 PM
After you have set at least one file type to open automatically, in Settings>Downloads a 'File types which are opened automatically after downloading' entry appears which you can use to clear the option.
04-01-2020 10:03 PM
@DavidGB Thanks. Unfortunately I don't see such an option. Neither in Settings > Download nor in Downloads
04-14-2020 11:43 PM
Does nobody else has this behaviour?
06-02-2020 10:12 AM
@stesch79 thanks for your feedback. In version 85.0.534 I am seeing an option to clear the setting to "Always open files of this type". We expect versions including and after 83.0.478.37 to have this change.
06-17-2020 10:44 AM - edited 06-17-2020 10:51 AM
@i-am-kent Such great news!!!
I have version 83.0.478.45 and here I am already able to untick the option
And, once you have ticked a file type, you can clear it in Downloads settings:
Issue solved! Many thanks!