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Open file in desktop app by default
Is there a (custom) way to open office files in the respective office desktop app by default (e.g. Excel)? At the moment when clicking on the file it opens in Teams
Maybe they are opening the sharepoint view from teams and then opening with their preferences.
But from teams, I haven't found the way to change the default open
I figured out this work around... as with all workarounds, there are some limitations...
if you it the "+" and select Sharepoint,any sharepoint site then paste a sharepoint URL in the following style...
https://yourcompany.sharepoint.com/sites/sitename/Shared Documents/General
it will "replicate" the files tab, but all excel and word files will open in app, NOT Teams.
you can also add to the URL to use a subfolder if you want
you also need to make sure that the actual sharepoint site is setup to open in default apps.