Aug 16 2017 06:49 AM
There is a SharePoint Site Collection feature called "Open Documents in Client Applications by Default" which when activated, any library where you click on a office document it will open in the thick client. However in these document library, if a user click "New" it creates a new document and opens it in the browser.
Is there a way to prevent this functionality? I would like new and existing documents to all open in the client application, not just existing.
Aug 16 2017 09:00 AM
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Aug 16 2017 11:35 AM
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Jan 11 2019 06:16 AM
Jan 13 2019 10:35 PM
Hi,
We did manage to get it working. It requires custom content types on the library and "Open document in client by default" setting on (on either library or site collection level). The same setup did not work at first in Chrome, but overnight it was changed.
Jan 17 2019 08:19 PM
Jan 17 2019 11:01 PM
Hi Scott,
No, not is this scenario. This new feature is the ability to add document templates within a single library. In our scenario we use document templates stored in a central location and reused across multiple site collections.
Nov 12 2019 03:04 AM
@Scott_Whitmore Same issue here, with technique in your link.
Did you manage to solve your issue ?
Nov 28 2019 01:13 AM
I got the same requirement but no luck using the suggested options. My use case is specific to working with the document header which is a bit awkward in Word Online
Aug 16 2017 09:00 AM
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