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Force Office Files to Open in Desktop App (via link, from web parts.. in all cases)
I want to force Office files stored in SharePoint to open in the desktop app - NEVER in Office Online apps. I have configured the site and the Document Library but opening in the native app only seem...
I'm trying to force Copy Link's to always open in the client app but our link format is like the following:
https://tenancy.sharepoint.com/:w:/s/FC_ICT/EWPW2D3KlLJPnQLS-RFATRsBOo3flwaa9raP2pfKUH7cKQ?e=MCA1mq
The site, library and folder path as well as the file name are missing completely. Nothing like what you've shown.
Anyone have any method to force these links to open in the client app. Ideally a method that does not require end users to mess with the URL.
https://tenancy.sharepoint.com/:w:/s/FC_ICT/EWPW2D3KlLJPnQLS-RFATRsBOo3flwaa9raP2pfKUH7cKQ?e=MCA1mq
The site, library and folder path as well as the file name are missing completely. Nothing like what you've shown.
Anyone have any method to force these links to open in the client app. Ideally a method that does not require end users to mess with the URL.
After a lot of poking around , faffing and reading on forums etc I think I've found such a simple way to do it
Open file in app - file > Info> Copy path
Paste this link in to notepad or something similar and just remove ?web=1 from the end of the the link.
Now when you open the link (excluding ?web=1 at the end) it opens in the app and not the browser
Hope this helps others
Just tried the "Copy path" option and removing the "?web=1" in a word document that points to an Excel spreadsheet saved on our Sharepoint site and it still open it in a web page.have you tried change 1 to 0 like "web=0"?
also adding ms-word:ofe|u| in front of your URI also works.
