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Copper Contributor

May 29, 2020

Open Documents in Client Application by Default not working

Hello, I have a site collection with the Open Documents in Client Applications by Default turned on in the Site Collection Features and the Advanced Settings in the document library are also set to ...

Copper Contributor

Thank you, Vik, for your quick response. but as I stated in my original question this feature is already turned on in the Site collection features as well as in the document Advanced settings.

Dieter Van Dooren

Copper Contributor

Nov 17, 2020

Jeff Henry Vikram_Samal We have the exact same problem here (SharePoint 2016 on prem). Both in the advanced settings of the document library and in the features of the sitecollection, the option is set to open the documents by default in the client, but documents keep on opening in Office Online. Did you guys find a solution already?

Dieter.

Mel_Proctor
Copper Contributor
Nov 30, 2020
Dieter Van Dooren and others
I am having the same issue but don't have the site feature mentioned as an option. I want to force any documents to open in the client. When anything opens in the browser, all heck breaks loose. Thanks.