Wednesday, May 20, 2020

MS Teams - Open Files in Desktop Apps

Its really annoying to have to open a file in Teams and the click again on Open in Desktop App

Below is a workaround that works very well.
  • When you are in teams right click the 3 dots next to General and click "open in sharepoint"
  • When in Sharepoint online click on the gear next to your picture or initials (in the top right of the screen)
  • Click on Library settings
  • Select Advanced Settings in General Settings
  • In "Opening Documents in the Browser" Change to Open in the client application
  • Go back to the documents in Sharepoint online and copy and paste the entire web address
  • Go Back to Teams
  • Right Click Documents Library and select Remove
  • Select the plus and select website
  • Name it whatever you like
  • Paste the document library web address you just copied
  • Select Save
  • It will now open the desktop app as default


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