Forum Discussion
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
This feature should be a must.
(This is a message for MS User Voice and Development teams. Maybe what I suggest is already ongoing)
Yes, there is much UX to be done all across MS365 programs.
User voice and tech community are a great thing. Please keep going.
But maybe at MS you should get a nice group of contributors. There are lots of constructive people participating. Have you contacted them/us for UX? Having good designs from the beginning may be faster (overall), more satisfactory for devs and users than having to change frustrating features that will be deeply integrated in the system.
EduardoSR Word and excel open on Desktop app in certain teams site and channels but not every site. Do you know if there is a setting in Teams or SharePoint?
apatel3 No. They were working on it, but now you cannot change the default behaviour.
The idea is ranked the 15th at teams with more than 9000 votes... but MS thought it is not a priority
