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Stop prompts to open the word document every time you click on the link if the document is already open in the desktop word

Yatin Tripathi 20 Reputation points
2023-05-03T08:10:43.48+00:00

If we open a document using "ms-word:ofe|u|https://{tenant}.sharepoint.com/sites/{site}/Shared%20Documents/TESTnlbt/v.2%20-%20NDA%20for%20TACO%20BELL.docx" link on a browser we get a pop-up to open word document and the document gets opened up on my desktop and it is always open, but when we again hit the same link the pop-up again reappears, which we don't want , how do we stop this behavior?

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  1. Emily Du-MSFT 43,331 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2023-05-04T07:45:28.24+00:00

    Changing the default open settings for files in the SharePoint Online is an available solution to stop pop-up window.

    1.Site settings -> Site collection features -> Deactivate Open Documents in Client Applications by Default feature.

    2.Library settings -> Advanced settings -> Select Open in the browser.

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