SharePoint 2019 cannot open document in client office application on search result page

Question

I already active feature to open document in client application, when click a word document it was opened in client word app. But on the search result page, click office document it will be download, how to set it will be open in client office app when click name on search result page?

Answer 1

Here are two search methods in the SharePoint 2019, modern search and classic search.

1.Configuring open documents in client applications settings will not affect modern search. In the modern search results page, opening documents in the browser is designed and cannot be customized.

When the SharePoint are not integrated with office online server, documents will be downloaded directly in the modern search results page.

When the SharePoint are integrated with office online server, documents will be opened directly in the browser.

2.For classic search, at the bottom of search results page, click Preferences, choose Open in the client application. Then in the search result page, you could open documents in the client application.

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