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MS Edge does not have the option to "Open in File Explorer". This feature was in Internet Explorer. It's easier to open a file, specifically PDFs, in file explorer than downloading the file first. You can open the files in a folder without having to download them. Downloading a file means that you have to save the document to your computer first before It can be opened. This is an unnecessary step and waste of memory space. Also, opening a PDF in web version is horrible. Again, an unnecessary and frustrating step. Please add "Open in File Explore" to MS Edge option.
Thanks,
Samia
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Hi Samia,
I am Sumit, an Independent Advisor here to assist you.
In Edge Stable, I can open the file directly, like in the screenshot.
If it isn't the case for you, copy/paste the following in the Address bar.
edge://settings/downloads
Make sure Ask me what to do with each download is enabled.
This does not help. I want to open in File Explorer from MS Edge. PDFs will only open in Acrobat Cloud or you have to download them. In Internet Explorer, (Sorry if I left out the fact that Edge is the browser that SharePoint Online opens in. ) You can select "View in File Explorer" from the All Documents menu. This option did not carry over to MS Edge.
Yes, thanks for the additional clarification. You are right - Edge and IE are different products, hence some features may be missing in either. Please send Feedback to Microsoft using Alt+Shift+I buttons in Edge.
Thanks. I sent the request to Microsoft.
This below is from the help file from within Sharepoint. The problem (I'm assuming) is that because IE is/was so integrated with Windows that this function is available. That is not how Edge works.
Also, this is not a tech support issue but a Product Manager/Owner issue. One option to make this work would have to be a link that can be copy/pasted into File Explorer yourself. Since MS Teams uses sharepoint, perhaps the "open in file explorer" button could be there since it is native to Windows and not a separate browser... or a similar pasteable link.
Samia, I also sent a similar feedback ticket to MS based on the Alt-Shift-I combo. That's a good shortcut, Sumit!
-Conrad