Opening OneDrive and Teams Files in Desktop

NOTE: Changing these settings can only be done in M365 apps for enterprise. If you have Office 2019 or 2021, you will need to have it switched to Microsoft Office 365. Please submit a ticket at www.ntc.edu/helpdesk.

Change Open Document Setting in Teams Group:

Open Teams to your group’s shared files page.
Select a Microsoft Office file.
Click the down arrow next to open at the top of the screen.
Hover over open in the new menu, then select change default app.

In your teams file page, there will be menu options across the top. The third option is open, then click open again in the menu that pops up. In the new menu to the right of that, click change default app at the bottom of the menu.

Make sure desktop is selected, then click save.

A dialog box will appear on your screen. Ensure desktop is selected, then click save at the bottom right of the dialog box.

All documents in Teams will now open on your desktop.

Change Open Document Settings in OneDrive:

Go to onedrive.ntc.edu to open your OneDrive in a web browser.
Click the gear in the top-right of your screen to go into settings.
Click OneDrive settings.

Go to OneDrive, then at the top-right corner of your screen you will have four buttons. The second from the left is a gear for settings. Click on that, then click on OneDrive Settings in the menu below.

Click on more settings.
Click on site collection features.

A new page will appear, click on more settings at the far left, second option down under your name.

Scroll down a bit and find open documents in client applications by default.
Click activate to the right of it to turn it on.

On the new page, scroll down until you find open documents in client applications by default. Go to the right of it, and click activate to turn it on.

Now OneDrive documents will only open on your desktop.

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