Keeping docs in Word and not in the browser

re: Keeping docs in Word and not in the browser

James D. Beine — Thu, 29 Apr 2004 12:40:00 GMT

Great tip, I just made this setting change on my workstation. Thanks! -JB.

re: Keeping docs in Word and not in the browser

John — Thu, 29 Apr 2004 14:17:00 GMT

I've long had this feature on my fictitious list for things that are 'annoying, but not enough to actually do anything about it.' I can now concentrate on spackling the ding in my living room wall, changing the oil in my lawn mower, and writing that little log analysis utility I've been meaning to get to, and, and, and... :)

But seriously, thanks for posting this tip Gus. Very handy.

re: Keeping docs in Word and not in the browser

Brian Philippus — Thu, 29 Apr 2004 14:30:00 GMT

I actually code my website to force the file to download, rather than letting IE open it.

re: Keeping docs in Word and not in the browser

Andreas Häber — Thu, 29 Apr 2004 14:40:00 GMT

Thanks for the tip. This was a minor annoyance for me too :)

Btw. instead of launching Windows Explorer you can also find "Folder Options" in the Control Panel.

re: Keeping docs in Word and not in the browser

B.Y. — Thu, 29 Apr 2004 16:27:00 GMT

Great tip, this is why I read these blogs. I never even noticed that advanced button before.

I just hope people stop installing this kind of feature-annoyance by default.

Office Documents opening in IE

Omar Shahine's WebLog — Thu, 29 Apr 2004 21:35:00 GMT

re: Keeping docs in Word and not in the browser

Omar Shahine — Thu, 29 Apr 2004 19:43:00 GMT

Gus, here you go:

http://www.shahine.com/omar/PermaLink,guid,b6d6cdba-4b86-439a-a373-8a1cb8a58bca.aspx

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Roger Lipscombe — Wed, 12 May 2004 14:39:00 GMT

Any ideas how to do the same for Acrobat files?

The "Browse in same window" is unchecked and disabled.

re: Keeping docs in Word and not in the browser

Gus Perez — Wed, 12 May 2004 15:14:00 GMT

Omar talked about this shortly after I posted this entry. You can read his entry here: http://www.shahine.com/omar/PermaLink,guid,e707e1a5-5873-4d8b-88f8-8b56fb9d15b2.aspx.

Word in Word

Unofficial Microsoft Office Stuff — Tue, 08 Jun 2004 17:34:00 GMT

Addendum Not IE Have you clicked on a link and had a PowerPoint or Word document open in Internet Explorer, rather than in the application it was designed for? Gus Perez brought up the problem in his blog: Open Word files directly in Word not in IE .

re: Keeping docs in Word and not in the browser

ram — Wed, 16 Jun 2004 19:02:00 GMT

this doesn't seem to work for me :( whether I check/uncheck the 'Browse in same window' option, it doesn't seem to make any difference. the documents are always opening in Word application (in a separate window). I would like the documents to open with the browser. I have also searched the registry for BrowserFlags key and couldn't find any. any ideas???

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Doo — Fri, 18 Jun 2004 13:57:00 GMT

YES!!! This is so simple!! I HATE the way M$ tries to predict the way people would like to work. There are so many "features" that M$ puts in their software that it takes several days after installing a new PC to FIX their stupid ideas!!

THANKS AGAIN!!

re: Keeping docs in Word and not in the browser

Rochelle in Denver — Mon, 05 Jul 2004 16:13:00 GMT

Just what I was looking for! I'm writing my first web pages that link to word documents (and other types too) and it kept opening the file in the browser. I knew it had to be something with my settings but could not find it. Thanks so much for writing this tip making it easy to find through a search engine!

re: Keeping docs in Word and not in the browser

Tony Padilla — Thu, 29 Jul 2004 20:55:00 GMT

I actually code my website to force the file to download, rather than letting IE open it.
4/29/2004 7:30 AM | Brian Philippus

Brian, what code do you use? Does it work for .asp pages? I know that is redundant - Active Server Pages Pages.

re: Keeping docs in Word and not in the browser

James — Thu, 14 Apr 2005 18:59:04 GMT

Thank you so very, very much for this tip. I'm working on a small corporate Intranet and wanted to link to Office documents directly from my site. That "feature" was driving me mad!

re: Keeping docs in Word and not in the browser

Pete Fuenfhausen — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 21:15:22 GMT

Thanks, Gus. I saved that 9.5 minutes due to your post. --Pete

re: Keeping docs in Word and not in the browser

Mark Taylor — Tue, 10 May 2005 16:50:27 GMT

Many thanks, easy when you know how...

re: Keeping docs in Word and not in the browser

Anthony Kent — Sun, 17 Jul 2005 14:26:30 GMT

Trouble is, when I go to folder options/file types/registerd file types I have four word related options and in all of them the 'browse in same window' checkbox is greyed out. Any clues anyone?

re: Keeping docs in Word and not in the browser

Ben Joyce — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 17:33:12 GMT

Many thanks, this works perfectly.

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thanks — Thu, 23 Feb 2006 18:06:38 GMT

Your site is realy very interesting.

re: Keeping docs in Word and not in the browser

Jon — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 14:22:40 GMT

Thanks mate - great tip - really helped me out!

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