Open Office document directly in Office application

Supported on: At least Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7

Registry

HKCU software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\internet

Value name: opendirectlyinapp

Enabled: opendirectlyinapp = 1

Disabled: opendirectlyinapp = 0

Description

This policy setting allows you to choose whether Office documents located on web servers open directly in the registered application or through the web browser. If you enable this policy setting, files will open directly in the associated Office application, bypassing the web browser. If you disable this policy setting files will open through the web browser.