I have a desktop shortcut to a shared Excel spreadsheet that I use daily. It lives in a Microsoft Teams folder, i.e. on SharePoint. This shortcut opens a browser window asking me if I want to open the document in Excel.
Is there any way that I could skip this step, so that the shortcut just directly opens the file in Excel without bothering with the browser window?
(Bonus points if this could also open with write access straight away, rather than opening in read-only first!)
31 Answer
This is not currently possible.
Workaround: You can open Office documents from Teams/SharePoint sites directly within the Office 2019 desktop apps using the "Sites" navigation item in the File > Open screen.
Alternatively, if you've already opened the file in question using the desktop app before, you can search for the name in the search box of the same screen and it will appear.
Neither of these solutions are as convenient as a Desktop shortcut, but they're a lot more convenient than having to use the awkward file browser in Microsoft Teams, especially if you're in a lot of teams, or the file you're looking for is nested several folders deep, or both (as was the case for me).
