Excel downloading files instead of opening-chrome

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The following behavior happens: Chrome automatically downloads the file and forces the user to save it somewhere which then "unlinks" the document from the SharePoint library. The user has to make the changes and upload the file over the old file to get it updated in SharePoint. It opens correctly in Internet Explorer. Please help to solve the issue. It could be a plug-in I think they are called extensions for Chrome.

You could turn them all off and see if it works. If version 67 worked before and then once you reverted back and it stopped working there seems to be something inside Chrome affecting the opening of the file. I am using 73 with no issues. Running out of ideas but here are three more. If you run Chrome as admin does this work? Highly doubt this will work. When you uninstalled did you delete all the files pertaining to Chrome?

I figure you did but just double checking. Lastly is something in the registry so if you have a computer that works I would look at that for regedit or copy the regedit files and move them to the broken computer. I have done a test in my environment and open in excel works in google, the version of the google like the following:.

Click ellipsis near the Excel file. Does this issue only occur in one specific library or all library in the same sites? Best Regards, Lisa Chen.