Unable to open documents within SharePoint in Client Application even when the default behavior of browser is set to open the files in client application.
Recently got a defect from Testing team mentioning that they are facing issues in opening documents from SharePoint site Library in Client application like MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc. They confirmed that they have selected Open in the client application option under Library Settings - Advanced Settings - Opening Documents in the Browser however still the files were opening in Browser (OWA). Also since OWA was not completely setup it looked like OWA issue however then I identified a Site Collection Feature which needs to be activated to get files opened in Client Application and here is the name of that feature: Go to Site Collection > Site Settings > Site collection features > Open Documents in Client Applications by Default Please let me know if any further queries. Thank you!