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When I click on a .csv file in a browser on my Windows PC, Microsoft Excel automatically starts with the .csv file opened in it. How can I change my machine or browser settings so that Google Sheets starts instead of Excel?
sevzas
Posted 2017-03-08T15:57:12.057
Reputation: 121
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Google Docs and Sheets are in-browser only, so the traditional Windows "Open With" isn't going to work. You might be able to script something with the steps "Open a browser to Google Sheets, New Sheet, copy over this document" and associate the file type with the script. I know of three ways to manually open a local doc in Google Docs or Sheets : You have to open a Google Drive window and drag the document there, or use the Google Drive or Google Sheets UI to open/upload the document, or have the Windows app Google Drive and move the file inside your Drive directory.
Christopher Hostage
Posted 2017-03-08T15:57:12.057
Reputation: 4 751
1so the crux of the problem is that to view the document in Google Sheets I first have to be able to access it in the "Google space". There is no one-click solution to download a csv file from a site, put it in google space and launching sheets. – sevzas – 2017-03-08T17:32:04.853
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google-spreadsheetstag info, this question is on topic at Super user since it specifically involve[s the] computer. – I say Reinstate Monica – 2017-03-20T02:50:04.740