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How can I configure Google Chrome to stop trying to open PowerPoint and other document files using Google Documents?
I work behind a firewall, and Google Documents cannot access the files anyway. Google Chrome just gives me an error instead of just downloading the files?
I get the following error:
Sorry, we are unable to retrieve the document for viewing or you don't have permission to view the document.
Charbel
Posted 2011-02-07T09:52:39.850
Reputation: 369
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In Chrome you need to go to the Extensions panel and disable "Docs PDF/Powerpoint Viewer (by Google)."See instructions below.
In Mac OS X:
In Windows XP/Vista/7:
In the address bar type in the following:
chrome://extensions
Disable (or uninstall) the "Docs PDF/Powerpoint Viewer (by Google)" extension.
When opening documents in Chrome, your local programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe, etc) will now open your documents instead of Google Docs.
wild
Posted 2011-02-07T09:52:39.850
Reputation: 21
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Click the (gray) wrench in the upper right corner of Chrome, select Options, select the "Under the Bonnet" tab, check the "Ask where to save each file before downloading" checkbox (if it isn't checked) under Downloads, and, if needed, click the "Clear auto-opening settings", also under Downloads. If this button is grayed out (disabled), it probably means you haven't specified any opening settings yet.
If these steps do not help, you might want to read (for example) the comments/answers at this link (which I tried to sum up above), there are further options (like manually editing Chrome's preferences file etc)
OpaCitiZen
Posted 2011-02-07T09:52:39.850
Reputation: 111
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Not a solution, but a workaround is to do right click on the document link, and "Save link as..." - this seems to prompt for a location to save the document, and not attempting to open corporate SharePoint documents in Google Drive, which obviously can't work...
Carmageddon
Posted 2011-02-07T09:52:39.850
Reputation: 187
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This is very simple, just need to follow the attached image:
Reza Mamun
Posted 2011-02-07T09:52:39.850
Reputation: 392
Whilst this may theoretically answer the question, it would be preferable to include the essential parts of the answer here, and provide the picture for reference.
– Cfinley – 2014-08-12T13:50:24.080
seems that your suggestion does something a bit different to what I want. I have already set my download location to a directory where I'd like to have all files downloaded to. (I don't want to specify the directory for each file) I'll try to check the link you provided though. thanks – None – 2011-02-07T12:39:25.517