Edge Chromium - Download File - Open vs. Save Option Pop-up Window

Anonymous
2020-02-16T21:25:44+00:00

I recently installed Edge Chromium and found that the program has inherited the Chrome method of downloading files, wherein the file automatically downloads to the downloads folder (or other selected folder), then gives the user the option to open the file or open the file location folder.

I much prefer the old IE/Edge download file method with the open vs save option pop-up window that allowed the user to open the file (to a temp location) or save/save-as the file to a location specified by the user at the time of download, all of which occurred before the file is downloaded locally.

The Chrome download method is one of the reasons I never switched to Chrome in the first place, and now it appears we have lost the old IE/Edge method.  The Chrome method leads to many unnecessary downloads in a non-temp folder location, bloating my storage.  I've turned on the option in Edge Chromium to "ask where to save file before download", but it only works intermittently and still doesn't allow the user to open the file to a temp location for files the user doesn't plan to save long term (i.e. for files I only want to print, not save).

How do we get Microsoft to add the old IE/Edge download method back?  Seems like a very simple code.  I know that Edge Chromium accepts extensions, can someone with the appropriate skills build an extension to add back the functionality?

Thanks,

NSR

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Anonymous
2021-04-20T15:13:44+00:00

"save" button has a drop down menu that displays only "save"

Please look again. If you click on the left-hand part of that button avoiding the dropdown chevron ˅ , do you not get a Save as dialogue? 

You might submit feedback to the effect that the downloads flyout is too narrow to permit the display of more than the first few characters of Enregistrer comme ...

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-09-15T23:16:53+00:00

    Has the request for IE11 behaviour and treatment actually been logged as a feature enhancement request?? If so, where can I find this info?

    See this article by Edge's Program Manager for downloads a few days ago: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/articles/announcing-the-open-save-as-save-and-delete-prompts-for/m-p/1646521

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-09-04T18:45:35+00:00

    It looks like this feature is already being tested and will hopefully come to Edge soon... I was almost ready to delete Edge but I will hold on another couple of months and hopefully see this soon:

    https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/discussions/good-news-the-new-downloads-ui-asks-to-whether-open-or-save-the/m-p/1602206

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-03-21T22:01:41+00:00

    Then again it will apply to the larger situation and clear all files downloaded, even the ones which i want to keep, unless I manually move them after the download. So far I have not come across a direct solution for this other than requesting and having the feature back.

    Is there a reason why this capability was removed or can't be brought back?

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-03-19T00:45:52+00:00

    Settings > Apps > Default Apps

    .pdf > Select Edge

    .xlsx > Select Edge

    .xlsm > Select Edge

    .xls > Select Edge

    .xltx > Select Edge

    .xltm > Select Edge

    See if that changes the behavior of the browser.

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