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Old Teams would open up on the Chat view panel whenever I started it.
New Teams always opens in the Teams view panel when i start it.
I can find no setting to pick which view panel should open when the program is started.
To be clear, I do have the program set to keep running, and when i open it from the dock, it will open in whatever the last view i had open was. The problem is on fresh starts of the program, I can't force it to always start in the Chat view.
Is there a registry change or something that can be made to force the program to always open in the Chat view (or to set any view as default for that matter)?
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I have the opposite problem. Mine now opens to my chat tab and not teams. It takes a while to open so i walk away, and when i come back my chat is open for anyone to read on all the TV's in the room. This could get really awkward if someone reads a chat not meant for them. I have to remember to turn the TV's off first. :(
Same thing happens for me....how do I change this?
Funny thing is: I have the same problem, but the other way around. New Teams opens in Chat for me, while I would like it to open in the Teams view.
I have the same problem as "Christiaan Lustig." The Classic version would open to the Team channel and New Teams opens to the Chat channel which I hate because we don't use Teams primarily for chat.
I also have this issue. I don't use Chat much and have Teams phones, so I would like to open in Calls. But I have no option that I can find to designate what I want in front when I open Teams.
Funny thing is: I have the same problem, but the other way around. New Teams opens in Chat for me, while I would like it to open in the Teams view.
I have the same problem as "Christiaan Lustig." The Classic version would open to the Team channel and New Teams opens to the Chat channel which I hate because we don't use Teams primarily for chat.
The new teams needs to have a way to open to the chat function. I tried to go to the url of the community and post a reply, but it says I'm not signed in and gives me an error when trying to sign in. I'm signed in to create this reply!