NEW Outlook (20230421002.10) no longer opens attachments in desktop apps when double-clicking

I have the same problem although it is with any email program, not just Outlook. Any time that I try to open an email attachment, File Explorer opens and I am forced to save the document just to then go back and open the document from File Explorer. Why can I not open the email attachment directly into the app? This is not some obscure file. These are .pdfs, or Excel, or Word files and I have the apps installed to open them. I have also check the file associations in Settings and they are correctly identified. How can this be fixed to allow me to open a file directly into the app?

This is the most ridiculous update. Why would I want to download a document just to open it in the desktop app. I am already previewing the document, so give me the next option, to open it in the specified app. You took away a capability, then to be able to perform the same capability you've taken away, you've added a step to accomplish it.

this bug, not feature, needs to change, and when we pay for a desktop version of a program - it needs to function. Open attachments in their respective programs when we have them.

Microsoft you have made Outlook less efficient! I can no longer just drag and drop an attachment into file explorer. I now have to download and then drag from the download folder. This is an added step and waste of my time. Not to mention that I can't even open an attachment in my default program by double clicking on an attachment. No one asked for a preview window to half view attachments!

Why Microsoft? I tried the New Outlook, and I am not impressed. The "final straw" which caused me to switch back is the EXTRA STEP I HAVE TO TAKE TO OPEN AN ATTACHMENT IN THE ASSOCIATED APPLICATION. Please fix this.