# Possible to Set 'External Window' as Default Open Option?

**URL:** <https://forum.pydio.com/t/possible-to-set-external-window-as-default-open-option/1913>\
**Category:** Pydio 8\
**Tags:** linux, apache\
**Created:** [November 30, 2018, 6:15pm UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/possible-to-set-external-window-as-default-open-option/1913 "2018-11-30T18:15:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Civlac](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/forum.pydio.com/civlac/32/2397_2.png) [@Civlac](https://forum.pydio.com/u/Civlac)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 7:46pm UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/possible-to-set-external-window-as-default-open-option/1913/6 "2018-12-12T19:46:14Z")

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This doesn’t work. Again, I tried creating a thread about why this doesn’t work but nobody can solve it.

> [@External Window also Opening Blank Window](https://forum.pydio.com/t/external-window-also-opening-blank-window/1874):
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> No matter the file type that I select to open with “external window”, the file properly opens in a new tab but a blank internal window also opens over top the workplace in the Pydio tab. This is quite a nuisance and also resets the ‘default’ open option. I want all files to open on external windows but since this blank window pops up, Pydio attempts to open that file type with whatever that blank window is.

Please take a look at this…

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