Force Infopath Filler to open instead of Designer

Question

Hello,
We recently upgraded our farm to SharePoint 2013 (from 2010), and the default behavior of the desktop InfoPath client is different. In SharePoint 2010, a user clicking on an InfoPath form in a SharePoint library would get the InfoPath Filler client. In SharePoint
2013, all forms open in Design mode. The users don't want this as they are afraid it can lead to confusion and/or someone accidentally modifying a file. Is there any way to force the return of the old behavior?
Thanks,
Aaron

Answer 1

Hi Aaron,
I beg to differ with your description. There is not such changed between SharePoint (SP) 2010 and 2013 which affects the opening of InfoPath.
It all depends on where you clicked.
If you have a document library (or list) with items in them and if you click on the item then yes it will open on the local machine's
InfoPath Filler. Now, if you are on the document library settings ribbon and click on the InfoPath button there then it will open the entire list in
InfoPath Designer.
You have the option to disable the InfoPath web-based form option by
1. Going to the Form Library to which you published the InfoPath form template.
2. Click Settings on the Form Library menu bar and choose Form Library Settings from the drop-down menu.
3. On the Customize <Form Library Name> page under the General Settings category, click Advanced settings.
4. On the Form Library Advanced Settings: <Form Library Name> page under the Browser-enabled Documents category, choose Open in the client application.
Hope this helps.
Daniel Christian (MCTS)