How do I change the settings to automatically open a file?

I accidentally changed the settings so everytime I open an Excel spreadsheet, it saves automatically to my desktop. These are shared, so this is not beneficial. All I need is to open the file. Please let me know if there is a way to change this, as the only options are saving and prompting each time to save.

I think this uses the default PDF Maker setting, yes. What you should try
is to open Word and then go to the Acrobat tab in the ribbon. Then click on
Preferences and under the Settings tab un-tick the "View Adobe PDF result"
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