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djcrowley
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Jan 20, 2021
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Can I create a desktop shortcut to a Teams file?

I have a spreadsheet that I update frequently. I'd like to move it from my local folder to a Teams/Files folder.  If the file is in Teams, can I create a desktop shortcut to the file so I can open it...
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    RLSmith-MSDOT
    Jun 02, 2022

    ChrisWebbTech 

    Another option is inside of Teams:

    1. go to the Files tab of the Team for the file you wish to create a shortcut to.
    2. click the Show actions dots [...] for the file
    3. click Open >
    4. click Open in browser
    5. If your file opens in Edge
      1. click the Edge browser options dots [...]
      2. click Apps
      3. click Install this site as an app
      4. either use the default name, or edit to create your preferred file name
      5. click [Install]
      6. wait for the file to open
      7. select your choices for "Allow this app to"
      8. click [Allow]
    6. If your file opens in Chrome
      1. click the Chrome browser options dots 

         

      2. click More tools >
      3. click Create shortcut...
      4. either use the default name, or edit to create your preferred file name
      5. Chrome has an option to "Open as window"
        1. Select/check the box will cause the file to open in an "Excel" window
        2. Leaving the box unchecked will cause the file to open in a Chrome browser window

    You should now have a shortcut directly to the file.

     

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RLSmith-MSDOT
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Jun 02, 2022

ChrisWebbTech 

Another option is inside of Teams:

  1. go to the Files tab of the Team for the file you wish to create a shortcut to.
  2. click the Show actions dots [...] for the file
  3. click Open >
  4. click Open in browser
  5. If your file opens in Edge
    1. click the Edge browser options dots [...]
    2. click Apps
    3. click Install this site as an app
    4. either use the default name, or edit to create your preferred file name
    5. click [Install]
    6. wait for the file to open
    7. select your choices for "Allow this app to"
    8. click [Allow]
  6. If your file opens in Chrome
    1. click the Chrome browser options dots 

       

    2. click More tools >
    3. click Create shortcut...
    4. either use the default name, or edit to create your preferred file name
    5. Chrome has an option to "Open as window"
      1. Select/check the box will cause the file to open in an "Excel" window
      2. Leaving the box unchecked will cause the file to open in a Chrome browser window

You should now have a shortcut directly to the file.

 

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djcrowley
Copper Contributor
Jun 02, 2022

Thanks to you both for the suggestions.

<rant_mode: on>

I can't believe that something so superficial hasn't been built into Teams yet!  No one in my company uses Teams now.  One reason is all the dead ends we run into, after you have exerted a ton of effort to set up a space, and then we run into dozens of frustrations like this one.

Can you imagine explaining these instructions to a group of marketeers (or any other team of employees who aren't specialists in software)?  First they throw you into the pond, and then they throw more money at microsoft for unusable products.

</rant_mode: off>

To you who offered such creative solutions, thank you.

 

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