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JimBenderMHS
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Oct 23, 2022

Creating a shortcut from one Teams file folder to another Teams file folder

I'm a project manager.  When using MS Windows Explorer and creating project folders, there are many times where I need to create a shortcut within a specific folder to view other files in another folder that's in a different location within Explorer.  It's quite easy to create a shortcut to a file/folder then copy that shortcut over to my specific location.  But my new company wants all project related files kept in Teams.  So there is a Photos and Videos folder that's in the root directory so that all photos for all projects can easily be found.  Then, I have a Project Job Number specific folder that has a folder within that is for just my projects.  I don't want to replicate the files in two locations for many obvious reasons.  Is there a way create a link from my pics folder in the root, to my pics folder in the job specific folder?  Thanks.

 

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  • You could also try to add the Microsoft links of the respective folders in these newly created tabs.
  • JimBenderMHS
    In Teams, within the project files section, I would add a "Photos" and a "Videos" tab for each Ms. Teams project. I would add the SharePoint link to the generic folders in this tab.
    OR
    Maybe you can do it the other way and, from Teams, add a OneDrive shortcut.
    Would that work for you?
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      JimBenderMHS
      Copper Contributor

      Dimitri_Pletschette thank you but that doesn't seem to be working how I need it.  I'm very surprised that a files storage section of Teams is so much different than the file storage built into Windows.  

       

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