Forum Discussion
Desktop Shortcut to Sharepoint Files
Adam1V Have you tried going to SharePoint and then Library settings for the library holding the file, choose Advanced and change the setting to "Open in Client"?
Yes, and that works well when opening the file through Sharepoint, but for the most part all users are used to have a desktop shortcut, so desperately want to try and stick with a desktop app shortcut if possible.
It sounds so easy and should be straight forward but its not 😞
https://support.workspace365.net/hc/en-us/articles/115001744289-Adding-SharePoint-libraries-as-network-location suggests the Sharepoint site should be added to the Internet Explorer trusted sites, which is something i'll need to try and test when im back in work tomorrow. This could be why the credentials/ is dropping after closing down the webpage.
Any issues syncing the files via OneDrive Sync client and opening the files from there? A Desktop shortcut to the file in the synced document library/folder would open it in the client.
- This is how we're currently running it, and its kinda ok but in a couple of instances w'eve come across a couple of Sync issues and the user has been presented with options about which version to keep or merge. A couple of the users are not that technical and wouldnt fully understand the implications of these selections.
In my mind, ~15 people all opening and editing an excel document held locally on their PCs (albeit in the OneDrive Synced folder) doesnt sound ideal compared to everyone working on the same file directly from Sharepoint?
It may be my lack of understanding and this may be the normal way of doing this?
