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Modern Document Library, Internet Explorer, View-In-File-Explorer Function not working
The Modern Document Library, using Internet Explorer View-In-File-Explorer funtion is not working. To get this to work, we have to FIRST Return-To-Classic-SharePoint, then folks can get there using ...
You are correct, I'm seeing this too.
I believe it is a bug...
- FYI, this feature has worked in this way since Microsoft released modern UI for document libraries...is that correct? Obviously not, but it seems is not important to fix it...
I cannot say if this feature worked before with modern UI, or not.
One thing is sure: today it does not work for me, and instead it should work...
- Well...apparently it's a known issue reported in the Health Dashboard: SP94907 - Modern document library "Open with Explorer" issue
Title: Modern document library "Open with Explorer" issue
User Impact: Users may be unable to use the "Open with Explorer" feature within modern document libraries.
More info: While we're focused on remediation, users may be able to use the "Open with Explorer" feature by switching to the classic view.
Current status: We're investigating an issue in which some users may be unable to use the "Open with Explorer" feature within modern document libraries. We'll provide an update shortly.
Scope of impact: A few customers have reported this issue, and our analysis indicates that this issue may potentially affect any of your users attempting to use the "Open with Explorer" feature within modern document libraries.
Start time: Friday, February 24, 2017, at 9:46 PM UTC
Next update by: Wednesday, March 1, 2017, at 10:00 PM UT
This was working last week in the Modern UI.
For us, we edit PDF files. To edit a PDF file on SharePoint online, we have to launch from File Explorer. I have programmers building an app for us so we don't need to edit the PDF files, but that app is not ready for use.
I too remember seeing this in the modern library view but now it is gone. Our users do love the convenience of opening their files with Windows Explorer to put their documents in their files like they could on a file share. Hopefully it will come back.
