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Nathaniel Ekdahl
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Jun 11, 2018

Open in client application when sharing link

I know it is possible to set files to open in client applications when opening up a file from a SharePoint library, but is it possible to set that as default behavior when opening a file from a share...
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    Jun 11, 2018

    You can't set Shared Links to open directly in Client Application. You will have to manually create a link in below format and share it to open in client application.

     

    The following will open in the client directly:

    https://someurl.sharepoint.com/sites/site1/Shared%20Documents/WordDoc1.docx

    This link will prompt user to open in client application  

    ms-word:ofe|u|https://someurl.sharepoint.com/sites/site1/Shared%20Documents/WordDoc1.docx

     

     

     

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