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SharePoint HomePage is downloading the url instead of opening it up.
I created a list of links that I want my SharePoint modern site to navigate to when I visit the site/homepage. The list of links also resides on the SharePoint site. However, when I click my homepage or type in my url, it prompts be to download the .url file instead of navigating the user to that page.
How do I fix it so clicking the Home Page will navigate to the .url instead of prompting my users to download the link the webpage?
- So did you create a document library and using the New > Link option? Or did you actually create a custom list to hold the links?
Based on the download seems you used a library instead? That's expected behavior if so, you'll want to look at using a quick links webpart, or even a text webpart with Hyperlinks to achieve that on a page. Hi there!
I see this is an old thread, but for posterity's sake I would like to share my workaround (note that I'm using SharePoint 365 (online).
- Navigate to Site Pages then click the settings (cog) button in the top right and choose Library settings.
- Under Content Types click Add from existing site content types.
- Add "Link to a Document".
- Refresh your Site Pages. Then Select New > Link to a document. Add your URL and description.
- Click the 3 dots next to your new Site Page and select Make homepage.
- Click Publish.
And voila, hopefully this will now make your Document Library/whatever your new homepage!
I am having this issue. I have several Sharepoint sites that I am following on my homepage. Only one isn't working where it downloads a "404 not found" instead of navigating to the site. Even if I manually paste the url into a browser is just downloads another "404 not found" doc and never navigates to the site. I can however use the search bar to access my documents on the site but managing the site or site documents is impossible. Please help. Here is the link I'm trying to access Edgewood FDLGroup .
