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Sharing a Shortcut and Hyperlink in File Explorer
Hi andrewvinci !
This problem frustrated me for so long in the newer versions of windows! I don't want a zillion different versions of the same document. I want to show my co-worker where they can find the document and a hyperlink is the way to go in my opinion.
Create a shortcut to that file in the same folder it already exists.
Right click the shortcut you just created and go to Properties.
Select and copy the Target.
Voilà!
I'm trying to use Teams &/Or SharePoint to create a paperless office but am finding it difficult. Explorer has always been way more straight forward to me.
I hope that helps!
AztecIris How is it helping? That "Target" is
"C:\Users\username\Companyname\Sitename - Libraryname\foldername\filename.pdf"
and this username ui different in every computer.
So user have to change the beginning
"%userProfile%\U.S. Invest AS\USInvest - YHINE\US_Invest_pilv_books\Arvete nimekiri.pdf"
and sent it as link in Outlook?
- OMG this is exactly what I was looking for! Although I wish there was a way windows would automatically insert "%userProfile%" while creating the hyperlink instead of me having to do it manually.
Another option is to simply create a 'RootFolder' on every team members device in C:\ so that all the file paths are absolutely identical for everyone, like: "C:\RootFolder\Companyname\Sitename - Libraryname\foldername", and then change the location of the synced library to this RootFolder as opposed to the standard location within the User Profile. This means applications can share the same file path across different users devices.
Now my big question is, how can file paths like that be turned into clickable links in Teams messages so users can simply click the link to open the relevant folder directly in file explorer.
- Hi all,
I'm here looking for the same thing. We migrated our engineering folders over to the cloud hoping to streamline our workflow, but instead we are sending links to sync'd files/folders, only to be prompted to download from Sharepoint. How frustrating! Even if there was a button in the online environment to "Open from Sync'd Location" or something, that would be we helpful. Is there really no solution for this beside the techniques listed above?- It is ridiculous these links to folders cannot be turned into clickable hyperlinks in Teams. It does work in Outlook, Word, Excel, etc. so why not in Teams too?
