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Copper Contributor

May 16, 2022

Shortcuts in SharePoint

I'm trying to make a file that acts as a shortcut to another file in a SharePoint document library on both the web version and the file explorer. I have tried the following: LNK Files I can ...

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PamDeGraffenreid

MVP

May 16, 2022

I can't duplicate this... From file explorer: If I right click and select shortcut (.url) - it works there. If I create it in a place that is syncing with OneDrive, it also works when I open it in OneDrive. I tested a link to google and also to the default view on a SharePoint document library. When I test with a link to a specific view, it tried to download instead of opening. I tested with Edge and Chrome. I also tested creating a shortcut on my desktop right click and select shortcut), then uploading it to OneDrive- no problem.

Copper Contributor

May 17, 2022

PamDeGraffenreid
This is my situation:

I have a synced/shared folder with the path

C:/Users/myuser/Example Tenant/Example Site - Documents

In that folder, I have a file with the path

C:/Users/myuser/Example Tenant/Example Site - Documents/Target File.docx

I do the following:

1. Right-click the file

2. Select "Create shortcut"

3. Rename the shortcut to "Shortcut to Target File"

The path of the shortcut-file is now

C:/Users/myuser/Example Tenant/Example Site - Documents/Shortcut to Target File.lnk

This shortcut points to

C:/Users/myuser/Example Tenant/Example Site - Documents/Target File.docx

Another user is syncing the same site to their computer.

In their file explorer, they see a shortcut-file

C:/Users/otheruser/Example Tenant/Example Site - Documents/Shortcut to Target File.lnk

They right click the shortcut file to inspect it's properties.

The shortcut points to

C:/Users/myuser/Example Tenant/Example Site - Documents/Target File.docx

When the other user double-clicks that shortcut, nothing happens.

This is because they do not have a file with the path

C:/Users/myuser/Example Tenant/Example Site - Documents/Target File.docx

However, the other user does have a file with the path

C:/Users/otheruser/Example Tenant/Example Site - Documents/Target File.docx

Does this make sense?