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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 ...
a531531, I have the same problem - either a solution that works for me only in File Explorer or a version that works for everyone in the Web Browser!!!
I can't seem to create a shortcut in File Explorer that stays in File Explorer and doesn't go off into the Web Browser each time, for those users with the folder synced on their local drive.
I can't seem to create a shortcut in File Explorer that stays in File Explorer and doesn't go off into the Web Browser each time, for those users with the folder synced on their local drive.
- I am trying to accomplish the same thing and Windows is throwing errors at me saying that "C:\Users\%HOMEPATH%\etc\etc..." is not a valid path. Would you mind showing me how the file path is supposed to look with the variable in place?
change "C:\Users\%HOMEPATH%\etc\etc..."
to "%HOMEPATH%\etc\etc..."
but for some reason i cannot get my shortcuts to work for everyone. initially one person used it but then it stopped and when i looked at it the shortcut was changed back to the address without %homepath%. I wonder if it had to do with Win10 users trying to use it.
- I'm on Windows 10, and I can get this to work for folder names with numbers only, but spaces and/or special characters seem to kill it.
This is almost really good!
thank you, the %HOMEPATH% worked for me and allowing others to use the shortcuts is fantastic.
I think that is the best option for now, although the site needs to be synced to the same path following that homepath variable. Sometimes, users will sync a single folder from a site.
