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Julia82
Oct 26, 2023Copper Contributor
Cannot open file link for OneDrive / Sharepoint in Excel
Why can't I open a file link in a shared Excel spreadsheet? We use OneDrive to share an excel spreadsheet. Whenever we work with it, I'll save documents in our OneDrive and later put a file link for that document in excel. But when my colleague tries to open the link, she get that notice:
The specified file could not be opened.
It is the same when I try to open the links she put in excel. But she can open her own links and I can open mine.
Does anyone has a solution?
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Is the file you have link on shared and how do you take the link, from File->Info?
- Julia82Copper ContributorYes all links are shared on OneDrive so that everybody can open them. And I'm not sure if I correctly understood your second question, but I insert the link with right-click and choose the address and I open it just by left-clicking on it and after the potential Safety-Warning I get the notice that it couldn't be opened. But the address already differs from the address used by my colleagues, even tho every file is saved at the same one drive location
With right-click menu you choose the filename from OneDrive folder. If OneDrive is mapped on local disc, when it will be the link on your local folder which is mapped with OneDrive. Address will be like C:\..\OneDrive..\filename.xlsx.
Link on cloud location shall start from https://...
Please check what is you case, does link start from https.