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Copper Contributor

Jun 11, 2018

Open in client application when sharing link

I know it is possible to set files to open in client applications when opening up a file from a SharePoint library, but is it possible to set that as default behavior when opening a file from a share...

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SharePoint Online

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Jun 11, 2018
You can't set Shared Links to open directly in Client Application. You will have to manually create a link in below format and share it to open in client application.

The following will open in the client directly:
https://someurl.sharepoint.com/sites/site1/Shared%20Documents/WordDoc1.docx
This link will prompt user to open in client application
ms-word:ofe|u|https://someurl.sharepoint.com/sites/site1/Shared%20Documents/WordDoc1.docx

jnchabaud

Copper Contributor

Hello,

Thanks for the tip, yet I try and use it, upon clicking on the link, I've got the message "This action couldn't be performed because Office doesn't recognize the command it was given"... :-(

I double-check the syntax and it seems correct. Any idea what is going wrong, please?

Thanks.

jnchabaud

Copper Contributor

Apr 04, 2019

Well, I actually found the issue myself. I was giving the path and name of a ".ppt" document instead of a ".doc" document, after the command... I replaced with a ".doc" and it works. Great!

This brings me to share the fact that the hint also works with PowerPoint, as long as you use the command "ms-powerpoint:ofe|u|" before the file name...

Thanks a lot!

Robin Thakur
Copper Contributor
Jul 16, 2019
This does NOT appear to work in the Quick Links webpart unfortunately in SharePoint Modern.