How to Email a link to a file on a shared folder?

[Guest just bob]

If I want to email someone a link to a file on a shared folder using

Outlook, how am I supposed to do this? If we send a LNK file it is blocked

by Outlook. Here is the path and filename.

 

\\server1\Here is a shared folder\\here is my document.xls,

 

How is a user supposed to send a link to this file to another user via

Outlook?

 

I have told people to not use spaces (instead use hyphens or underscores) in

the folders and file names so we can create a real link which works in

Outlook such as:

 

\\server1\here-is-a-share-folder\here-is-my-dopcument.xls

 

But even with this method, the user has to copy the path from the address

bar to an email msg body, copy the file name to the email bsg body, and then

put the two pieces of text together separated by a backslash to make the

link.

 

I have no idea how else to make this work but if you have an idea please let

me know.

 

 

Thanks!

-Bob

[Guest Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Re: How to Email a link to a file on a shared folder?

 

just bob <kilbyfan@aol.com> wrote:

> If I want to email someone a link to a file on a shared folder using

> Outlook, how am I supposed to do this? If we send a LNK file it is

> blocked by Outlook. Here is the path and filename.

>

> \\server1\Here is a shared folder\\here is my document.xls,

>

> How is a user supposed to send a link to this file to another user via

> Outlook?

>

> I have told people to not use spaces (instead use hyphens or

> underscores) in the folders and file names so we can create a real

> link which works in Outlook such as:

>

> \\server1\here-is-a-share-folder\here-is-my-dopcument.xls

>

> But even with this method, the user has to copy the path from the

> address bar to an email msg body, copy the file name to the email bsg

> body, and then put the two pieces of text together separated by a

> backslash to make the link.

>

> I have no idea how else to make this work but if you have an idea

> please let me know.

>

>

> Thanks!

> -Bob

 

Hi - try posting in an Outlook group for the most expert help.

microsoft.public.outlook.

[Guest Meinolf Weber]

Re: How to Email a link to a file on a shared folder?

 

Hello just,

 

Check the security tab in Outlook Options>Change Automatic Download settings

and clear the last checkmark (Warn me before downloading content when editing...................)

and try again.

 

Best regards

 

Meinolf Weber

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> If I want to email someone a link to a file on a shared folder using

> Outlook, how am I supposed to do this? If we send a LNK file it is

> blocked by Outlook. Here is the path and filename.

>

> \\server1\Here is a shared folder\\here is my document.xls,

>

> How is a user supposed to send a link to this file to another user via

> Outlook?

>

> I have told people to not use spaces (instead use hyphens or

> underscores) in the folders and file names so we can create a real

> link which works in Outlook such as:

>

> \\server1\here-is-a-share-folder\here-is-my-dopcument.xls

>

> But even with this method, the user has to copy the path from the

> address bar to an email msg body, copy the file name to the email bsg

> body, and then put the two pieces of text together separated by a

> backslash to make the link.

>

> I have no idea how else to make this work but if you have an idea

> please let me know.

>

> Thanks!

> -Bob