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Chromium Edge Dev - View in File Explorer
We use Office 365 for all staff - when there is a large document library we recommend that users click on the Documents menu and select the option to View in File Explorer. This option was not availa...
This thread seems to have gone silent but I still don't have the functionality in Edge that I know of. Has MS supported the functionality with an option in Edge that everyone heard about except me? I have (and frequently use) links to local and network directories and files. I want the directories to open in File Explorer where I can do things! And likewise would like to open the files where they are rather than downloading them. IE can do this. I can't get Edge to do this. And while there's some roundabout way to open sharepoint files in place (rather than downloading) the sharepoint directories always have garbage characters in their links - so you can't traverse a directory heirarchy in any dependable way! IE could do it. Why can't Edge? And if it can - please let me know how.
I know that this is still an issue with the On-Premise SharePoint sites, but if you have migrated to SPO (SharePoint Online) then you can select the folder and then use the "Add Shortcut to OneDrive" option which will place a pointer to the folder in your OneDrive folder. This also works with folders that are shared with you via OneDrive, but you need to access your OneDrive through the browser and then select the "Add Shortcut to My Files" button. You can tell folder is from one of the sites because the icon looks like a folder with a picture of a blue arrow going around in a circle in the bottom left-hand corner of the folder.
