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Forum Discussion
Shared dropbox links to open directly in Microsoft Office
1) Is it possible to send a link to a shared dropbox file but have it directly open in Windows? E.g. click on dropbox link to user/dropbox/word.docx and it opens up in Microsoft Word directly?
2) O...
Thanks for getting back to me yellow_pages!
To see the "Open with" option, you would need to be signed into your account online.
When signed in, opening a link to a file that exists in your account will redirect you to the file in its actual location. This way, it's like you'd opened it from your Files page.
I'm afraid that with this method of using a shared link, opening via the website can't be bypassed.
The only other method I could suggest would be to send the local file path, but this would be complicated if the app is installed in the default location under the User profile.
Each installation would be under a different User profile, which would look like:
C:\Daphne\Dropbox\Folder\File
To work around that, you would need to move the Dropbox folder to a common location to make the path the same (outside of the User profile for example).
Perhaps you could do a web search to see if there are any third-party apps that could assist you by allowing you to create relative paths to use instead.
I hope this helps somewhat!
Daphne
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffThanks for getting back to me yellow_pages!
To see the "Open with" option, you would need to be signed into your account online.
When signed in, opening a link to a file that exists in your account will redirect you to the file in its actual location. This way, it's like you'd opened it from your Files page.
I'm afraid that with this method of using a shared link, opening via the website can't be bypassed.
The only other method I could suggest would be to send the local file path, but this would be complicated if the app is installed in the default location under the User profile.
Each installation would be under a different User profile, which would look like:
C:\Daphne\Dropbox\Folder\File
To work around that, you would need to move the Dropbox folder to a common location to make the path the same (outside of the User profile for example).
Perhaps you could do a web search to see if there are any third-party apps that could assist you by allowing you to create relative paths to use instead.
I hope this helps somewhat!
Hi Daphne, thanks very much for the answers again. Not quite what I was hoping for but at least that firmly answers the questions I've always had.
I suppose the follow-up question is are any of these things likely to change in the not-to-distant future?
- Daphne
You're more than welcome yellow_pages!
I wish I had something else that I could offer you for this.
At the moment, I don't have any info to share on this. I can suggest though to share your request for this feature in our dedicated area of the forum here.
Others can also back you up by upvoting the idea to show their support, and this helps us to effectively gather feedback.
I'm always here if you need anything else though. :grin:
I hope you have a great day!
