I have a site with multiple document libraries in it. One of the site users has full control of the site & at one point, instead of creating a new document library, they renamed the default document library from "Shared Documents" to "Correspondence". Now they've opened the document library in windows explorer, so it's added an entry into their network places. The name of the entry was "Shared Documents on portal.mydomain.net" and not "Correspondence on portal.mydomain.net". This is because the address of the library is still "Shared Documents". I went into the user's network places and renamed the entry, however I would prefer to have the address changed as well, so that future users do not run into the same problem.
I looked in the Document Library Settings but couldn't find a place to change the address there. The address gets displayed in "Title, description and navigation" but there is no option to change it. I tried looking under Site Actions > Site Settings > Content and structure to see if there was any way to change the address there. However, when I check off the Correspondence document library and pull down the actions menu, "Move" is greyed out.
I suppose that I could save the library as a template, include the content & make a new library in the proper address, but then the modified by information would all be wrong.
Any ideas?
Renaming the document library in SharePoint Designer changes the address.
Open the library in Windows Explorer, and just rename the folder. Works in Sharepoint Foundation 2010.
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When I attach a link in an email using harmon.ie, I get an url that includes the file name. However when the recipient clicks it, it starts to download a copy instead of opening the actual SharePoint document.
The link is typically on this format:
[company].sharepoint.com/sites/[subsite]/[library]/[filename.docx]
The same link retrieved directly from SharePoint would look something like this:
[company].sharepoint.com/:w:/s/sites/[subsite]/EZ31C3wRKuVPnOOB7vNGMsMBiI9eYAjGTuiaEODu_c3wpw
That link will typically open the document in SharePoint as expected.
It did not use to be like this. The links from harmon.ie used to open documents instead of downloading copies. I am afraid I cannot say when we discovered this, but I believe it was a couple of months ago. We are using the free plan, and are not qualified for support from harmon.ie. We were pointed in the direction of this forum, and I would be most grateful if someone could help us.
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Eigil
Harmon.ie creates plain valid links to Sharepoint document and they are opened by default browser (like any link you will add inside an email)
The behavior is only controlled by the browser not by harmon.ie (you can check it out by adding the url in the browser)
The only solution to control the behavior is to use the feature to generate OWA link so that it opens in Office online.
Indeed, we have feature allowing to create links that will open in OWA (hence in the browser)
Please read carefully register key: GenerateOWALinks as detailed at https://harmon.ie/provision-harmonie-outlook-all-users
Note also that if the recipient of the email has harmon.ie installed, he can right click on the link, select Open in Harmon.ie. The document will appear in harmon.ie sidebar (at the Sharepoint location), double clicking on it with open the document in MS Word.
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Hi, I have a document library in sharepoint 2010 foundation.when i have uploaded a file into a document library from browser, it is showing a message"uploaded successfully" but it is not showing in document library all items.but when am open the site in IE and in library tab am clicking in file explorer button, in that file explorer the doc file is there.but in site -> doc library all items the file is not displaying. Am the administrator the site.
If your library has versioning with minor versions enabled, uploaded files will be drafts. It may be the sort of confusing case that even as administrator, you do not have the rights to see drafts.
In the Library Settings, open the Versioning settings menu. Try setting the Draft Item Security option to all with read or edit permissions. Ensure that you own the respective rights (personally or as a member of an appropriate group).
Changing this option solved the problem for me. However, I experienced this setting as being kind of weird: Setting the option back to its former state (in which I did not see the documents) did not make the documents disappear again.
Why won't my document that i'm checking out from SharePoint not open after the checkout?
The status of the document after the check on SharePoint shows that I checked out the document but it won't open automatically.
What's even more annoying is that I don't know where the file has been checked out to.
Is there any way to find out where the document is being checked out to and how to get it to open automatically after the checkout?
I tried it both on Chrome and IE.
Check Out in short means "Reserve the file for me so that no one else makes any changes to it. It does not mean "Open the document"
SharePoint also shows the Checkout status and to whom it is checked out. I will be able to explain more if you tell me "what exactly you see" and why you think these details are missing.
In Sharepoint the checkout prevents other user to modify the document.
You can then open the document clicking on the title.
Your client application (Word for example) will open the document directly from the Sharepoint site.
When you will save the document after changes, it will be saved on the site.
You don't need to save a local copy because the document library works like as a shared folder.
You can even connect the document library on a drive letter if you want.
Try this from a command prompt:
net use k: http://YourSite/YourDocumentLibrary
This will create a network drive that point on the library.
(it works only with WebClient service running on client machine).
The best way to "checkout and edit" is to open the document using its sharepoint url.
For example, if you have a Word file to edit, you can copy its sharepoint url and go to MS Word and paste it in Open dialog box.
You will be asked for credentials and then it shows the checkout button on top of the document.
Later, you can checkin the edited doc using checkin option in file menu.
My goal is to extend functionality of the current asset tracking system.
Basically I would like to pull list of Clients and related assets from external system into sharepoint 2010.
Then I would like to associate documents with each asset. My first intention is to create a list of folders where each folder would be named respectively.
Tell me, if I am going in the wrong direction.
You can open your document library in explorer view and easly copy your content from external sorce to document liabrary, as windows explorer.
You can reffer the below link for more details
http://msmvps.com/blogs/shane/archive/2006/01/12/80843.aspx
Following a recent merge of companies, we are in the process of migrating documents from WSS off one server to MOSS on another, along with reviewing our filing structure.
I've created a list which needs attachments adding to the new items when created, however these are presently stored on WSS as pdfs in a document lirary. If I browse and add the document to be attached from WSS, it will not accept this as it states "The file or folder name contains characters that are not permitted. Please use a different name". Is there a way around this other than downloading the document using xplica to my home drive and then re-uploading them?
So you do "Actions" and "Open with windows explorer" in 1 library and create a new item in a list and attach files from the same location as in the windows explorer window? Something like http://server/doclib.
I never tried this before but it does work. Interestingly the file that I actually get to upload is from the Internet Explorer temporary internet files. What actual filename do you get to see? That temporary storage does add additional characters to the filename that may be valid for a filesystem but not SharePoint.