How can I fix opening office files through ftp

Question

Hi, I have an issue with accessing the files on my ftp.

FTP is mapped to my network. I can see the folders, files, when I try to open it directly from office apps (e.g. Excel or Word) I received following message.

in case I would like to open directly from explorer I get only following list of applications, no office apps to choose.

On my macbook all works, but on windows no way....

thank you for any idea to solve this issue.

Milan

Answer 1

The easiest solution is going be to copy the file from the FTP site to your local C drive, edit it with the appropriate application, and then use the explorer to copy it back.

The Windows explorer knows how to "speak FTP", but most apps only "speak file I/O" to a drive letter (C:\Data) or a UNC path (\\servername\sharename). It's different API calls.

There appears to be a product named NetDrive that can serve as a translator between file I/O and FTP. I have not tried that.

https://superuser.com/questions/96876/how-do-i-map-an-ftp-site-to-my-computer-as-a-drive-letter

Office apps don't know what to do when Explorer tells them to open an FTP location.

Answer 2

just to add. I tried to install total commander, when clicking on respective file, it does not open the file but Chrome instead

Answer 3

Hello,

Thank you for posting in Q&A forum.

It is recommended that you try to create an association on the "Default App Settings" page.

1. Open Start > Settings > Apps > Default Apps, drag to the bottom of the list, and select Choose default apps by file type.
2. Search for the file type you want to modify and specify the corresponding default app.

I hope the information above is helpful.

Best regards

Zunhui

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