Shared link cannot be opened in OneDrive

Question

Hello, 

someone shared a file with me via my email adress. However, when I try to open it in OneDrive, a message shows saying: ‘Link can’t be opened in the OneDrive App. Would you like to open it in your browser?’. I can open it in my browser but I am using this document for a group project and would like to edit in in either Word or OneDrive. 

Anyone know how to open the document in OneDrive instead of in my browser?

Answer 1

Hi again,

thanks for the response. I will email my colleague tomorrow asking if she can check my permissions. Thanks though for your info!

Answer 2

Ah well, ive never seen it other thatn company to company, fwiw the other reasons are supposedly

Someone sent you a link without giving you permission to open it.

You're clicking an older link that doesn't open in a mobile app.

https://support.office.com/en-gb/article/Why-don-t-all-links-that-people-share-with-me-open-in-the-OneDrive-app-edd54301-7fdb-4b4b-8565-0dd535951b55

but ive never had that issue, good luck:)

Answer 3

Hi jmattmacd,

The document was shared by my colleague, so I don’t think that’s the problem. I’ve been trying to get the document copied and transfered to Word or OneDrive but unfortunately that didn’t work either.

Answer 4

if its from a different company i think its meant to open via browser