Access a network folder via hyperlink given in SharePoint List

Question

_{Tuesday, August 16, 2016 12:23 PM}

In SharePoint List there is a field - multi lines of text, Rich text (Bold, italics, text alignment, hyperlinks) included.

When this field contains a hyperlink to a webpage (i.e., https://www.google.com), this hyperlink is clickable and opens Google webpage. When this field contains a hyperlink to a network folder (i.e., \NetworkFolder\, this hyperlink is not clickable and does not open a network. But when hovering over this hyperlink a pointer shows that I can click on it. When clicking on the link, it only highlights the entire row (item) in the SharePoint List.

According to this post - https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/sharepoint/en-US/f8a4c2b3-9cc2-4e31-a8e9-04b6642eaf5a/adding-a-link-to-a-network-place-on-sharepoint-navigation?forum=sharepointgenerallegacy - I have also tried accessing network folder through file:///\NetworkFolder\ but it was no use and all was the same as with \NetworkFolder\

What am I doing wrong? Are there homegroup/domain policies preventing SharePoint from accessing a network folder? How to properly write a hyperlink to a network folder?

All replies (4)

_{Monday, August 29, 2016 11:32 AM ✅Answered | 1 vote}

Hi,

Please check this link about link the local file in SharePoint Online:

http://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/137452/sharepoint-2013-link-files-from-local-drive-or-network-drive

Hope this help.

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Andy Wu

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_{Wednesday, August 17, 2016 9:18 AM | 1 vote}

Hi,

According to your description, my understanding is that you want to access network folder via hyperlink in multi lines of text column.

I tested the same scenario per your post, and I got the same results as you got.

As a workaround, I recommend to edit the multiple line of text field to set the type to be Rich text (Bold, italics, text alignment, hyperlinks), then add the hyperlink in the field like this format (excluding “file://”): \servername\share\folder.