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Creating a shortcut from one Teams file folder to another Teams file folder
I'm a project manager. When using MS Windows Explorer and creating project folders, there are many times where I need to create a shortcut within a specific folder to view other files in another folder that's in a different location within Explorer. It's quite easy to create a shortcut to a file/folder then copy that shortcut over to my specific location. But my new company wants all project related files kept in Teams. So there is a Photos and Videos folder that's in the root directory so that all photos for all projects can easily be found. Then, I have a Project Job Number specific folder that has a folder within that is for just my projects. I don't want to replicate the files in two locations for many obvious reasons. Is there a way create a link from my pics folder in the root, to my pics folder in the job specific folder? Thanks.
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I have the same question. I don't want to create a shortcut in my OneDrive MyFiles folder...I want to create a shortcut within an existing teams folder to another folder (which is what I think the original postser is asking). We used to be able to do this in File Explorer quite easily....strange it's not a function within teams
- You could also try to add the Microsoft links of the respective folders in these newly created tabs.
- JimBenderMHS
In Teams, within the project files section, I would add a "Photos" and a "Videos" tab for each Ms. Teams project. I would add the SharePoint link to the generic folders in this tab.
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Maybe you can do it the other way and, from Teams, add a OneDrive shortcut.
Would that work for you?Dimitri_Pletschette thank you but that doesn't seem to be working how I need it. I'm very surprised that a files storage section of Teams is so much different than the file storage built into Windows.
