IT Helpdesk

“View in File Explorer” SharePoint Selection 

1. Navigate to your department’s SharePoint subsite via this page:

2. Above your department’s document library, click the “See all” button to enable the full view of the library.

3. Click on the dropdown menu shown in the image below and select “View in File Explorer.”

4. Access the SharePoint library via File Explorer like any other folder. NOTE: When you edit a file in this directory, you are editing the actual file in SharePoint, NOT a synced copy. This is just a different way of viewing the same files that you see on the web version.

5. For easy access to these files, you can pin the folder to the quick access menu for future use:

6. CONNECTION EXPIRATION: After about a few days to a week, accessing these files in the file explorer will not work because the connection expires. To re-establish the connection, please refer to steps 1-4.
7. FOR EMAILS: If you attach a file from this directory into an email you will be prompted to either share a link to the actual web-based document or create a local copy that will be sent to the recipient.