SharePoint Web Folders - Create a Desktop Shortcut to a SharePoint library on Windows XP with and without SSL
Shortcuts with HTTP Connections If you have a http connection to a SharePoint site within your network you can create easily a shortcut on your desktop. First copy therefore the url of your library until /Forms/xxx . Example: If your URL is like " http://sharepoint/sites/projectx/team%20documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx " copy the part " http://sharepoint/sites/projectx/team%20documents " Right click on your desktop and select "Shortcut". Paste the link into the the textbox without http: and revert all slashes to backslashes. Also decode all urlencodings here . The final path should look like that: " \\sharepoint\sites\projectx\team documents " An easy way to get this path is by clicking the explorer view in the SharePoint library. On Windows you can simply enter the WebDav address in the file explorer to open a WebDAV connection to a SharePoint library. Shortcuts with SLL Connections But this only works with th...