A chronicle of issues encountered in SharePoint

Category: SharePoint Online

Repair Broken Links Before or After a SharePoint Migration

Today I found two tools from LinkTek that I want to share.  First, the free one.  LinkReporter is a free tool that reports on broken links throughout your IT enterprise.  I suggest you run it and then decide to either fix the links manually or use a paid product to fix them for you.

The second tool is LinkFixer Advanced which runs against SharePoint on-premise, Microsoft 365, Box, OneDrive, DropBox, and regular file servers.  It is an enterprise-wide application that appears to run against any of these platforms so it’s not specific to SharePoint at all.

For SharePoint-specific migrations, they offer a page which goes into more detail: LinkFixer Advanced for SharePoint.  This could be the tool that saves your job or your sanity.

How to Enable “View in File Explorer” in Microsoft Edge

June 15, 2022 marked the End of Life for Internet Explorer.  Now, we are redirected to Microsoft’s Edge browser.  It appears that Edge does not support the SharePoint library feature “View in File Explorer” that many of us have come to rely upon.  Apparently, since Edge build 93, the feature is now supported but there are two steps that must be followed.  The article at the link below provides the solution.

How to Enable “View in File Explorer” in Microsoft Edge

However, Microsoft advises against using File Explorer in favor of the Sync feature.  Click this link and then scroll down to the section heading “What’s the difference between Sync and View in File Explorer?” for a full explanation of this modern, recommended feature.

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