Create custom File Explorer Side Bar item
Overview: Some users opt to not have the Office Client installed at all and just to use the Office web applications. In this scenario there is no OneDrive sync client installed and no shortcuts appear...
View ArticleSharePoint 2013 / SharePoint 2016 / IE11 files do not open correctly in...
Overview: From the SharePoint 2013/2016 document library UI, Office documents open in the web application instead of the rich client application (when it should not) or there are other issues opening...
View ArticleUnable to save documents to SharePoint or issues with files checked out by ”“
Scenario: We have recently recognized an influx of issues regarding Office 2013/Office 2016 and saving/checking out Office files to SharePoint Online. This issue can be ambiguous and have many causes...
View ArticleVisio Viewer / SharePoint 2016 Workaround
Issue: In SharePoint 2016 for document libraries that are set to "Open in the client application" Visio documents will do nothing when clicked on or show the Windows Store popup window, if the Visio...
View Article“Sorry, you can’t edit this document with other people” error
You may receive the following error when trying to open a Microsoft Office file in the browser stored in SharePoint on-premise using Office Web Apps or Office Online Server, or in SharePoint Online...
View Article“We couldn’t register this document” error in Word or “The file could not be...
You may receive the following error when opening a Word document from SharePoint: We couldn't register this document. You won't be able to create links from other documents to this one. Or you...
View ArticleOffice(Word, Excel, etc) fails to render DUO multifactor authentication login...
Issue: You have a custom multifactor authentication login pages that leverage DUI API, and all works fine from web browsers but the Office client (Word, Excel, etc) fails to render all of the HTML...
View ArticleSharePoint / Office / OneDrive files open as read-only and do not allow check...
Issue: You have a SharePoint Online document library that requires checkout and you have it synced locally via OneDrive for business. Files opened from either online or from the local synced folder...
View ArticleOffice 365 Cannot open files from recent documents list (MRU) with...
Issue: You have Office 365 client application (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) trying to open a document from SharePoint or OneDrive via the Office recently used document list and receive error: "Sorry,...
View ArticleOffice 365 / 2016, SharePoint properties of type [lookup – multi select] do...
Issue: You have Office 365 / 2016 and open a document from SharePoint that has SharePoint metadata properties of type [lookup - multi select] and they do not show and can not be set on the Office...
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