URL Files - Adding links in SharePoint Document Libraries

On occasion, you may wish to add a shortcut to a file hosted somewhere else, in one of your document libraries in SharePoint. As an example, if you have a collection of documents that a project manager needs to fill out and return to you, but some of those documents are hosted elsewhere.

The easiest thing to do is to create a small text file (using notepad or your favorite editor) with the .url extension. Then add the link information in the body of the file.

For example:

[InternetShortcut]
URL=http://www.google.com/
WorkingDirectory=
ShowCommand=
IconIndex=
IconFile=
Modified=
HotKey=

Make sure you save the file with the .url extension instead of the standard .txt extension - or this won't work.

Upload your new .url file to a SharePoint document library, and give it whatever name and title you like.