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Opening SkyVault files from Windows Explorer (Windows users)

You can open files stored in SkyVault directly from Windows Explorer.

You can do this by either mapping a network drive to SkyVault or by entering a modified URL into the Windows Explorer address bar.

All you need is to have an internet connection and the SkyVault URL where the file is stored.
  1. Open Windows Explorer and enter the SkyVault address in the address bar.

    This needs to be entered in a different way to when you're mapping a network drive or opening a file from Microsoft Office. There are two ways to enter this depending on if you're connecting to SkyVault server or SkyVault Cloud; check with your SkyVault administrator if you need more information.

    SkyVault server

    If your SkyVault address is

    https://mycompany.com

    then you'd enter

    \\mycompany.com@SSL\DavWWWRoot\alfresco\aos

    SkyVault Cloud

    If you SkyVault address is

    https://my.alfresco.com/mycompany.com/sitename/

    then you'd enter

    \\sp.alfresco.com@SSL\DavWWWRoot\mycompany.com\sitename

    For SkyVault Cloud you always need to enter a site name. For both SkyVault server and SkyVault Cloud you can enter URLs that are specific to a site, folder, or file, for example, \\mycompany.com\DavWWWRoot\alfresco\aos\Sites\sitename\documentLibrary\foldername\filename for SkyVault server and \\sp.alfresco.com@SSL\DavWWWRoot\mycompany.com\sitename\foldername\filename for SkyVault Cloud.

    • Site or folder-specific URL - browse through the site or folder to find the file you want
    • File-specific URL - open the file directly

  2. If prompted enter your SkyVault user name and password.
You can now browse SkyVault and work with files through Windows Explorer without the need to access SkyVault through Chrome, Firefox, or another web browser.