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Posted on by JamesMitchell

Hello,

I am trying to send an email with a link to a folder. There is a space in the folder name so the email link only contains the first part up to the space.

I have tried to replace the space with %20 but this doesn't seem to work with a folder.

Any other suggestions?

Many thanks for any advice.

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yashag2255 24,769 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

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Hi @JamesMitchell

Can you share more details on the flow? Are you using sharepoint? If so, you could use th action: create a sharing link and share the link then:

If you are creating the floder within the flow, you could simply use the link to item dynamic attribute.

If this differs, please share a screenshot of your flow so that we might better identify the issue and assist you with this.

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JamesMitchell 14 on at

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Hello,

Thank you for the reply. I have a sharepoint task list with a column containing a folder path.

When the status of the task is modified, i would like to send an email with the folder path within it as a link so when a user recives the email they can click on the link.

I am using <a href=file:///FOLDERPATHCOLUMN>FOLDERPATHCOLUMN</a>

The folder name for example is 'c:\this is a test' and the email contains a link as c:\this due to the space.

Any ideas who i can include folder paths with a space?

I am currently sending the email using sharepoint designer flow but I cant change the sent email address from donotreply so am trying to do this in microsoft flow.

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yashag2255 24,769 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

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Hey @JamesMitchell

Got it. You need to use "" and %20 in the href tag. please see the screenshot below"

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Wow, thank you. That is it. Literally adding " " has solved it.

Working: <a href="file:///FOLDERLOCATION">FOLDERLOCATION</a>