I have a folder that I sync across platforms. (My Work PC, my home laptop, my Windows Mobile phone, my wife's Windows Mobile phone and my wife's laptop). I was thinking of adding tasks or sending e-mails (eg. to my wife) to take action upon a file. Since the file is already in sync with her mobile phone, I would only need to add a hyperlink in the e-mail pointing at the file stored in her local folder.
To achieve this, all I need is a way to have a link that would work in the same way in all devices, ie. point to the right location and the right file at the client computer locally synced file storage...
So I put a file in mesh, the file is synced in the mobile device, I sent her the link, she clicks the link and the file is opened from her local storage.
Is this possible? If not, could you take a look on this to implement it or just advise me with a workaround?
Another (no so elegant) alternative I think of is adding secure hyperlinks to live mesh stored files, just as you did with Skydrive.
Interesting scenario. No, not possible. The current implementation is to share folders between devices and even between users. The Live Desktop isn't intended as a file storage location to point to a file for sharing, which isn't what you want, but what a uniform link to a file would do. All you can do is specify the file name and folder in your message/task. Perhaps to simplify the process, you could setup multiple shared folders, with the folders being unique for each file or file type. That way you can more easily define the task/message specifying the local folder you are referring to. -steve~ Microsoft MVP Windows Live ~ Windows Live OneCare| Live Mesh|MS Security Essentials Forums Moderator ~
While collaborating with other people, I need to have them review and work on files that have been synced locally on their PCs. The thing is that I do not know where each person has stored his/her synced folder, so I cannot provide them with a quick link/shortcut to the file so that they open it right away.
I have opened a suggestion on this on Microsoft connect as well.
What I suggest there is to introduce a mechanism so that when you right click a live mesh folder or file to get a context menu to copy a device agnostic link.
If I write an e-mail or instant message another person with which I am sharing this folder, if he/she receives the e-mail and click on the link, then the windows explorer should automatically open the file from his/her device local synced folder.
For example: 1. I create a live mesh shared folder called bills. The folder is synced on my pc, my windows mobile device and my wife's windows mobile device. 2. On my PC, the folder is under My Documents, on my wife's mobile phone the folder is under Storage Card. 3. I put there a new bill. 4. I send my wife an e-mail saying do not forget to pay this bill by this date. And I send her a link to the file. (something like: mesh://bills/electricitybill.pdf) 5. She receives the e-mail on her phone, opens it, clicks on the link and the proper app loads the locally stored file.
