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User Guide for Classic M-Files Desktop and M-Files Admin
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User Guide for Classic M-Files Desktop and
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  • Introduction
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  2. Daily use

    This section gives information about the day-to-day use of M-Files.

  3. Sharing content
  4. Sharing to M-Files Users
  • Daily use

    This section gives information about the day-to-day use of M-Files.

    • Accessing M-Files
    • Using the Classic M-Files Desktop
    • Managing content
    • Sharing content
      • Sharing to M-Files Users
      • Sharing to people without access to M-Files
    • Finding content
    • User Settings

Sharing to M-Files Users

Note: To use the Copy Link operation in the classic M-Files Desktop, M-Files Web must be enabled.

You can share links to other M-Files users with the Copy Link option. The recipient must have access to the vault and the object or view to open the link.

To share a link to an M-Files user with the Copy Link option:

  1. In the listing area, do one of these operations:
    • Right-click an object.
      or
    • Right-click a view.
      or
    • Select many objects and right-click one of them.
  2. Select Copy Link.
The link is copied to your clipboard and you can share the link to other M-Files users. If you selected many objects, M-Files creates a separate link for each object.

Sharing links to previous object versions

To share a link to a previous object version:

  1. Click the history icon () in the option ribbon of the object's metadata card.
    Result:The History dialog opens.
  2. In the dialog, do one of these operations:
    • Right-click an object.
      or
    • Select many objects and right-click one of them.
  3. Select Copy Link.
The link is copied to your clipboard and you can share the link to other M-Files users. If you selected many objects, M-Files creates a separate link for each object.
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Last updated 12/2025
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