How to open a Office document from link in desktop app

A quick blog post on a issue I helped a friend with today!

So a common issue is that you have links in Word/PowerPoint that you want to open in the desktop app and not in the web-app, and it's not always they will do that. Especially if it's document that are outside of SharePoint, so here is a tip on how to force an app to open in desktop.

So depending on your file type you need to add a prefix, this would be based on the application

| Application   | Value        |
|---------------|--------------|
| MS Word       | ms-word      |
| MS PowerPoint | ms-powerpoint|
| MS Excel      | ms-excel     |
| MS Visio      | ms-visio     |
| MS Access     | ms-access    |
| MS Project    | ms-project   |
| MS Publisher  | ms-publisher |
| MS InfoPath   | ms-infopath  |

| Command   | Value            |
|---------------|--------------|
| View Document | ofv          |
| Edit Document | ofe          |
| New Document  | nft          |

Structure:

Application:Command|link

Example Open Word Document:

ms-word:ofv|u|https://yourlin/YourDocument.docx

More info can be found here:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/client-developer/office-uri-schemes