OneDrive Resolver

Why the path they sent you doesn’t work

A OneDrive path only means something on the machine that made it. When a colleague copies one out of Explorer, it starts with their username:

C:\Users\bwang\OneDrive - Ennead Architects\2440_Project\Design\plan.rvt

You paste it and Windows shrugs — because on your PC that folder sits under your name. Same file, different address. There is nothing wrong with the link, and nothing wrong with you.

See it live

The whole journey, auto-played: a colleague sends a broken path in Teams, OneDrive Resolver finds the same file under your name — then share the next one straight from Explorer with a right-click.

1/15Bill sends you a file path in Teams.

1. Bill sends you a file path in Teams.
2. But it has his username in it — Windows can't open it on your PC.
3. You copy the path he sent.
4. Open OneDrive Resolver.
5. Paste the path Bill sent — it types into the box, character by character.
6. Click “Find it on my PC”.
7. Resolver finds the same file — re-rooted under your username.
8. Open the file, or the folder that holds it — here, open the file.
9. There it is — plan.rvt, selected on your PC.
10. Prefer the folder? “Open folder” opens the containing Design folder instead.
11. Now send one back that works for everyone — right from Explorer.
12. Right-click any file (or folder) → the EnneadTab menu.
13. Choose “Share via EnneadTab OneDrive Resolver”.
14. One click — the link is copied.
15. They paste the link — it opens on any machine, as the file or the folder that holds it.

What it does

• Finds the file on your PC. Paste what they sent; it opens in Explorer with the file selected.
• Copes with however you added the project. Syncing a library and adding a shortcut to it put the same project in different places on disk. It matches on the library’s identity rather than its folder name — so it still works if you renamed yours.
• Stops you sending broken paths. One click copies a link that works on everyone’s machine. Paste it into Teams; whoever clicks it lands on the right file.
• Never dead-ends. Haven’t synced that project? It offers to open it in the browser instead of just saying “not found”.
• Keeps project names off the internet. The links it makes carry their contents in the one part of a web address that browsers never send to any server.

Requirements

• Windows 10 or 11
• OneDrive signed in to your Ennead account