I frequently get emails containing links to file shares on various servers. Most people just grab the path from windows explorer and paste it into the email which is a shame, because it ends up auto-linking only the first part of the path. For example, “\\server\share with space in the name” auto-links “\\server\share” only.
Tip: if you surround the path with angle brackets (”<>”) it’ll link the whole thing. Typing it in, pasting, whatever, just get the path between the greater-than/less-than characters and when you type a whitespace/carriage return character Outlook will auto-link the path for you.
It’s one of those time savers that add up over time to give you back a few minutes of your life per day.
December 14, 2007 at 13:41
Alternatively, if you have Path Copy installed, you just right click on the file in explorer and click “Copy Path => Copy Internet Path” and it will copy to the clipboard the escaped URI.
More details at: http://www.moserware.com/2007/11/accidence-improvements-ninotech-path.html