Download a DOCX File instead of Opening it in SharePoint 2013/2016

Hi,

Today I came across an issue where a business wanted me to provide a link on the Home Page to a DOCX file (available in 'Documents' document library) and when a user clicks it; it downloads (or Save) the file on the local computer rather than open it from the 'Documents' document library.

Here is the solution


href="/_layouts/download.aspx?SourceUrl=http://spsite/Shared Documents/documentname.docx"

Cheers
Sohail

Import Active Directory Users into SharePoint 2013/2016 Group - PowerShell

Import Active Directory Users into SharePoint 2013/2016 Group 

Write-host "Adding SharePoint Snapin"

$Host.Runspace.ThreadOptions = "ReuseThread"

Add-PSSnapin microsoft.sharepoint.powershell -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

Write-host "Importing AD module"

import-module activedirectory -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

write-host "Starting work..."

#Hard coded variables for testing, 

# we need the name of the AD Group, the name of the corresponding group in Sharepoint to sync with, 

#and the URL of the SPWeb where the SP group resides.

$ADgroupname = "CN=XXX,OU=XXXX,DC=XXX,DC=XX,DC=XX"

#Get-ADGroup -Filter * | Select distinguishedName, Name

$SPGroupName = "SPGroup_AllUsers"

$spweburl = "http://xxxxx.com"

#note that it's reasonably easy to turn this hardcoded list into a CSV import and then loop through multiple groups

[Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.ADPropertyValueCollection]$Type = Get-ADGroupMember $ADgroupname | select PropertyNames

#get a list of the AD Users in the AD Group

#$ADGroupMembers = get-adgroupmember -Identity $ADgroupname | select @{name="LoginName";expression={$_.samaccountname}}

$ADGroupMembers = Get-ADGroupMember $ADgroupname | select samaccountname, email, name

if ($ADGroupMembers -eq $null)

{

    write-host "The AD Group we're syncing with is empty - this is usually a problem or typo - the SP group will be left alone" -foregroundcolor red

    return;

}

#get the list of users in the SharePoint Group

$web = get-spweb $spweburl

$group = $web.groups[$SPGroupName]

if ($group -eq $null) {

    write-host "SPGroup Not found" ; return

}

$spusers = $group.users | select @{name="LoginName";expression={$_.LoginName.toupper()}}

  

write-host "Debug: at this point we should have a list of user ID's from SharePoint in domain\user format, uppercase" 

#Remove all Existing Users in SharePoint Group

foreach($x in $spusers)

{

     write-host $x.LoginName -foregroundcolor green

     $User  = Get-SPUser -Identity  $x.LoginName -Web $web

     $group.RemoveUser($User)

}

  

if($spusers -eq $null)

{

    write-host "The SPgroup is empty" -foregroundcolor cyan

    write-host "Adding all AD group members to the SP group"

    foreach ($ADGroupMember in $ADGroupMembers)

    {

        #add the AD group member to the SP group. 

        #Please add code to get the domain or fix it if you have only one doain

        $Domain= "royal_comm\"

        #$SamAccountName = $ADGroupMember.samaccountname

        $UserName = $Domain + $ADGroupMember.samaccountname

        #$DisplayName = $ADGroupMember.name

        #$Email = (Get-ADUser $SamAccountName -Properties mail).mail

        write-host "Adding $()" 

        write-host "new-spuser -useralias $($UserName) -web $($web.url) -group $SPGroupName" -foregroundcolor green

        

        $SPUser = $web.EnsureUser($UserName)

        try

        {

            $group.AddUser($SPUser)

        }

        catch

        {

            Write-Host "User already exists..." -ForegroundColor Red

        }

        write-host "User is Added..." -ForegroundColor Green      

    }

   

    write-host "Done adding users - script will now exit" -foregroundcolor magenta

}

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