JetsetBkk Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 I have a shortcut to a web page on my Desktop PC. I click on it and the browser runs and opens the page. I copy that shortcut to my Google Drive. I click on that shortcut on Google Drive and I get this: If I access Google Drive on my Android phone and click on the shortcut, I get: "This file type is unsupported". The work-around I use is to create a text file on the Desktop PC which contains the link to the web page. Then I can upload the text file to Drive and when I open the text file, the link works - both in Android and Windows. But that means I have to keep creating text files containing the links, or edit the one big text file and add links to it. Is there a way of uploading a web page shortcut to Drive and get it to work without all this messing around? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubonjoe Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 I use Chrome on my PC and phablet to bookmark sites. Do it on either of them and they are saved for both of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaanbiker Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 If you’re a Chrome user, hit Ctrl + P when you’ve found an article you want to save, then select Destination > Change > Save to Google Drive. This will then save the webpage to your Drive as a PDF. More here: https://www.pcworld.com/article/3023194/3-tips-and-tools-for-saving-web-content-to-google-drive.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetsetBkk Posted May 11, 2019 Author Share Posted May 11, 2019 1 hour ago, ubonjoe said: I use Chrome on my PC and phablet to bookmark sites. Do it on either of them and they are saved for both of them. Yes, but I also want to save other related files (such as pictures, videos, text files) in the same Drive folder as I put the link to the web page. And obviously there will be lots of folders and sub-folders each containing files relating to a different subject. So Google Drive could contain all these different types of files, but I just need to know how to save a link to a web page. When I copy a Windows shortcut to Drive, the file created has the name of the shortcut followed by ".URL". When I copy it back to the desktop PC, it still works as a shortcut, so the web address is in there somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetsetBkk Posted May 11, 2019 Author Share Posted May 11, 2019 9 minutes ago, Isaanbiker said: If you’re a Chrome user, hit Ctrl + P when you’ve found an article you want to save, then select Destination > Change > Save to Google Drive. This will then save the webpage to your Drive as a PDF. More here: https://www.pcworld.com/article/3023194/3-tips-and-tools-for-saving-web-content-to-google-drive.html OK, just did that, but it did exactly what it says it does - creates a copy of the web page as a PDF, not just a link that you can post on another site. Doesn't anyone find it odd that you can't save a shortcut on Drive that is readable by a browser? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetsetBkk Posted May 11, 2019 Author Share Posted May 11, 2019 According to StackExchange, it's not possible to save links in Drive and the answers recommend doing what I am doing - create a document and put the link in it: https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/52727/how-can-i-save-links-to-google-drive So, fortunately, I haven't lost any info. All the shortcuts that I diligently saved on Drive I can download to my Desktop PC, open them, copy the URL, go back to Drive, open a Google Doc, store the URL, rename the doc and all is how I want it to be. Thanks Google. Good work. ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Rock Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 or just use https://www.google.com/bookmarks/ to save all your bookmarks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoreFarang Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 HTLM? HTML! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beddhist Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 Like Chrome, Firefox lets you sync bookmarks between devices. Then there is Pocket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetsetBkk Posted May 22, 2019 Author Share Posted May 22, 2019 12 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said: HTLM? HTML! ???? Well spooted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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