Add file link - InLoox Desktop Tools

IMPORTANT Please, make sure that InLoox Desktop Tools version 12.5 (November 2025) is installed. Download the InLoox Desktop Tools here.

With the help of InLoox Desktop Tools users kann add file links to locally stored documents in InLoox Web App. This way, you can edit these documents without downloading and re-uploading them to InLoox. This also helps you avoid duplicate files.

1. Open a project and open the Documents tab.
2. Click on Add file link. Agree to the request to open the InLoox Desktop Tools and check the box to save this selection permanently.
3. InLoox opens you local file share, e.g. Microsoft Explorer, where you select one or several documents. Click on Open.
4. InLoox adds these file links to your list of project documents.
5. You can open the file by clicking on Open in app, edit and save it without downloading and re-uploading it to InLoox. 

Make sure, not to rename the File link, as this will change the structure of the file link and thus break it.