To send a link to a document or folder using Outlook, please do the following: - Start a New Message - Please make sure the format of the new message is HTML (Click on Format -> Make sure HTML is selected)' - Compose your message - Where you want to include the link, click Insert -> Hyperlink -> On the Popup box, select "file:" to be the type and in the URL, type in the location of your document or folder after the file:// (eg; file://R:\Temp\test.txt) For Plain Text Emails, you can also send the link in following format: