Alfresco – Desktop Action

How’s your Alfresco doing?

In my case, we’re going for implementation after weeks of testing and some modifications.

Well, I don’t want to see those CheckIn/Checout in every folder (and my user’s agree with me).  My users keeps asking me about it (wishper: I changed the File Server for some users without their knowledge for testing.  Don’t do this or your head will ROLL!).  For them Alfresco is like the same Windows File Server.  I like it that way for simplicity and I will introduce more functionality when we role out the entire Alfresco system.

NOTE:  To disable the feature, you have to put a comment on each property.

<– Enclosed in this arrow are comments
–>

1st – I want to change the Alfresco name into my company name.

Crate a file /opt/alfresco/tomcat/shared/classes/alfresco/extension/webclient_en_US.properties and put your company name

# cd /opt/alfresco/tomcat/shared/classes/alfresco/extension/
# vi webclient_en_US.properties

and put

company_home=Your Company Name

 

2nd – disable the URLFileName and the Desktop actions.  These are the extra files that you see in every folder and everytime you create a folder.  For me I don’t see them helping my users to deal with their files/folder.

Edit the /opt/alfresco/tomcat/webapps/alfresco/WEB-INF/classes/alfresco/subsystems/fileServers/default/file-servers-context.xml

# cd /opt/alfresco/tomcat/webapps/alfresco/WEB-INF/classes/alfresco/subsystems/fileServers/default
# vi file-servers-context.xml

Look for the following and comment it like below

<!– Add a URL file to each folder that links back to the web client –>
<!–
<property name=”URLFileName”>
<value>__Alfresco.url</value>
</property>
–>

and for Desktop Actions

<!–
<bean>
<property name=”name”>
<value>CheckInOut</value>
</property>
<property name=”filename”>
<value>__CheckInOut.exe</value>
</property>
</bean>
<bean>
<property name=”name”>
<value>JavaScriptURL</value>
</property>
<property name=”filename”>
<value>__ShowDetails.exe</value>
</property>
<property name=”scriptName”>
<value>alfresco/desktop/showDetails.js</value>
</property>
</property>
<property name=”attributeList”>
<value>anyFiles</value>
</property>
<property name=”preprocess”>
<value>copyToTarget</value>
</property>
</bean>
–>

Restart your Alfresco and check your alfresco in windows file explorer.

How was it?  Now, it’s just like the old Windows File Server right?!