Fortunately, you can create your own. As tech tips blog Digital Inspiration points out, most of the links Google gives you to share will open a file in the web viewer.

Setting an expiration date for the shared file protects the files on Google Drive. There will be a time limit for the other person who got the link to access the file.

This might be your first time to hear about symlinks on Google Drive. Here's a quick guide you can follow to give you a walkthrough on how to use it.

Save As file format (.png, .html, .mht, or Google Doc) Convert saved link to Google editor format Using Save to Google Drive Save to Google Drive is simple to use.