I am looking for a way to launch a file located on our local file network for use via our local intranet using Firefox or Chrome.
The link works well in IE:
<a href="\\Start\Of\My\Network\file.xlsx">View Report</a>
but in Firefox it shows:
<a href="http://mydomain.com/\\Start\Of\My\Network\file.xlsx">View Report</a>
is there a way to get the link to render properly?...Just a simple click from a href tag.
This is not enabled in firefox for security reasons (remember that most computers have files and applications of a sensitive nature located in similar locations, like C:\System\Windows)
you can try adding this to the user.js file for any user that needs to be able to access these links:
user_pref("capability.policy.policynames", "localfilelinks");
user_pref("capability.policy.localfilelinks.sites", "file:///[[PUT SERVER NAME HERE]]";);
user_pref("capability.policy.localfilelinks.checkloaduri.enabled", "allAccess");
Just remember that this is a security risk.