Richard Vankoningsveld wrote:
> I've tried linking to files in the way you describe and can't get it 
> to work. Had slightly more success in IE than Firefox, but couldn't 
> get the file to open, so ultimately a failure. Guess instiki doesn't 
> support it at this stage.

Instiki can't support it because Instiki is not preventing you from 
opening those links.  Your web browser is.  It's a general security 
issue that many web browsers have addressed by disabling opening local 
links by default.  As Johannes said:

 > See http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=file+links+in+firefox 
<http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=file+links+in+firefox> for more 
details.

And in particular:

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Links_to_local_pages_don't_work

Ben

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