After applying those settings a while back in Firefox, I still had lots of trouble getting it to work. In order for firefox to open these links predictably, you have to have 5 (yes, 5) slashes after file... IE ignores the extras, so it works for either browser... So my link looks like this
File://///windowsservername/sharename/etc... To ensure that users don't forget all those lovely slashes, I went ahead and set up an interwiki link to the windows shares most popular internally... So they just use SomeShare:/path/to/files. Joseph Hobbs Lead Technology Architect Enabling Technologies : Technical Services Fifth Third Bank -----Original Message----- From: Harry Metske [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 4:19 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: embedding links to windows shares maybe this will help : http://kb.mozillazine.org/Links_to_local_pages_don%27t_work but be aware it's a security risk regards, Harry 2009/2/3 Bob Paige <[email protected]> > Quinn, > > Thanks, that works great (from IE). Does anyone have any idea what firefox > setting is required? > > Thanks all for the incredibly quick responses! > > -- > Bobman > > On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 3:37 PM, Quinn Fissler <[email protected]> wrote: > > > [File:\\server\share\directory] works fine in MS IE but AFAIK firefox > has > > to have some security settings changed to work. > > > > 2009/2/3 Bob Paige <[email protected]> > > > > > How can I embed a link to a file on a windows share, within a wiki > page? > > > > > > Something like this: > > > > > > [\\server\path\filename.doc] > > > > > > Obviously this doesn't work becasue of the backslashes, but you get the > > > idea. > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > -- > > > Bobman > > > > > > This e-mail transmission contains information that is confidential and may be privileged. It is intended only for the addressee(s) named above. If you receive this e-mail in error, please do not read, copy or disseminate it in any manner. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. Please reply to the message immediately by informing the sender that the message was misdirected. After replying, please erase it from your computer system. Your assistance in correcting this error is appreciated.
