Aaron D. Marasco wrote: > Hello all, > > I am having trouble with file links in 0.9.6 and was wondering if anybody > has seen this before. I know it's ugly to do a file link to the C: drive, > but it is an internal page and we all have the software installed in the > same location. The first attempt is: > [file:///C:/EDK/doc/usenglish/help/platform_studio/platform_studio.htm] > which doesn't work. > > I have tried putting it in quotes, like > http://trac.edgewall.org/ticket/2594 says to: > [file:"//C:/EDK/doc/usenglish/help/platform_studio/platform_studio.htm"] > > I have done it with and without quotes in and out of brackets. With 2 to 4 > leading /'s. > file:///C:/EDK/doc/usenglish/help/platform_studio/platform_studio.htm > file:"///C:/EDK/doc/usenglish/help/platform_studio/platform_studio.htm" > etc > > I have tried changing security settings in Mozilla like > http://trac.edgewall.org/wiki/TracFaq#how-can-i-make-links-to-files-on-the-network-via-unc-path-links > said to (which BTW uses a TinyURL that is now dead). But it's the same in > MSIE. > > The worst part about it, is that with most of these solutions (2-3 > slashes), if I right click on it and choose "Copy Link Location" and then > paste it into the address bar, the HTML file I want comes right up, so the > URI itself seems to be valid. > > Any ideas? TIA. > It's a security issue, http:// files can't open file:// files. http://kb.mozillazine.org/Links_to_local_pages_don't_work
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