can not lick to a file:// from a page served on a web server

[Disco Octopus]

*this is a report from another news group*

Hi,

My customers have found that after installing SP2 for XP, they cannot access
files that are linked from a web page to a local (or network) file.

This bit of code is the culprit. It works fine on all windows platforms
except for XP-SP2.

<a href=file://c:\temp\myfile.html>On C Drive - HTML File</a>
<br><br>
<a href="file://c:\temp\myfile.pdf">On C Drive - PDF File</a>
<br><br>
<a href="On">http://myserver/myfile.pdf">On Web Server - PDF File</a>

.... basically what happens if I click the third link (and i have the file
existing) then i can see the file fine, but if i click on the first two
links,
there is no apparent action at all. not even a message.



Any ideas of how to work around what appears to be a security config thing -
I have looked for the security thing in IE but cannot find anything that
would be the cause....


Thanks

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

Hi,

Unable to open local files from Internet Explorer window? IE6 SP1 and later:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/ie/elevlocalfile.htm

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


*this is a report from another news group*

Hi,

My customers have found that after installing SP2 for XP, they cannot access
files that are linked from a web page to a local (or network) file.

This bit of code is the culprit. It works fine on all windows platforms
except for XP-SP2.

<a href=file://c:\temp\myfile.html>On C Drive - HTML File</a>
<br><br>
<a href="file://c:\temp\myfile.pdf">On C Drive - PDF File</a>
<br><br>
<a href="On">http://myserver/myfile.pdf">On Web Server - PDF File</a>

.... basically what happens if I click the third link (and i have the file
existing) then i can see the file fine, but if i click on the first two
links,
there is no apparent action at all. not even a message.



Any ideas of how to work around what appears to be a security config thing -
I have looked for the security thing in IE but cannot find anything that
would be the cause....


Thanks

 

[Disco Octopus]

Hi,

Unable to open local files from Internet Explorer window? IE6 SP1 and
later:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/ie/elevlocalfile.htm

Hey thanks Ramesh. That fixed it. superb. From now on, I will not believe
a word people say about you

Thanks

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

You're welcome, and thanks for the feedback.

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org

Hi,

Unable to open local files from Internet Explorer window? IE6 SP1 and
later:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/ie/elevlocalfile.htm

Hey thanks Ramesh. That fixed it. superb. From now on, I will not believe
a word people say about you

Thanks