Hyperlinks to Client C drive do not work

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Mike

I created a web page with Front Page 2002 and hosted it on server. The
page includes hyperlinks to files on the client C drive. The links to
the C drive work from a win98 client but not from win2000 or XP. I
think I'm running into tightened security features in the newer OS's.
Has anybody solved this?
 
Because of security you would only do this if you have created a ActiveX control that users would be
willing to let download to their machine.

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For this application I have full control over all settings on the
client workstations. I've already set the client IE Internet Options:
Advanced: Security to "Allow active content to run in files on My
Computer". This allows the file on the C drive to run on the client if
I open it directly from IE, but it won't run when its linked to from a
page on a server. (Except on Win 98 clients). Any ideas?
Because of security you would only do this if you have created a
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ActiveX control that users would be
 
You are not going to get around this security issue, unless your create a custom ActiveX component
to install on each PC, and then a web application to interact with the ActiveX.

This has very little to do with Windows XP SP2, since you have indicated it also doesn't work under
Windows 2000. It would remain a major Windows security hole if a web site could run applications on
a users PC.

Since this is really not an FP related issue, you might want to post this to the IE and/or Windows
newsgroup for any possible workarounds or other solutions.

If you are trying to open a document, you might want to look into use Windows 2003 Server with
Windows SharePoint Services.
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Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
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FrontPage Resources, WebCircle, MS KB Quick Links, etc.
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