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Pramod Kumar
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Local Link Not open by using click

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Dear Sir/mam,
We trying to open local file link many way but we not success. If any local file link received from outlook its not working Thunderbird mail by using click for example N:\KNOWLEDGE BASE\Cisco Price List\2012\pricelistaugust2012.xlsx
Please Provide solution for open local file link by using one click.

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Reflective
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Re: Local Link Not open by using click

Post by Reflective »

Local files usually have the format file:///

So in your particular case assuming that the link is located on your N drive would be:
file:///N:/KNOWLEDGE BASE/Cisco Price List/2012/pricelistaugust2012.xlsx

Note also that local files use a forward slash and not a backslash.
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Re: Local Link Not open by using click

Post by BUMD »

i have a similar problem. we use in our company a learning software. it works on a webbrowser. we use firefox esr 52.3.0.
the problem is, firefox doesn´t open the file link we saved in the software, bur the ie does. i tried following links:

\\server\path\file.pdf
file://server/path/file.pdf
file://///server/path/file.pdf

no one did work. but all work with the internet explorer. is it a simple settings problem or what have i to do?
thanks
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therube
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Re: Local Link Not open by using click

Post by therube »

What happens if you go to, File | Open, then browse to the location of the pdf?
(Or better yet, open the pdf directly in your pdf viewer?)
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