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Asked: 2026-05-25T17:41:16+00:00

I have a HTML file in my site with a sample code: <!DOCTYPE html

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I have a HTML file in my site with a sample code:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<HTML>
    <HEAD>This is a test for internal files </HEAD>
    <BODY>
        <A  href="file:///networkpath/folderName/File Name.pdf" target=_blank>click here</A>
    </BODY>
</HTML>

I tried all possible combination of slashes (forward/backward) but nothing seems to work in IE and FF. The link is dead, no action at all.

When I save the same file in my local machine it work fine. Same file When I copied to a internet site it didn’t work.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Same file When I copied to a internet site it dint work.

    This is by design. All modern browsers prevent linking to local resources for security reasons.

    See this answer for details.

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