Launch file:// from Firefox or Chrome
For Chrome, a new extension was just posted today! It's called LocalLinks and it replicates the functionality of the locallink add-on for Firefox! You'll find it on the Google Extensions page, or you can get to it directly here:
https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/jllpkdkcdjndhggodimiphkghogcpida
Enjoy!
This is not enabled in firefox for security reasons (remember that most computers have files and applications of a sensitive nature located in similar locations, like C:\System\Windows)
you can try adding this to the user.js file for any user that needs to be able to access these links:
user_pref("capability.policy.policynames", "localfilelinks");user_pref("capability.policy.localfilelinks.sites", "file:///[[PUT SERVER NAME HERE]]";);user_pref("capability.policy.localfilelinks.checkloaduri.enabled", "allAccess");Just remember that this is a security risk.
Firefox seems to want file://///Start/Of/My/Network/file.xlsx
Chrome and IE handles that too. file://Start/Of/My/Network/file.xlsx appears to work in Chrome as well, sometimes firefox hics up on it..