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Copper Contributor

Apr 06, 2022

File links not opening parent directory in File Explorer (IntranetFileLinksEnabled)

Hi Insiders, I am experiencing an undocumented behaviour when using MS Edge with IntranetFileLinksEnabled group policy. Our SPA displays anchors with file URL e.g. <a class="link-text" href...

Simon_Del1

Copper Contributor

Jun 28, 2022

After a bit of a hiatus, I revisited this issue and managed to get it work.

I got it to work by using a "PlainHostName" as the file URL's hostname. Instead of file://shares.domain.com/folder/myfile.docx, the URL that worked was file://shares/folder/myfile.docx.

For some reason, direct mapping wasn't working. I previously had added to Local Intranet Zone the following without success:

shares.domain.com
file://shares.domain.com

Alex Dybenko
Copper Contributor
Jul 05, 2024
Simon_Del1 Managed to get it work after added file://shares.domain.com/ to
Internet Options > Security > Local Intranet > Sites > Advanced.

as from here:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/archive/blogs/ieinternals/the-intranet-zone
- Simon_Del1
  Copper Contributor
  Jul 06, 2024
  Alex Dybenko Thanks.
  
  I am pretty sure I tried that. I found the same blog (see previous post).
  
  The only difference I can tell is that you got it to work with a forward slash at the end:
  
  file://shares.domain.com/
  
  I may have just had:
  
  file://shares.domain.com
  
  When I get an opportunity to retest, I will post my findings.
  
  Regards,
  Simon