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sylvainrodrigue
Brass Contributor
Apr 10, 2019

How the new Edge will handle file:// URI ?

file: links seems to be ignored in this version of Edge (like they are in Chrome). In the previous version of Edge however (and all IE versions), clicking on a file: link opens the original document....
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apatel0708
Copper Contributor
Dec 16, 2022
We have enabled this GPO Policy, However the links open in the same Edge Tab as the application. when adding the code to open in a new tab it seems to ignore this open in new tab code. Has anyone else had this issue with the intranet file opening in the same tab instead of a new tab?
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JeffMOwens
Copper Contributor
Dec 16, 2022

apatel0708 ... are you presenting the URI and an HTML link?  If so, be sure to specify the "target" attribute of the link and a "_blank" value for the attribute.  This will open in a new explorer window and then the link extension will process whatever application handler exists for the file being linked.

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    dbeuscher
    Copper Contributor
    Dec 19, 2022

    No longer requires such as far as I am aware, and it works with all the browsers my users like to use. Also, with Windows 11, IE mode is useless, as far as I am concerned. I never liked it. Considered it akin to using a Lamborgini in "Ford Mode"...

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    Rheinrich21
    Copper Contributor
    Dec 19, 2022
    We were using Chrome prior to finding out that IE would be deprecated. I believe IETab Extension required licensing, so we migrated the company to Edge and enabled IE Mode with an Enterprise Mode Sitelist that tells the URL what document and compatability mode to open in. It was pretty easy implementation.
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    dbeuscher
    Copper Contributor
    Dec 19, 2022
    No matter how we do it, IE automatically switches to Edge within 2 seconds of opening. Using IETAB helper has done the trick nicely and lessons the confusion of my users, many of whom, no matter how well educated, cannot seem to tell the difference between Internet Explorer and Edge....
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    apatel0708
    Copper Contributor
    Dec 16, 2022

    here is an example from our codebase stripping CSS:
    <a target="_blank" href="file://xxxx/xxx.pdf"> View Document </a>

     

    in IE11 mode this opens in a new tab as expected. In non-IE mode, this opens in the same tab instance after enabling the IntranetFileLinksEnabled policy.