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StigJ
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Feb 05, 2020
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New Edge: How to unblock specific file types in specific locations

Just installed the new Edge browser and so far I am very, very happy with it. It seems faster and more reliable (couple of hiccups) than most other browsers and it does not use GBs of memory.   It ...
  • Eric_Lawrence's avatar
    Eric_Lawrence
    Feb 06, 2020
    To elaborate on this a little bit, Edge (and Chromium-based browsers) block link navigation to file:// URLs from pages loaded over HTTP/HTTPS.

    If you copy/paste the file URL to the address bar, or if you click on the link from a page loaded from another file:// URL, it should work just fine.
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Anonymous
Feb 06, 2020

StigJ After chatting with the team, they suggested checking out this article https://textslashplain.com/2019/10/09/navigating-to-file-urls/. (Which it isn't an offical MS help article, it was written by one of our Edge program managers.)

 

Let us know if you still have more questions after checking that out.

 

Fawkes (they/them)
Project & Community Manager - Microsoft Edge

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    StigJ
    Copper Contributor
    Feb 07, 2020

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    Many thanks for the responses to this. It is now clear that the correct way forward would be to set a group policies for those sites that we internally deem safe. And if not the workaround provided by Eric_Lawrence is the best option.

     

    Thanks and have a nice day,

    Stig

    • SHammel980's avatar
      SHammel980
      Copper Contributor
      Sep 14, 2021

      StigJ Still don't see a post on how to fix the external links issue with a domain.  

      • Eric_Lawrence's avatar
        Eric_Lawrence
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        Sep 14, 2021

        SHammel980 I'm not sure what "External links issue" you mean specifically. Perhaps you're asking about the upcoming Edge 95 policy (not yet released) to allow configuration of navigation to file:// URIs from Edge?

         

         

  • Eric_Lawrence's avatar
    Eric_Lawrence
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    Feb 06, 2020
    To elaborate on this a little bit, Edge (and Chromium-based browsers) block link navigation to file:// URLs from pages loaded over HTTP/HTTPS.

    If you copy/paste the file URL to the address bar, or if you click on the link from a page loaded from another file:// URL, it should work just fine.

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