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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 ...
- 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.
I am currently getting support but no solution UNLESS you have windows PRO. Then the policy editor has options for GPedit and the Attachment Manager.
This helped with files being downloaded. But still happens if I save created images from Non-Microsoft software apps.