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AENT_SysAdmin
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Apr 07, 2020

File:// Links not working on Chrome or Edge (Chromium)

We've recently encountered an issue with IE11, and are trying to move to a different browser solution on company Workstations. Our intranet is Sharepoing 2013 (On-Prem), and we have a large number of documents linked in "file://" format. I would like to avoid replacing every single document on our intranet with a different link format; does anyone know of a way for Chromium based browsers to open "file://" based links in file explorer. I am aware of the "file://" chrome extension that opens them in an index search, but we want the links to open in file explorer. 

 

Thanks for your time!

 

~JP

2013
files
security
sharepoint server

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  • Xu_03's avatar
    Xu_03
    Copper Contributor
    Jun 09, 2022

    AENT_SysAdmin  Just want to share. I put all the file:// links into a word document in SharePoint as a workaround. For an extra click, the users can open the links after open the word document. Too much hassle to install the extension if you do not have a lot of links.

  • wsachen's avatar
    wsachen
    Copper Contributor
    Apr 28, 2021

    AENT_SysAdmin We were having the same issue for SharePoint links to shared drives.   Was able to fix by using the 'IE Tab' extension installed on Chrome and Edge.  Provided users instructions on how to configure the IE tab to automatically open using the "Auto URLs" setting in the extension.  This way anytime they click links from the SharePoint page or Doc Library, (which happen to be linked to our internal Shared drive), they all work.  Here is the link to the extension: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ie-tab/hehijbfgiekmjfkfjpbkbammjbdenadd

     

    You will likely need this extension also: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/enable-local-file-links/nikfmfgobenbhmocjaaboihbeocackld

     

    Hope it works for you too.

  • BiemG's avatar
    BiemG
    Copper Contributor
    Apr 19, 2021

    I am stumbling on the same issue, and I am struggling to explain this to the end users.

     

    For example, the search results from file share are also not working anymore... 

    Has anyone perhaps come accross a solution or workaround?

    • wsachen's avatar
      wsachen
      Copper Contributor
      Apr 28, 2021
      We were having the same issue for SharePoint links to shared drives. Was able to fix by using the 'IE Tab' extension installed on Chrome and Edge. Provided users instructions on how to configure the IE tab to automatically open using the "Auto URLs" setting in the extension. This way anytime they click links from the SharePoint page or Doc Library, (which happen to be linked to our internal Shared drive), they all work. Here is the link to the extension: IE Tab - Chrome Web Store (google.com)



      You will likely need this extension also: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/enable-local-file-links/nikfmfgobenbhmocjaaboihbeocackld



      Hope it works for you too.
  • PraveenAM's avatar
    PraveenAM
    Copper Contributor
    Feb 01, 2021

    AENT_SysAdmin 

     

     

    Microsft Edge Chromium - Local References of href (Anchor) link does not work

    Microsft Edge Chromium - Local References of href (Anchor)  link does not work

     

    Eg:

    Link does not work

    <a href="localfile://uswlsappsprd01/MyIndex.application" title="MyIndex" onclick="javascript&colon;window.open('file://uswlsappsprd01/MyIndex.application', '_blank');">My Index</a>

     

    Link does not work

    <a href="" title="MyIndex" onclick="javascript&colon;window.open('file://uswlsappsprd01/MyIndex.application', '_blank');">My Index</a>

     

    Link does not work

    <a href="" title="MyIndex" onclick="javascript&colon;window.open('//uswlsappsprd01/MyIndex.application', '_blank');">My Index</a>

     

     

    What is the solution for this?

    • AENT_SysAdmin's avatar
      AENT_SysAdmin
      Copper Contributor
      Apr 07, 2020

      Trevor Seward 

      Hi Trevor, thanks for the response. We are aware that this is a security feature by design, but even in Microsoft Edge (Chromium), this invalidates a good 70% of the documents stored on our SharePoint. I don't see why this can't be disabled for local intranet files. I am looking into that extension, and associated integration module, and it looks promising. I'll have to vet the program itself, but thank you for pointing this out to me!

      • redkap555's avatar
        redkap555
        Copper Contributor
        Sep 29, 2020

        AENT_SysAdmin 
        Hallo wir haben das gleiche Problem. Wir haben eine große SQL Datenbank mit programmiertem Frontend für eine Link Sammlung hinter denen Dokumente auf Firmenservern liegen. Also alles intern auf eigenen Servern. Sollte das weiterhin geblockt werden, killt das hunderte Links und eine Basisfunktionalität des Tools. 

        Haben Sie eine Lösung für das Problem gefunden?

        Beste Grüße

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