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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...
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?
- 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.
