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'Hyperlinking' to a file explorer directory within a SharePoint site?
Let's say I have a shared drive with the following directory path: S:\MyDepartment\MyTeam\TeamFiles Is there any way to put this path into a SharePoint site so that when the user clicks it (a...
I have the same problem. Local links are not allowed in google chrome and other modern browsers for security reasons.
If you try in Internet explorer, the link will work as you want i to.
I solve the problem by installing a browser extension called IE tab. With this you can right click the link and select "Open in IE-tab". It opens the link in an internet explorer tab in chrome, which will open explorer.
Hi ThueMj
That's a pain, I wonder if there's any justification for why it was removed from modern browsers.
Out of curiosity, how do you create the link in IE? Did you simply paste the directory into a hyperlink control?
It is probably removed due to security reasons. If you link to a file, that file will be opened instead of just downloadet. I could be a dangerous script or exe-file.
And i am using a hyperlink control, where the url is bound to a path that i get from a database
