How do you get the File:// protocol to work in IE8?

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chrismay picture chrismay · May 4, 2010 · Viewed 15k times · Source

I am running a website on my local machine ("http://localhost/asdf") and trying to get some file:// protocol links to work. In reality I'm trying to open a folder, not a specific file, but I can't get either to work.

I've put localhost in my "trusted zone", I've tried every combo of "file" ,":", some number of "/" and then a whole bunch of different paths, but encoded and not encoded.

Nothing I do causes anything to open when I click on the link. If I copy the link destination, and paste that in the browser address window, then it works as expected.

Anyone know the secret?

Answer

Prashant Soni picture Prashant Soni · Oct 20, 2011

Add your intranet site in the Intranet Zone in Security Tab.

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