[docdave911]

Hi,

I wonder if anyone can help me?

I have a website with with a hyperlink calling file:///c:\another.doc

In frontpage this works fine when viewing live mode, or if I open an explorer with c:\inetpub\wwwroot\project\default.html; clicking the link opens the file no problem.

However, if I try http:\\localhost\project\default.html then

- clicking the hyperlink does nothing
- right clicking and trying 'open' does nothing as does 'open new tab'.
- right clicking and printing or saving the file both work fine however!!

I can find no relevant explorer settings unless I am missing something.
File associations via windows explorer look fine.
Replacing the 'open' string with the 'print' string in file types still doesnt work.

I am baffled but suspect there is a simple answer some genius could help me with!

I would be grateful for any advice.....

[etaf]

yes this works because its pointing at your C: drive

file:///c:\another.doc

you need to put the file onto your webhosting and then just point to that
if you put into the same directory as you have the webpage then , the link with just

<a href="another.doc">This is your file</a>

should work

[docdave911]

Thank you - you are right! Versions of IE beyond 6 and xp sp2 dont allow any access of non-intranet filesystems from explorer.... unless you disable that feature in the registry.

If anyone else wants to know how to do this (I havent dared!) look at

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/ie/elevlocalfile.htm

Thank you Tech Guy!