An URL to a Windows shared folder

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Is there a way to incorporate a working link to a Windows shared folder into an HTML page   E g  a link to   server folder path   For simplicity  let s say the page will be opened on a Windows machine  and on the same intranet where the server is located  of course    I ve tried a few tricks with file    scheme  but none of them seemed to work

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This depend on how you want to incorporate it. The scenario 1. click on a link 2. explorer window popped up

<a href="\\server\folder\path" target="_blank">click</a>

If there is a need in a fancy UI - then it will barely serve as a solution.

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If you are allowed to go further then javascript html facilities - I would use the apache web server to represent your directory listing via http   If this solution is appropriate  these are the steps    download apache hhtp server from one of the mirrors http   httpd apache org download cgi unzip install  if msi  it to the directory e g C  opt Apache  the instruction is for windows  map the network forlder as a local drive on windows   server folder to let s say drive H   open conf httpd conf file make sure the next line is present and not commented  LoadModule autoindex module modules mod autoindex so Add directory configuration    lt Directory  H  path  gt   Options  Indexes  AllowOverride None  Order allow deny  Allow from all   lt  Directory gt  7  Start the web server and make sure the directory listingof the remote folder is available by http  hit localhost path 8  use a frame inside your web page to access the listing  What is missed    1  you mignt need more fancy configuration for the host name  refer to Apache Web Server docs  Register the host name in DNS server   the mapping to the network drive might not work  i did not check  As a posible resolution - host your web server on the same machine as smb server

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File protocol URIs are like this  file    HOST   PATH   that s why you often see file URLs like this  3 slashes  file    c  path     So if the host is server01  you want  file   server01 folder path      This is according to the wikipedia page on file    protocols and checks out with  NET s Uri IsWellFormedUriString method

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I think there are two issues    You need to escape the slashes  Browser security    Explanation    I checked one of mine  I have the pattern    lt a href  file      server01 fshare dir1 dir2 dir3  gt useful link  lt  a gt    Please note that we ended up with 5 slashes after the protocol  file   Firefox will try to prevent cross site scripting  My solution was to modify prefs js in the profile directory   You will add two lines   user pref  capability policy localfilelinks checkloaduri enabled    allAccess    user pref  capability policy localfilelinks sites    http   mysite company org

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