Open a local HTML file using window open in Chrome

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I want to open a local HTML file through Javascript using   window open   file   C  Users wins Desktop exclusiveWordpress html   mywindow      But it is opening a new window with a blank page as we used to get when URL is not specified  How do I achieve this

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window location href    file      fileserver upload Old Upload 05 06 2019 THRESHOLD BBH Look chrs Delia    Nothing Worked for me

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This worked for me fine   File 1        lt html gt       lt head gt  lt  head gt       lt body gt           lt a href     onclick  window open  file    D  Examples file2 html    return false  gt CLICK ME lt  a gt       lt  body gt       lt footer gt  lt  footer gt       lt  html gt    File 2        lt html gt                   lt  html gt    This method works regardless of whether or not the 2 files are in the same directory  BUT both files must be local    For obvious security reasons  if File 1 is located on a remote server you absolutely cannot open a file on some client s host computer and trying to do so will open a blank target

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First  make sure that the source page and the target page are both served through the file URI scheme  You can t force an http page to open a file page  but it works the other way around    Next  your script that calls window open   should be invoked by a user-initiated event  such as clicks  keypresses and the like   Simply calling window open   won t work   You can test this right here in this question page  Run these in Chrome s JavaScript console      Does nothing window open  http   google com        Click anywhere within this page and the new window opens   document body  unbind  click   click function     window open  http   google com            This will open a new window  but it would be blank   document body  unbind  click   click function     window open  file    path to a local html file html          You can also test if this works with a local file   Here s a sample HTML file that simply loads jQuery    lt html gt       lt head gt           lt script type  text javascript  src  https   ajax googleapis com ajax libs jquery 1 5 0 jquery min js  gt  lt  script gt       lt  head gt       lt body gt           lt h5 gt Feel the presha lt  h5 gt           lt h3 gt Come play my game  I ll test ya lt  h3 gt           lt h1 gt Psycho- somatic- addict- insane  lt  h1 gt       lt  body gt   lt  html gt    Then open Chrome s JavaScript console and run the statements above  The 3rd one will now work

[javascript] Open a local HTML file using window.open in Chrome

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