What are the ways to make an html link open a folder

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I need to let users of an application open a folder by clicking a link inside a web page  The path of the folder is on the network and can be accessed from everywhere  I m probably sure there is no easy way to do this  but maybe I m mistaken

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make sure your folder permissions are set so that a directory listing is allowed then just point your anchor to that folder using chmod 701 (that might be risky though) for example

<a href="./downloads/folder_i_want_to_display/" >Go to downloads page</a>

make sure that you have no index.html any index file on that directory

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Using file       just doesn t work if security settings are set to even a moderate level   If you just want users to be able to download view files  located on a network or share you can set up a Virtual Directory in IIS  On the Properties tab make sure the  A share located on another computer  is selected and the  Connect as     is an account that can see the network location   Link to the virtual directory from your webpage  e g  http   yoursite yourvirtualdir   and this will open up a view of the directory in the web browser    You can allow write permissions on the virtual directory to allow users to add files but not tried it and assume network permissions would override this setting

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Does not work in Chrome  but this other answers suggests a solution via a plugin   Can Google Chrome open local links

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A bit late to the party  but I had to solve this for myself recently  though slightly different  it might still help someone with similar circumstances to my own    I m using xampp on a laptop to run a purely local website app on windows   A very specific environment I know   In this instance  I use a html link to a php file and run   shell exec  cd C  path to file    shell exec  start        This opens a local Windows explorer window

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Do you want to open a shared folder in Windows Explorer  You need to use a file  link  but there are caveats    Internet Explorer will work if the link is a converted UNC path  file   server share folder    Firefox will work if the link is in its own mangled form using five slashes  file      server share folder  and the user has disabled the security restriction on file  links in a page served over HTTP  Thankfully IE also accepts the mangled link form  Opera  Safari and Chrome can not be convinced to open a file  link in a page served over HTTP

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Hope it will help someone someday  I was making a small POC and came across this  A button  onClick display contents of the folder  Below is the HTML    lt input type button onClick  parent location  file    C  Users     value  Users  gt

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The URL file    servername   sharename  should open an explorer window to the shared folder on the network

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You can also copy the link address and paste it in a new window to get around the security  This works in chrome and firefox but you may have to add slashes in firefox

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