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Is there a way to link to a local file?
I've tried adding a web link to:
file://server/library/testFile.mov
But it doesn't work. Putting that link directly into the browser however works fine.
We have a lot of large quicktimes and other files on our local file servers that we would like our users to be able to open from the page links.
Thanks
-andrew
Hey Andrew, this is explained here: https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/Can%27t+Link+to+Local+Files+from+within+Confluence
A number of resolution in there depending on your browser, as this seems to be a browser restriction (even if you put the link via the HTML macro with the following, it will still not work):
<a href = "file://path/to/file">test</a>
Foogie
Regarding Firefox, please note the documentation page still mentions LocalLink while there is a much more efficient solution available : Local Filesystem Links by austrALIENsun
This plug-in allows Firefox users to open the links directly within the OS explorer. I'd like to find the same for Chrome (which unfortunately is the main browser used by my teams)!
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