googlemad Posted October 7, 2014 Posted October 7, 2014 Using the latest version of Chrome we cannot open a link such as the following : file:///L:/Scans/Student_Services/12345.pdf Is there any way to get this working (ideally without extensions) as our CIS web information system basically just generates the links from the hotlinks attached to the student record which is the L:\ mapped network drive location.
LP814 Posted October 7, 2014 Posted October 7, 2014 Just installed the latest version of chrome myself and am opening pdf's fine using file:/// , so not sure its the version?
featured_spectre Posted October 7, 2014 Posted October 7, 2014 I've got the latest version and it works fine for me on a mapped Q: Drive
googlemad Posted October 7, 2014 Author Posted October 7, 2014 OK that is odd - If I type the same path in it works but clicking the link to the path does not!
LosOjos Posted October 7, 2014 Posted October 7, 2014 OK that is odd - If I type the same path in it works but clicking the link to the path does not! It's been that way for a long time by design; for security reasons, Chrome will not execute a link to a local file (I believe firefox is the same). The only workaround I know if is to use an extension like locallinks
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