What are the ways to make an html link open a folder
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 onfile: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.
The URL file://[servername]/[sharename] should open an explorer window to the shared folder on the network.