Launch file:// from Firefox/Chrome

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Published on 2009-09-03T17:51:07Z Indexed on 2010/03/12 23:27 UTC
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I am looking to be able to launch a network file on our local intranet using FF or Chrome

Currently the link work good in IE

<a href="\\Start\Of\My\Network\file.xlsx">View Report</a>&nbsp;

but in FF it show

<a href="http://mydomain.com/\\Start\Of\My\Network\file.xlsx">View Report</a>&nbsp;

is there a way to get the link to render properly...Just a simple click from a href tag.

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