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Hello,
I have on a hard drive of my PC an HTML page (created by me) with many links to files on the same hard drive.
With the old Internet Explorer, activating such a link to a local file would launch the application associated with that type of file and open the file to which the link leads.
For example, activating a link to an m3u file (audio playlist): file: /// C: /...majeur.m3u caused the launch of the JetAudio playback application (associated on my PC with the m3u suffix) and playback by jetAudio of the songs listed in the m3u file.
This is no longer true with Edge. By clicking such a link to a file locally on the disk, it offers to "download" that file, as if it were a file on a distant site. It downloads the file already on the hard drive into the downloads folder, on the same drive. We therefore have locally two identical files: the original file (to which the link pointed within the HTML page) and its “downloaded” copy in the folder dedicated to downloads.
How can I simply open the original file with the application associated with this type of file in Windows, when activating the link (without downloading (=copying) this file).
For some types of files, it is even worse. So if the file activated by the link is of mp3 type, playback starts and is done automatically within Edge, without the possibility of choosing another audio playback software.
Isn't there some way to make Edge behave like the old Internet Explorer? When activating a link within a local HTML page to a file present locally, how to prevent the "downloading" of this file (= its copying in the downloaded files folder) but simply launch the associated application to this type of file in order to read it.
The current situation is absurd.
Thank you for helping me.
CD
Managing bookmarks, browsing history, and downloads in Edge on Windows 10
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Answer accepted by question author
You'll find an explanation for the behaviour in this article by the Senior PM on the Edge team responsible for security: Restrictions on File Urls – text/plain (textslashplain.com). You may also be able to find a solution to the problems you're facing when accessing local files in Edge.
Thank you very much for your answer.
This page clearly explains the problem.
But given the difficulties created by this latest version of Edge, I think I'll go back to Internet Explorer.
Thanks again.
CD