SharePoint only supports URL paths. If the file is under the UNC shared path, how can you access it properly with SharePoint?

Question

SharePoint only supports URL paths. If the file is under the UNC shared path, how can you access it properly with SharePoint?

Answer 1

You don't -- in fact, modern browsers do not support the file:// protocol and most browsers will simply not recognize that you have clicked the link. The last major browser to support this, I believe, is Internet Explorer 11, which will no longer be supported in SharePoint Online within a couple of months.

Answer 2

Hi @yang feng ,

I agree with trevorseward. Modern browsers don’t support file://protocol, such as chrome.

As a supplement, if you use IE browser, here are steps to access UNC shared path in SharePoint Online for your reference:

Go to site page>Click Edit>Add a Text web part>Click Hyperlink>Fill in Address(file://UNC shared path) and Text to display.

Note: Microsoft 365 apps and services will no longer support Internet Explorer 11 in August of this year.

Reference:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/announcements/m365-ie11-microsoft-edge-legacy

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