hyperlinks in asp.net do nothing in latest chrome and edge. Work fine in internet explorer

Question

Hi,

We have an intranet page designed in asp.net with the following section in.

<td class="style91"><a href="file://ukfd-al-fs01/UKFDJobs/Reports/WeekNumberDespatchReportComb.xltm">

<img alt="" class="style3" src="Images/Spreadsheet2.jpg" /></a></td>

When we click on this in internet explorer excel opens the file as designed.

However in latest chrome and edge on windows 10 nothing happens when click on this.

Why is this ?, can this be rectified.

Answer 1

Hi @Andy Drury ,
Chrome:
Chrome specifically blocks local file access for security reasons .

• Method 1 : Disable Chrome built-in security measures
  The command: /path/to/chrome_binary –allow-file-access-from-files -disable-web-security
• Method 2 : Run a simple server serving static files

More details,you could refer to below article:
https://linuxpip.org/fix-not-allowed-to-load-local-resource/

Edge:
Solution: You have to configure via Policy the specific sites which should use the IEMode, all other sites will render as modern web sites.
More details,you could refer to below article:
https://www.ilikesharepoint.de/2020/05/not-allowed-to-load-local-resource-in-microsoft-edge/
Best regards,
Yijing Sun

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