UNC FILE: URL Formats Supported by Internet Explorer

ID: Q135983

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 3.0, 3.01, 3.02a for Windows 3.1

SUMMARY

This article discusses the supported Uniform Resource Locator (URL) or Internet address specifications for using the FILE: URL statement in a Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) document.

MORE INFORMATION

According to the URL specification, Universal Naming Convention (UNC) paths in a FILE: URL statement should have three slashes in front of the UNC name (for example, FILE:///<UNC name>).

To reference a FILE: link to the remote HTML document

   \\myserver\myshare\myfile.html

use one of the following methods:

FILE:///\\myserver\myshare\myfile.html
-or-
FILE://///myserver/myshare/myfile.html

Microsoft Internet Explorer also supports the use of a shorthand form of the URL with no slashes before the UNC name (FILE:<UNC name>):

FILE:\\myserver\myshare\myfile.html
-or-
FILE://myserver/myshare/myfile.html

Note that this syntax is not supported by older World Wide Web (WWW) browsers and will not function correctly.

Additional query words: 3.00

Keywords          : kbtool msiew31 
Version           : 3.0 3.01 3.02a
Platform          : WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: August 29, 1997