Microsoft KB Archive/135983

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UNC FILE: URL Formats Supported by Internet Explorer

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Q135983

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The information in this article applies to:


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

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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:///).

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

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 * 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:):


 * FILE:\\myserver\myshare\myfile.html

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 * 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

Issue type :

Technology : kbIEsearch kbZNotKeyword2 kbIE310Search kbZNotKeyword3 kbIE300Win310 kbIE301Win310 kbIE302aWin310