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what will be the form of file protocol (file://) in firefox?? Using file://servername/foldername , I am uable to open a folder. But it was supporting in other browsers. Need a prompt solution of that issue.

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what will be the form of file protocol (file://) in firefox?? Using file://servername/foldername , I am uable to open a folder. But it

was supporting in other browsers. Need a prompt solution of that issue. I have used following code snippets: <a href="file://PC2/c$">open folder </a> It is used to open C:/. But it is not working in other browser except Mozilla.

Need a solution as soon as possible...

what will be the form of file protocol (file://) in firefox?? Using file://servername/foldername , I am uable to open a folder. But it was supporting in other browsers. Need a prompt solution of that issue. I have used following code snippets: <a href="file://PC2/c$">open folder </a> It is used to open C:/. But it is not working in other browser except Mozilla. Need a solution as soon as possible...

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Vivek
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Hi,

Please try file://///servername/sharename/ or \\servername\sharename

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