Creating link to file location on network in confluence

Question

On confluence I want to create a link that links to:

P:\myFolder\folder, where P is mapped to a network share.

Just putting in "P:\myFolder\folder" doesn't work. Any ideas?

(Assuming I cannot put in the full network path).

Answer 1

typically what would work is

file:///p:/myFolder/folder/

If there are spaces in the name like 'My Documents' you can surround the link with [ ]

[file:///p:/my Folder/folder/]

Of course you can also add an alias:

[The Folder|file:///p:/my Folder/folder/]

I just tested a variation of this and it seemed to work.

[file:///\\\\servername/share/folder/file.ext] works in IE (note two back slashes in front for the server name)

Answer 2

As Vladimir Alexiev writes, the browser might need some setting up. Firefox and Opera do not allow opening links to local files. This is for security purposes. Have a look at http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/Linking+to+local+file+under+Firefox (This page is located within the JIRA documentation, but the information is not JIRA-specific.)