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copied!<p>This question has been asked at least twice before, but I was unable to find those posts before posting my own (sorry):</p> <p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/q/2148584/406903">Open a direct file on the hard drive from firefox (file:///)</a></p> <p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/q/192080/406903">Firefox Links to local or network pages do not work</a></p> <p>Here is a summary of answers from all three posts:</p> <ul> <li>Use WebDAV — this is the best solution for me, although much more involved than I had anticipated.</li> <li>Use <code>http://</code> instead of <code>file://///</code> — this will serve up a copy of the document that the user cannot edit and save.</li> <li>Edit user.js on the client as described <a href="http://www.techlifeweb.com/firefox/2006/07/how-to-open-file-links-in-firefox-15.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a> — this worked for me in Firefox 3.6.15, but without access to client machines, it's not a solution.</li> <li>In Firefox, use <em>about:config</em>, change the <code>Security.fileuri.strict_origin_policy</code> setting to false — this doesn't work for me in 3.6.15. Other users on [SO] have also reported that it doesn't work.</li> <li>Use the <em>locallinks</em> Firefox extension — this sets the <code>Security.fileuri.strict_origin_policy</code> to true for you, and appears to have no other effect.</li> <li>Read the file server-side and send it as the response — this presents the same problem as simply configuring your web server to use <code>http://</code>.</li> </ul>

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