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Our web based application allows links to external documents like word- these links work in IE but not in Firefox- any idea why?

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the protocal that works in IE is

P:\My Documents\2010 Workshops\Nashville Brazeway\Nashville_Workshop_2010.docx

This drive is shared and opens in IE but Firefox gives msg

Firefox doesn't know how to open this address, because the protocol (p) isn't associated with any program.

the protocal that works in IE is P:\My Documents\2010 Workshops\Nashville Brazeway\Nashville_Workshop_2010.docx This drive is shared and opens in IE but Firefox gives msg Firefox doesn't know how to open this address, because the protocol (p) isn't associated with any program.

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You need to use the file:// protocol, but you may still encounter problems if you fix that.

See http://kb.mozillazine.org/Links_to_local_pages_do_not_work