N.B. This article applies to Genius Project SaaS 7+ users
The fundamental security principle of modern browsers is the same-origin policy.
According to this policy, a remote system is not allowed to access locally stored resources, like the files you have on you computer hard drive (This includes local drives mapped to remote resources on a Windows local network).
Therefore, if you define an external link like the following in Genius Project, nothing will happen when you click on it.
file:///C:\Users\Admin\Desktop
Only web links (hosted resources) are allowed, and this is absolutely not related to Genius Project.
There are several solutions to workaround that.
- Host your common resources on an intranet (This is the most recommended one).
- Install a plugin in your browser to workaround that security policy.
- Manual copy/paste of the link in the URL bar of a new browser window should work, although it is a bit tedious for the user.
Here are some available plugins depending on the browser you are using with Genius Project:
- Google Chrome: Local Links Extension.
- Mozilla Firefox: Local Links Extension. Please read carefully how to use this extension as it is not as obvious as the Google Chrome extension.
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 has no extension available as far as we know.
- Older versions of MSIE might let you open the link.
Take note that the whitespace is not allowed in URL, and should always be replaced by the URL-encoded equivalent: %20.
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