Is It Possible To Hyperlink To Local Files??

[Michael Campbell]

Hi,

Is it possible to hyperlink to local files within Confluence? I have tried taking the local file path and inserting it as a link under web link section but this doesn’t work.

I need to keep the files on the network and not store them on Confluence as other non-Confluence users need to access and edit them too.

Hope you can help.

Thanks

[Sid · Accepted solution]

Hi @Michael Campbell

According to the document - it is not possible - https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/cannot-link-to-local-files-from-within-confluence-216958257.html

But there are few threads showing the solution - 

https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Confluence-How-to-place-a-link-to-a-file-on-a-server-share-in-a/qaq-p/258790

I have tried it, but if the user have added the drive to his/her network drives it works but most of the times it fails 

I would see if anyone have the solution/ work around 

[RobertG]

Yeah, this is sad, but what I've done is create a non hyper link text only reference such as:

file://corporateServerName/patha/pathb/file.html

file://corporateServerName/patha/pathb/file.doc

file://corporateServerName/patha/pathb/file.pdf

Same for local files:

file://C:\Users\me\DEV\DOCS\file.doc

then just paste this into the URL path.

Why Atlassian does not have a simple CTRL^K equivalent for local files and interpretation that says open new browser page and post this in the URL is just odd.

<a href="file://corporateServerName/Path/PathToUsefulInfo/">UsefulInfo</a>

[Gabriela Cattaneo]

I found a simple workaround.
- Open the desired OneNote page in the browser
- Select the Share button
- Copy the link to the notebook
- Paste the link on the desired Confluence page
Done :)