URL is not properly formatted file://192.168.1.2

Keith · Joined: 24 Jan 2008 Posts: 1

I've heard about gaining access to network files via PIE using
file://192.168.1.2, however i keep getting an alert that this url is not
supported. Has anyone else successfully done this?

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Helio Diamant - MS-MVP/Mo · Joined: 15 Aug 2007 Posts: 1390

The URL below is not the name of a file, it is the IP address of a computer
in the network.

Maybe it will work as file://192.168.2.1\folder\filename

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Helio Diamant
MS-MVP/Mobile Devices
Editor - PocketPCFreak.com

"Keith" wrote in message @TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> I've heard about gaining access to network files via PIE using
> file://192.168.1.2, however i keep getting an alert that this url is not
> supported. Has anyone else successfully done this?
>

Todd Allcock · Joined: 15 Aug 2007 Posts: 1029

At 23 Jan 2008 20:40:36 -0500 Keith wrote:
> I've heard about gaining access to network files via PIE using
> file://192.168.1.2, however i keep getting an alert that this url is not
> supported. Has anyone else successfully done this?

I just tried, and it simply launched File Explorer to view the directory.

The format I used was:
file://\\server\sharename

(Actually I just entered \\server\sharename and IE Mobile added the
"file://" to the front.)

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