Local images in IE 7
Leslie
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<body>
<a id="Test Link" href="default.htm"><img src="file:///C:\0000.ico"
border="0" /></a>
</body>
</html>
In the above html the anchor image references a locally stored icon. When I
access this page through a web server that is included in Trusted sites then
the icon is properly displayed in the browser. However, when I access this
page and the web site is NOT included in Trusted sites then all I see is the
Image not found icon.
This was not the case in IE 6.
What has changed to cause IE 7 to be unable to reference locally stored
icons? Is there a setting or configuration change (besides putting the web
site in the Trusted sites) that will cause the icon to display as it did in
IE 6?
Thanks,
Leslie
Walter Wang [MSFT]
IE7 has many security enhancements. When you visit a web server, you don't
want to let it access your local file system by default, right? I think
this is an improvement rather than restriction.
I understand that you're aware of this feature want to know other than
adding the web site to trusted sites, are there any other way to enable
this. I think you could use IE Admin Kit or Group Policy to do that
automatically.
#IEBlog : Internet Explorer Administration Kit and Group Policy in IE7
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2006/02/21/536353.aspx
By the way, for IE7 non-dev related questions, I suggest you find more
appropriate support forum here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/support/default.mspx
Thank you for your understanding.
Sincerely,
Walter Wang (waw...@online.microsoft.com, remove 'online.')
Microsoft Online Community Support
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