Confluence 4.0 and 4.1 does no longer support links to Windows resources (aka \\server\directory\file.html)

[Odd Vinje]

Confluence 4.0 and 4.1 does no longer support links to Windows resources (aka server directory file.html).

Earlier we could write:

\\server\directoryname even with spaces\file.html

.. and it was dispayed and worked as a link. In Confluence 4.x it does not show up as a link, only text.

[Josh Eastburn]

Didn't work for me (v 4.2.1)

[Christian Czaia [Decadis AG]]

Have you tried linking like this:

[file://///server/temp/foo.txt]  ?

Seems to work for me (but only in Internet Explorer)
See: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Links_to_local_pages_don%27t_work

You might want to check:
http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Working+with+Links
(...and the comments on July, 26th)

Cheers Christian