Link to network share in email?

Assuming we are on the same network, is it possible to link to a Windows share through Gmail?

Something like \\Server\Folder\file.ext?

Is there a prefix for network paths, such as there is for web urls, ftp urls, email addresses (i.e., http://, ftp://, mailto:)?

2 Answers

You can use the file URI scheme (). In you example it would be:

file://Server/Folder/file.ext

It depends on the application if it makes text "click-able", but this will work for most email application (including Outlook)

The link won't work when clicked on in the browser, but the recipient can always copy paste is in an Explorer window.