Open a direct file on the hard drive from firefox (file:///)

Question

I have a small php system i created for myself. This system contains a few .doc and .docx file documents. I want to be able to open them directly from the browser and not do

Answer 1

I used symlink for windows added that file to my resources folder by creating symlink. How to create symlink shown here for windows http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/278262-mklink-create-use-links-windows.html

That worked for me while same problem. Cheers!