Title: WordPress removes file:// references
Last modified: February 8, 2017

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# WordPress removes file:// references

 *  [john.cressman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johncressman/)
 * (@johncressman)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-removes-file-references/)
 * _[ Moved to the [Fixing WordPress sub-forum](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/before-posting-in-everything-wordpress/).]_
 * We are using WP Multisite for our company intranet. We have a user trying to 
   reference a file on a network sure.
 * I (a super admin) can make a reference to the file using the unc like:
 * `<a href="file:////theserver/theshare/thedirectory/thefile.txt">`
 * However, when the user (an admin for his subsite) tries it, WordPress removes
   the reference to FILE and it becomes a relative link and fails.
 * How can I correct it for just that user?

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## Tags

 * [file](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/file/)
 * [local](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/local/)
 * [stripping](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/stripping/)
 * [UNC](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/unc/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [john.cressman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johncressman/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-removes-file-references/)
 * Status: not resolved

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