Link to file without upload

I am using v4 and am having a hard time inserting a link to a
file on a shared drive ie: file:\\apfs\file name. Contribute wants
to upload this file to the server before it will link it. Seeing as
I don't allow any uploads to the server I keep getting an error
message and contribute changes the link to "unknown:" I've searched
the Adobe site and this forum and haven't found an answer yet. Is
this a bug or something I am just missing?

mrstopher2 wrote:
> I am using v4 and am having a hard time inserting a link
to a file on a shared
> drive ie: file:\\apfs\file name. Contribute wants to
upload this file to the
> server before it will link it. Seeing as I don't allow
any uploads to the
> server I keep getting an error message and contribute
changes the link to
> "unknown:" I've searched the Adobe site and this forum
and haven't found an
> answer yet. Is this a bug or something I am just
missing?
>
If you are running on windows, use this:
Insert->Link->Browse to Web Page, In the URL Address,
Enter the URL as
file:\\apfs\file name.... and click ok..
This way you would be creating only a link to the file and it
does not
get uploaded to the server..
hope this solves your problem
Thanks
Arun

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