window.open opens up a blank page

Question

I am trying to open a local html file

window.open("file:///C:/Users/somepath/www/index.html", "", "width=500, height=500");

But this ends up in opening a blank page

(the html file exists in that path)

Ref http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5534297/opening-a-file-in-local-file-system-in-javascript — Saravana Kumar, Jul 23 '15 at 05:51
I just want to point out that you mention the D drive, and the path in your JSFIDDLE also points to a file in the D drive, while the code you've embedded in the question references a path in the C drive. [edit: this is not the source of your problem] — Cafe Coder, Jul 23 '15 at 05:56
@CafeCoder looks like its not allowed to open local file from a file hosted over internet — Vignesh Subramanian, Jul 23 '15 at 05:58

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 23 '15 at 05:52

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For security reasons both html files must to be in the same domain. A html file in the cloud can't open a local html file.

answered Jul 23 '15 at 05:52

Absalón Valdés

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