title: html link to local file and open in local application
body: <p>I'm trying to link to a file hosted locally on an internal webpage for employees only. Here is the link:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;a href="file:///*:/******/******/******.xls" target=""&gt;*****&lt;/a&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>(I have starred the path out) and this works fine but opens the file in the browser. I want it to open in Excel.</p>
  
  <p>Is this possible? </p>