PRB: File Protocol URLs Do Not Work Correctly with # Fragments

MORE INFORMATION

The # fragments are used to provide bookmark and parameter information within the URL. For example, you can use "http://host/filename.htm#bookmark" to instruct Internet Explorer 4.0 to load Filename.htm and scroll to "bookmark". This works correctly with the http protocol, but does not work with the file protocol.

This problem only occurs if you enter the file URL in the address bar of Internet Explorer. This problem does not occur if the file URL with the # fragment is used in an anchor tag or when setting the location.href property. However, if the file extension is not .htm or .html, this problem will still occur, even on file URLs in anchor tags.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

If you have the Internet Client SDK installed in the directory C:\Inetsdk, typing the following in the address bar of IE results in one of the errors listed above: However, if you omit the # parameter as follows, it works correctly.