Hyperlink Conversion Utility

Converts a link from a human-readable format (Windows Explorer, most browsers' address bar, etc.) into a standard URI and/or vice-versa.

Usage

• Insert/paste a link to the proper input;
• Press the desired operation button;
• Optionally, test the result (standard URI only) using the Test link button.

Remarks

• Things like \\server\share\folder, c:\folder\subfolder or c:\ünìcõde cháractêrs\embedded spaces.ext are supported;
• File protocol URIs (like in file://///server/share) don't seem to work in Linux. Using smb://server/share works and is much more elegant. Vote on bug 73003 to have it on Windows as well;
• Firefox isn't able to browse a samba server directly (like in \\server). Make sure to add the share name as well (like in \\server\share). See bug 62851 for more information;
• Opera seems to dislike the five forward slashes in file URIs (like in file://///server/share). Replacing with two slashes (like in file://server/share) seems to work. Not yet figured out if this is an issue;
• Note that XML/HTML entities (&, <, etc.) are currently not escaped. If you intend to paste the result into an XML/HTML page, additional manual edition is required.