How to make an HTML link to open a folder?

HTML can be used to open a folder from our local storage. In order to open a folder from our local storage, use ‘HREF’ attribute of HTML. In the HREF attribute, we specify the path of our folder.

Syntax:

<a href="Path"></a>

Example 1:

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
<head> 
    <title>Sample Code</title> 
</head> 
 <body> 
    <h1>Opening a folder from HTML code</h1> 
    <a href="D:\Series\Breaking Bad">Click to open a folder</a> 
</body> 
</html> 

Output:

On clicking the link:

Example 2:

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
<head> 
    <title>Sample Code</title> 
</head> 
 <body> 
    <h1>Opening a folder from HTML code</h1> 
    <a href="C:\Users\ABC\Desktop\cpp"> 
        Click to open a folder 
    </a> 
</body> 
</html> 

Output:

On clicking the link:

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