<p>Actually seems to be more complicated than that, <a href="https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/ie/2006/12/06/file-uris-in-windows/">this</a> uses only two slashes for paths that don't use a device like <code>//my_fileserver</code> so the fixed <code>file:///</code> is not right.</p>

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