WHY DOES THIS LINK NOT WORK? HTML/JAVA

I KNOW ITS OPENING A LOCAL FILE. BUT IF YOU HAD A LOCAL FILE AT SAID LOCATION (FILE://V:\DataShared\Dell\E-Courtesy\html\ecourt.htmL)AND TYPED IN THE ADDRESS AS SHOWN IT WOULD OPEN FINE, WHY DOES IT NOT WHEN DONE THIS WAY IS THE QUESTION.

E-court