To allow you to use FILE:// Links in a wordpress menu you need to add the protocol to the wp_allowed_protocols function in wp_includes/functions.php
function wp_allowed_protocols() { static $protocols = array(); if ( empty( $protocols ) ) { $protocols = array( 'http', 'https', 'ftp', 'ftps', 'mailto', 'news', 'irc', 'gopher', 'nntp', 'feed', 'telnet', 'mms', 'rtsp', 'svn', 'tel', 'fax', 'xmpp', 'webcal', 'file' ); /** * Filters the list of protocols allowed in HTML attributes. * * @since 3.0.0 * * @param array $protocols Array of allowed protocols e.g. 'http', 'ftp', 'tel', and more. */ $protocols = apply_filters( 'kses_allowed_protocols', $protocols ); } return $protocols; }