The file URI scheme specified in RFC 1630 and RFC 1738, and is typically used to retrieve files from the host computer. Figure 1 below shows NetAnalysis with a number of file entries filtered, as stored by Microsoft Internet Explorer in its history INDEX.DAT files.
These entries are created (along with Microsoft Windows Shortcut entries) by accessing files on the computer system which typically have an HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT entry in the registry to inform Explorer how the file should be dealt with.
Figure 1