# Show an image from a harddrive

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/show-an-image-from-a-harddrive/41984>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [January 5, 2021, 10:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/show-an-image-from-a-harddrive/41984 "2021-01-05T22:53:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![NII](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nii/32/12920_2.png) [@NII](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/NII)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2021, 10:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/show-an-image-from-a-harddrive/41984/1 "2021-01-05T22:53:44Z")

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Hi,

I would like to show an image from a folder in a hard-drive using Image component. I set the image source to “file:///C:/Users/PC/Desktop/mypic.png” but the does not show up.

I saw an old [posting](http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/show-an-image-from-external-location/12172) where it seems to work but not for me. I’m using 8.1

Am I missing something?

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2021, 11:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/show-an-image-from-a-harddrive/41984/3 "2021-01-05T23:38:52Z")

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You tagged this for Perspective. Browsers generally don’t allow a website to specify resources on local devices. Bad guys in the world would love that, of course.