Is it possible to call third-party applications from the browser passing a WebDav link?

Question

Browsers

There is a document repository viewed in a browser. There is a webdav protocol. I would like to display certain types of files with such links in order to call the file handler directly from the browser. For example, when you click on a link in a .doc document, word would be called, which would open the file using this link, with the ability to save it to the same place where it got it from (basically).
1. Is it real?
2. If real, how?
3. If not possible, do you have any thoughts on how best to organize such storage? Initial data - we have a directory on the web, which we optionally connect as a network drive. The link from the web should either redirect to the appropriate location on the network drive, or call a file handler that would “know” the location of the network drive where the modified version should be saved.
All browsers should be supported, ideally the OS too, but it is possible to make your own solutions for different OSes.

Answer 1

It is impossible to assign the processing of any address to a third-party application purely by means of the browser, except perhaps with the help of plugins. In general, in Windows this is done quite simply, with a key in the registry: Registering an Application to a URL Protocol .

Answer 2

Excel: ms-excel:ofe|u| https://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/… file path.
Word: ms-word:ofe|u| https://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/… file path.
Try this link format