diff --git a/ecosystem/theme-default/src/client/components/AutoLink.vue b/ecosystem/theme-default/src/client/components/AutoLink.vue
index e15784a31b..b6d8e404f3 100644
--- a/ecosystem/theme-default/src/client/components/AutoLink.vue
+++ b/ecosystem/theme-default/src/client/components/AutoLink.vue
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ export default defineComponent({
 
 <script setup lang="ts">
 import { useSiteData } from '@vuepress/client'
-import { isLinkHttp, isLinkMailto, isLinkTel } from '@vuepress/shared'
+import { isLinkHttp, isLinkWithProtocol } from '@vuepress/shared'
 import { computed, toRefs } from 'vue'
 import type { PropType } from 'vue'
 import { useRoute } from 'vue-router'
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ const { item } = toRefs(props)
 const hasHttpProtocol = computed(() => isLinkHttp(item.value.link))
 // if the link has non-http protocol
 const hasNonHttpProtocol = computed(
-  () => isLinkMailto(item.value.link) || isLinkTel(item.value.link),
+  () => !hasHttpProtocol.value && isLinkWithProtocol(item.value.link),
 )
 // resolve the `target` attr
 const linkTarget = computed(() => {
diff --git a/packages/shared/src/utils/index.ts b/packages/shared/src/utils/index.ts
index a3967da277..5cbea86d0e 100644
--- a/packages/shared/src/utils/index.ts
+++ b/packages/shared/src/utils/index.ts
@@ -6,10 +6,8 @@ export * from './ensureLeadingSlash.js'
 export * from './ensureEndingSlash.js'
 export * from './formatDateString.js'
 export * from './isLinkExternal.js'
-export * from './isLinkFtp.js'
 export * from './isLinkHttp.js'
-export * from './isLinkMailto.js'
-export * from './isLinkTel.js'
+export * from './isLinkWithProtocol.js'
 export * from './isPlainObject.js'
 export * from './omit.js'
 export * from './removeEndingSlash.js'
diff --git a/packages/shared/src/utils/isLinkExternal.ts b/packages/shared/src/utils/isLinkExternal.ts
index 0c3f9a8854..4c75a56407 100644
--- a/packages/shared/src/utils/isLinkExternal.ts
+++ b/packages/shared/src/utils/isLinkExternal.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { isLinkFtp } from './isLinkFtp.js'
 import { isLinkHttp } from './isLinkHttp.js'
 
 const markdownLinkRegexp = /.md((\?|#).*)?$/
@@ -7,8 +6,7 @@ const markdownLinkRegexp = /.md((\?|#).*)?$/
  * Determine a link is external or not
  */
 export const isLinkExternal = (link: string, base = '/'): boolean => {
-  // http link or ftp link
-  if (isLinkHttp(link) || isLinkFtp(link)) {
+  if (isLinkHttp(link)) {
     return true
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/shared/src/utils/isLinkFtp.ts b/packages/shared/src/utils/isLinkFtp.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 182043c58f..0000000000
--- a/packages/shared/src/utils/isLinkFtp.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Determine a link is ftp link or not
- */
-export const isLinkFtp = (link: string): boolean => link.startsWith('ftp://')
diff --git a/packages/shared/src/utils/isLinkMailto.ts b/packages/shared/src/utils/isLinkMailto.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 3e0ade3594..0000000000
--- a/packages/shared/src/utils/isLinkMailto.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Determine a link is a mailto: address or not
- */
-export const isLinkMailto = (link: string): boolean => /^mailto:/.test(link)
diff --git a/packages/shared/src/utils/isLinkTel.ts b/packages/shared/src/utils/isLinkTel.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 1290cba096..0000000000
--- a/packages/shared/src/utils/isLinkTel.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Determine a link is a tel: address or not
- */
-export const isLinkTel = (link: string): boolean => /^tel:/.test(link)
diff --git a/packages/shared/src/utils/isLinkWithProtocol.ts b/packages/shared/src/utils/isLinkWithProtocol.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e6f66e9741
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/shared/src/utils/isLinkWithProtocol.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+/**
+ * Determine a link has protocol or not
+ */
+export const isLinkWithProtocol = (link: string): boolean =>
+  /^[a-z][a-z0-9+.-]*:/.test(link)
diff --git a/packages/shared/tests/isLinkExternal.spec.ts b/packages/shared/tests/isLinkExternal.spec.ts
index b7a2515e11..96291a4b3d 100644
--- a/packages/shared/tests/isLinkExternal.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/shared/tests/isLinkExternal.spec.ts
@@ -5,27 +5,28 @@ const testCases: [
   Parameters<typeof isLinkExternal>,
   ReturnType<typeof isLinkExternal>,
 ][] = [
-  // http & ftp links
+  // http links
   [['https://foobar.com'], true],
   [['https://foobar.com', '/base/'], true],
   [['http://foobar.com'], true],
   [['http://foobar.com', '/base/'], true],
   [['//foobar.com'], true],
   [['//foobar.com', '/base/'], true],
-  [['ftp://foobar.com'], true],
-  [['ftp://foobar.com', '/base/'], true],
   [['https://foobar.com/base/README.md'], true],
   [['https://foobar.com/base/README.md', '/base/'], true],
   [['http://foobar.com/base/README.md'], true],
   [['http://foobar.com/base/README.md', '/base/'], true],
   [['//foobar.com/base/README.md'], true],
   [['//foobar.com/base/README.md', '/base/'], true],
-  [['ftp://foobar.com/base/README.md'], true],
-  [['ftp://foobar.com/base/README.md', '/base/'], true],
 
   // links with other protocols
   [['mailto:foobar', '/base/'], false],
   [['tel:foobar', '/base/'], false],
+  [['ftp://foobar.com'], false],
+  [['ftp://foobar.com', '/base/'], false],
+  [['ftp://foobar.com/base/README.md'], false],
+  [['ftp://foobar.com/base/README.md', '/base/'], false],
+  [['ms-windows-store://home', '/base/'], false],
 
   // absolute links
   [['/foo/bar'], false],
diff --git a/packages/shared/tests/isLinkFtp.spec.ts b/packages/shared/tests/isLinkFtp.spec.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 446d084c3e..0000000000
--- a/packages/shared/tests/isLinkFtp.spec.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
-import { isLinkFtp } from '../src/index.js'
-
-const testCases: [string, ReturnType<typeof isLinkFtp>][] = [
-  ['ftp://foobar.com', true],
-  ['https://foobar.com', false],
-  ['http://foobar.com', false],
-  ['//foobar.com', false],
-  ['foobar.com', false],
-  ['/foo/bar', false],
-]
-
-describe('shared > isLinkFtp', () => {
-  describe('should determine ftp link correctly', () => {
-    testCases.forEach(([source, expected]) => {
-      it(`link: ${source}`, () => {
-        expect(isLinkFtp(source)).toBe(expected)
-      })
-    })
-  })
-})
diff --git a/packages/shared/tests/isLinkMailto.spec.ts b/packages/shared/tests/isLinkMailto.spec.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 900d4b45ee..0000000000
--- a/packages/shared/tests/isLinkMailto.spec.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
-import { isLinkMailto } from '../src/index.js'
-
-const testCases: [string, boolean][] = [
-  ['https://foobar.com', false],
-  ['http://foobar.com', false],
-  ['//foobar.com', false],
-  ['foobar.com', false],
-  ['/foo/bar', false],
-  ['mailto:foobar', true],
-  ['tel:foobar', false],
-  ['../foo/bar', false],
-]
-
-describe('shared > isLinkMailto', () => {
-  describe('should determine mailto link correctly', () => {
-    testCases.forEach(([source, expected]) => {
-      it(`link: ${source}`, () => {
-        expect(isLinkMailto(source)).toBe(expected)
-      })
-    })
-  })
-})
diff --git a/packages/shared/tests/isLinkTel.spec.ts b/packages/shared/tests/isLinkTel.spec.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 60c8361b02..0000000000
--- a/packages/shared/tests/isLinkTel.spec.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
-import { isLinkTel } from '../src/index.js'
-
-const testCases: [string, boolean][] = [
-  ['https://foobar.com', false],
-  ['http://foobar.com', false],
-  ['//foobar.com', false],
-  ['foobar.com', false],
-  ['/foo/bar', false],
-  ['mailto:foobar', false],
-  ['tel:foobar', true],
-  ['../foo/bar', false],
-]
-
-describe('shared > isLinkMailto', () => {
-  describe('should determine mailto link correctly', () => {
-    testCases.forEach(([source, expected]) => {
-      it(`link: ${source}`, () => {
-        expect(isLinkTel(source)).toBe(expected)
-      })
-    })
-  })
-})
diff --git a/packages/shared/tests/isLinkWithProtocol.spec.ts b/packages/shared/tests/isLinkWithProtocol.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cacc8b318f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/shared/tests/isLinkWithProtocol.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import { isLinkWithProtocol } from '../src/index.js'
+
+const testCases: [string, ReturnType<typeof isLinkWithProtocol>][] = [
+  ['ftp://foobar.com', true],
+  ['ms-windows-store://home', true],
+  ['mailto:foobar', true],
+  ['tel:foobar', true],
+  ['https://foobar.com', true],
+  ['http://foobar.com', true],
+  ['foobar.com', false],
+  ['/foo/bar', false],
+  ['../foo/bar', false],
+  ['//foobar.com', false],
+]
+
+describe('shared > isLinkWithProtocol', () => {
+  describe('should determine link with protocol correctly', () => {
+    testCases.forEach(([source, expected]) => {
+      it(`link: ${source}`, () => {
+        expect(isLinkWithProtocol(source)).toBe(expected)
+      })
+    })
+  })
+})