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Enable local file links

Enable local file links

by Takashi Sugimoto (tksugimoto)
3.9
73 reviews
3.0M
users
Published
October 18, 2025

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Description

In Google Chrome, links to local files are disabled, unlike IE. This extension allows you to open a link to a local file by clicking it. [Setting] Starting with Chrome 118 in October 2023, you will need to enable the "Allow access to file URLs" setting from the extension settings page. chrome://extensions/?id=nikfmfgobenbhmocjaaboihbeocackld [Security] A malicious page can not open a local file without permission, because this extension reacts only to the click operation by the user. [Others] Personal information is not collected / used. Source code is released to GitHub. https://github.com/tksugimoto/chrome-extension_open-local-file-link
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Quick Info

Version
0.10.0
Size
9.57KiB
Price
Free
Type
Extension

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