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
You can Follow the below Step By Step procedure to install the Enable local file links Chrome Extension to your Chrome Web browser.
It is the Enable local file links Chrome extension download link you can download and install Chrome Browser.
Removes Content-Disposition: attachment HTTP header to allow view files instead of downloading them. Extension icon acts as toggle.
Open local link by clicking
Run any external application with custom arguments from the browser toolbar or context menu to send links, text and more
Provide right-click menu to manually set character encoding for web pages.
Open files on your local area network using Chrome
Opening links to local files is prohibited in chrome, but this extension allows you to open them.
Open local folder in explorer from Chrome
Enable local file links to hard disk, Azure AD & company shared folders, mapped network drive directly in corporate/local host site.
Make it possible to open by click a link to a local file that is disabled by Chrome.
An extension to handle .url files if they open on in Chrome as plain text. Please see issue 114871 for more details.