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Local Explorer - Open File Links in Chrome

Open local file links to hard disk, Azure AD, company shared folders, mapped network drive directly in corporate or local host site.

Users90KCurrent public install base
Rating3.6Store average score
Reviews327Public review volume
Manifest versionV3Extension platform version
7-day growth0Net users gained this week
7-day growth rate0%Relative weekly velocity
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Version2023.1.15.1
ManifestV3
Size149KiB
Languages43Deutsch / English / English (United Kingdom) +40
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Enable local file links in Chrome or Edge by using the Local Explorer browser extension. It lets you browse and open local file links directly in your web browser.

Local Explorer can enable local file links and open them in associated application when clicked. For examples, click a folder link to open Windows Explorer, click *.docx file to open MS Word, click *.avi file to open Windows Media Player, and so on...

You may use Local Explorer to open local file links & folder links to hard disk drives, Azure Active Directory or company's shared folders, mapped network drive directly in corporate website or local host site.

EXAMPLES

C:\Users\my_user_name\Documents ("My Documents" folders)

\\10.0.0.1\shared\local\folders\files (network drive)

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Store average score3.6Chrome Web Store aggregate rating, including ratings without synced review text
Synced text average3.5Average computed only from synced review bodies below
Reviews with text226Synced review bodies
Total ratings / reviews327Chrome Web Store public rating/review count

Store average score: 3.6. The bars below are calculated from synced review text only, so they may be empty for extensions that have public ratings but no synced comments yet.

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Use Use Camisetas Personalizadas2026年6月17日
4

Ainda funciona, mas passou a consumir muito processamento quando o PC é iniciado, então descobri que o aplicativo está escrevendo infinitamente no arquivo de log dentro da pasta do aplicativo, me parece que ele tenta verificar a atualização e não consegue comunicação com a URL onde ele busca pelas atualizações, então como não consegue me parece ter um bug que ele fica escrevendo infinitamente no arquivo de log (LocalExplorer.log), a solução temporária que consegui foi verificar no gerenciador de tarefas se o aplicativo estiver usando muita CPU eu encerro o processo do aplicativo, faço isso toda fez que ligo o PC, pois mesmo encerrando o processo a extensão no navegador ainda funciona normalmente durante meu dia de trabalho. Peço ao pessoal da equipe do Aplicativo que verifiquem esse bug e falam a correção, pois ainda é uma excelente extensão.

Version 2026.4.10.0Language pt
Serhii Vorobei2026年4月14日
5

please, add support mac os

Version 2026.4.10.0Language en
1 helpful · 0 not helpful
gavin smith2026年4月13日
5

Works, a great little tool

Version 2026.4.10.0Language en
1 helpful · 0 not helpful
Glenn Littleford2026年4月10日
5

For intranet based system where you want the user to access folder links, this is perfect. Been using it for a few years now, never a problem.

Version 2026.4.10.0Language en
1 helpful · 0 not helpful
Stephen Michaud2026年3月23日
5

Does exactly what is needed

Version 2023.1.15.1Language en
Natalia Zanella2026年3月3日
1

Parou de funcionar

Version 2023.1.15.1Language pt
Ettore Battista2026年1月30日
5

perfetto

Version 2023.1.15.1Language it
Lenny Heyman2025年7月14日
5

This is the best extension. Here's why: If you struggle with links in Microsoft Office applications -- for example a link to a folder on your hard drive, the LocalExplorer helper is great for that -- no browser needed. The Windows Explorer integration allows you to use Web URLs to open local files on your hard drive simply by inserting "localexplorer://" in front of the path. I also use the LocalExplorer browser plugin to access local files from my local Wiki -- that was the original use-case, but since switching much of my workflow to OneNote, and then Microsoft breaking the links feature inside OneNote, this extension SAVED MY WORKFLOW. Thank you, LocalExplorer!

Version 2023.1.15.1Language en
2 helpful · 0 not helpful
Daniel Belleflamme (s0ftsk1ll3r)2025年4月9日
5

Klasse Extension erfüllt bei mir genau seinen Zweck ...

Version 2023.1.15.1Language de
1 helpful · 0 not helpful
Karl Schrott2025年2月20日
4

Works verry well except german special characters and root-share like "\\server\share" Thank you for programming updateing this

Version 2023.1.15.1Language en