Stable signalNo paid features detectedHigh-risk permissions

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

Preview

Local Explorer - Open File Links in Chrome Media preview

5 assets

Trend

User growth trend

Review user movement across collected snapshots.

User Growth Over Time

Rating trend

7-day rating trend

View collected rating snapshots from the latest 7-day window to assess rating stability.

7-day rating change

Start

3.61

Latest

3.61

7-day rating change

0.00

2026年7月15日2026年7月21日

Growth overview

Daily, weekly, and monthly growth

Compare 1-day, 7-day, and 30-day net growth and growth rate.

1-day growthNo data

----

7-day growthFlat

00%

30-day growthNo data

----

Technical snapshot

Version, languages, and crawl freshness

Review publication date, version, supported languages, and crawl timestamps.

Version2023.1.15.1

ManifestV3

Size149KiB

Languages43Deutsch / English / English (United Kingdom) +40

Published--

Store updated--

Last crawled--

Overview

Product summary

Review the store description, core capabilities, and common use cases.

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)

Reviews

Recent review snapshot

Inspect the latest comments and rating distribution.

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.

5★

114

4★

3★

2★

1★

Coco Nutty2018年3月30日

Now this is a useful extension

Artjoms Morscakovs2018年3月27日

Finally, it does exactly what it needs. Thank you guys

Анна Михельсон2018年1月20日

Работает, можно из закладок калькулятор открывать

James Holcomb2017年12月29日

easy to use

David Young2017年12月25日

Crazy constraints on Win file access at one client made this a no brain'er. Love it!

Daniel M2017年12月22日

Completely useless, just drag and drop your directory into your browser instead.

Spencer Grubb2017年9月28日

Not compatible with Chrome OS

Rahul Bhalla2017年7月25日

Provided exactly what was needed.

Greg Orcutt2017年7月25日

Didn't work. Install instructions confusing. Where do I find my downloads folder??? worthless.

Ming Khor2017年7月2日

I wanted an extension that would allow me to open files in the default program This extension allowed me to do this. The program is bug free and installed easily. It is also easy to configure

Showing 226 results

1...10 11 12 13 14...23

Similar and related extensions

Review related products from the Chrome Web Store detail page.

Open local folder by explorer

Accessibility

Open local folder in explorer from Chrome

Enable local file links

Workflow & Planning

Make it possible to open by click a link to a local file that is disabled by Chrome.

File Management - WebDav

Tools

File Management WebDav

Open Local Files in Google Chrome™

Tools

Likely PaidConfidence 88Platform Stripe

Opening links to local files is prohibited in Chrome, but this extension allows you to open them.

Downloads Folder Launcher

Tools

Quickly open the default 'Downloads' folder. keyboard shortcut: Alt+J.

External Application Launcher

Workflow & Planning

Run any external application with custom arguments from the browser toolbar or context menu to send links, text and more

AI product read

Enables opening local file:// links from web pages directly in Windows Explorer or associated native applications via a custom LocalExplorer: protocol

Chrome/Edge browsers block local file:// links on web pages for security reasons. This extension bridges the gap between web-based intranet applications and local file system access, allowing corporate users to click file/folder links on internal websites and have them open in native Windows applications.

Install the extension + free companion Windows desktop app (LocalExplorer-Setup.exe) → Browse corporate or local web pages containing file:// links → Click any file/folder link → The extension intercepts the click, converts file:// to LocalExplorer: protocol → The companion app opens the file in its associated application or the folder in Windows Explorer

Target users: Corporate/enterprise Windows users who access local or network files from web-based intranet applications / IT administrators managing internal web applications with file system links

Requires a companion Windows desktop application (LocalExplorer-Setup.exe) to handle the LocalExplorer: custom protocol - this is free but must be installed separately
Only works on Windows OS as stated in the store description
The companion installer is hosted on vnprodev.com and its source was not analyzed

Monetization

No paid features detected

Store description explicitly states 'it's free'. No payment platforms, premium features, subscription logic, license checks, or feature gating found in source code. The only 'upgrade' keyword hits are about technical upgrade to manifest v3 (not paid). A voluntary donate link exists at vnprodev.com/browser-extensions/donate/ but this is not a feature gate.

Confidence: 97
Payment platform: --
Source: AI / High
Login required: No
Reason: No login code, authentication mechanisms, OAuth flows, or user account systems found anywhere in the source code. The extension operates entirely locally using chrome.storage for settings. No server-side authentication is involved.

Permission risk

High-risk permissions

This estimate uses declared permissions and host permissions to assess access scope and sensitivity.

扩展能力较强：storage
主机权限覆盖范围较宽

Publisher

vnprodev

Independent publisher

Email: [email protected]
Phone: --
Address: --

Public contact fields are shown above. Developer portfolio pages are available on paid accounts.

View developer portfolio

Permissions

Host access