Local Explorer: Open Local File Links in Edge

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

What is Local Explorer: Open Local File Links in Edge?

Local Explorer: Open Local File Links in Edge is a browser extension that enables viewing and opening of local file links directly in the Edge browser. Ideal for accessing folder links, Azure Active Directory, company's shared folders, and mapped network drives directly on the host site or corporate website.

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By: VNPRODEV

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Users: 11,368 ▼ -125

Rating: 5.00 (3)

Version: 2023.1.15.1 (Last updated: 2023-01-20)

Creation date: 2023-01-12

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

storage

Host permissions:

<all_urls>

Size: 104.49K

URLs: Website ,Privacy policy

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 1432 ▼ 24

Other rankings

#5 in file keyword 12

#12 in folders keyword 6

#21 in folder keyword 12

#36 in links keyword 8 ▼ 2

#49 in reason keyword 23

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Summary

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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) W:\folder\ and W:\folder\file.docx (on webpages they're "file:///W:/folder/" and "file:///W:/folder/file.docx")

NOTES

Currently it works only on Windows. We built this long ago for our in-house system and it's free. If you find any problem, contact us at [email protected] or click "Send Feedback" button before you post a negative review.
The extension started to support Unicode since version 2022.11.30. It enables local file links or folders that contains Unicode characters.
For the people complain about anti-vir warnings, it was a FALSE POSITIVE. We rebuilt our Integration module, see this http://goo.gl/qDNGP7

User reviews

Works perfect. Both in Chrome and Edge. Using it with a Laravel web-application to access local files & folders. The only thing I can't seem to control (yet) is how to embed local PDF files. They always seem to open in an external editor. Other than that. Perfect.

by Ron, 2024-01-28

Great extension. It works perfectly fine.

by Dung, 2023-02-03

Thank you! This awesome extension works perfectly fine as described.

by Tester, 2023-01-21

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Safety

Risk impact

Local Explorer: Open Local File Links in Edge may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this add-on. Review carefully before installing.