Local Explorer - Open File Links in Chrome
Enable local file links to hard disk, Azure AD & company shared folders, mapped network drive directly in corporate/local host site.
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3.61
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spammy, or outdated. Pros
- Very useful for accessing local and network folders
- Saves time for users searching long file names
- Works perfectly for local paths
Cons
- Stopped working after recent Chrome updates (especially after version 130.x)
- Does not handle network paths properly after updates
- Requires workarounds or changes in format to function correctly
Most mentioned
- The extension stopped working properly after Chrome updates
- Users are frustrated with the issues related to network drives
- Request for support for non-English and Chinese path names
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| Date | Author | Rating | Lang | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-09 |  | | ja | 大変便利な機能です。 日本語を含むフォルダにも対応して頂けると 更に利便性が上がります。 |
| 2024-12-25 |  | | en | How to open folders have non-english name? |
| 2024-11-21 |  | | en | for those who are not able to use the extension after chrome update, you can try to change \ to %5C, i.e. localexplorer:%5C%5C<server> for developers, you can use encodeURIComponent to encode the URL |
| 2024-10-31 |  | | en | After the Chrome 130.x upgrade, this plug-in doesn't work if the path is for a network drive (i.e. path starts with \\). URL doesn't work: localexplorer:\\my-server\aaa\bbb\ URL works: localexplorer:C:\aaa\bbb\ A solution would be mapping your network drive to a local drive first, e.g. mapping \\my-server\ to your T: drive. Then set the URL as localexplorer:T:\aaa\bbb\ |
| 2024-10-29 |  | | en | It used to be a great add-on to Chrome but lately it became quite cumbersome to manage whenever there is a new Windows update, it stops working and even after several reinstall it still doesn't work. |
| 2024-08-06 |  | | en | The extension doesn't open links to network paths (file://server/folder)anymore since google chrome version 127.0.6533.73. In version 126.0.6478.183 it still works. No problems for local paths |
| 2024-10-24 |  | | en | Hello, Very useful extension for accessing folders on the network, but since the last Chrome update it stopped working, is there any solution? |
| 2024-10-23 |  | | en | Please update the extension to make it works with UNC paths after the Chrome 130.x update. |
| 2024-10-23 |  | | en | I have upvoted all comments mentioning that it does not work in the new version of Chrome when trying to open network paths. I had to switch to using Firefox, hopefully temporarily. |
| 2024-10-21 |  | | en | @Shantanu We have the same problem. How did you add Chrome Extension to Firefox? |
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