Click link than open local file directly

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Manifest V3 Free

View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 16 Oct 2026

Can use Native Messaging to enable click local file than open it directly.

Users

+4 in 30 days

Rating

0.0 / 5

unchanged in 30 days

Ratings

0 in 30 days

Store rank

#91K

#76K among extensions

Version

1.0

updated 20 Oct 2021

Users

monthly, 3 years

Latest, 16 Oct 2026: 82 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 3 years

Latest, 16 Oct 2026: 0 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

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About Click link than open local file directly

This extension allows you to open a local file link "file://" directly (not download). You only write the manifest file, reg file and your local program on local computer. You can follow chrome development guides (https://developer.chrome.com/docs/apps/nativeMessaging/). This program is use json format to send the message to local program. Please use "message" to receive the file name and "host" to receive the host name. You can use any program language to write the local program to receive the json format send from the chrome extension.