---
title: "Local Explorer - Open Local File Links – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "100,000 users, rated 4.44 by 325 people. Version 2026.10.16.1, updated 2026-10-24. Requests 2 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/eokekhgpaakbkfkmjjcbffibkencdfkl"
---

# Local Explorer - Open Local File Links

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 100,000
- Rating: 4.44 from 325 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-11-09 13:23 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: No change
- Users gained in 30 days: No change (+0.0%)
- Rank by users: #1,054 of 292,131 live extensions
- Rank in Functionality & UI: #25 of 11,702

## The listing

What the Chrome Web Store shows, as of the last check.

Summary from the listing:

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

- Extension ID: `eokekhgpaakbkfkmjjcbffibkencdfkl`
- Developer: [vnprodev](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u1bbf7ddeb0651c9e07b289ab94126bab)
- Enhanced Safe Browsing: Trusted ([what this means](https://extensiontracker.com/enhanced-safe-browsing))
- Category: [Make Chrome Yours › Functionality & UI](https://extensiontracker.com/category/make_chrome_yours/functionality)
- First published: 2013-11-01
- Last updated: 2026-10-24
- Version: `2026.10.16.1`
- Size: 147 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (41): Deutsch, English, Melayu, Nederlands, Tiếng Việt, Türkçe, català, dansk, eesti, español, español (Latinoamérica), français, hrvatski, italiano, latviešu, lietuvių, magyar, norsk, polski, português (Brasil), português (Portugal), română, slovenčina, slovenščina, suomi, svenska, čeština, Ελληνικά, български, русский, српски, українська, עברית, العربية, فارسی, हिन्दी, ไทย, 中文（中国）, 中文（台灣）, 日本語, 한국어
- Website: `vnprodev.com`
- Support page: `https://www.vnprodev.com/browser-extensions/local-explorer-install.php#userguide`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/local-explorer-open-local/eokekhgpaakbkfkmjjcbffibkencdfkl>
- View its code or download CRX: <https://crxpeek.com/extension/eokekhgpaakbkfkmjjcbffibkencdfkl>
- Search Google for the ID: <https://www.google.com/search?q=%22eokekhgpaakbkfkmjjcbffibkencdfkl%22&tbs=li:1>

## Users over time

One row per check, newest first, as shown on the Chrome Web Store.

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-11-09 | 100,000 | 4.44 | 325 |
| 2026-11-01 | 100,000 | 4.44 | 325 |
| 2026-10-25 | 100,000 | 4.44 | 325 |
| 2026-10-21 | 100,000 | 4.41 | 323 |
| 2026-10-15 | 100,000 | 4.41 | 324 |
| 2026-10-09 | 100,000 | 3.60 | 325 |
| 2026-10-01 | 90,000 | 3.60 | 325 |
| 2026-09-27 | 90,000 | 3.60 | 325 |

## What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first.

- 2026-10-25: New version `2026.10.16.1`, replacing `2026.10.16.0`.
- 2026-10-21: New version `2026.10.16.0`, replacing `2026.4.10.0`.
- 2026-10-21: Renamed from “Local Explorer - Open File Links in Chrome” to “Local Explorer - Open Local File Links”.
- 2026-10-21: The summary on the listing changed.
- 2026-10-21: Now listed in 41 languages, from 43.

## Developer history

Moves to another publisher account and new contact emails, newest first.

No move to another account and no new contact email since tracking began on 2026-09-27.

We know contact emails only by a keyed hash, so they're never shown. Recent changes: [Account and contact changes](https://extensiontracker.com/owners/).

## What it can access

From the extension's manifest, in plain language.

**Every website:** it can read and change your data on all the sites you visit.

### Sites

- `<all_urls>`: Every website

### Sites where it runs scripts

- `<all_urls>`: Every website

### Browser features

- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser

## More from this developer

Other extensions from the same publisher account.

| Extension | Users | Rating | Ratings | Category |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- |
| [Use My Current Account To Login Microsoft SSO](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/plndhefdjccjcifihggbbnoleolpohjl) | – | 5.00 | 6 | Workflow & Planning |

All 2 extensions by [vnprodev](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u1bbf7ddeb0651c9e07b289ab94126bab).

## About this data

Collected from the extension's public Chrome Web Store listing. It's checked every week, because it has 1,000 or more users, and again whenever a new version appears. Last checked 2026-11-09 13:23 UTC; next check around 2026-11-16.

How the data is collected: <https://extensiontracker.com/methodology>.

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “Local Explorer - Open Local File Links” (eokekhgpaakbkfkmjjcbffibkencdfkl). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-09. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/eokekhgpaakbkfkmjjcbffibkencdfkl. Accessed 2026-11-13.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_eokekhgpaakbkfkmjjcbffibkencdfkl,
  title   = {Local Explorer - Open Local File Links (eokekhgpaakbkfkmjjcbffibkencdfkl)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-09},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/eokekhgpaakbkfkmjjcbffibkencdfkl},
  urldate = {2026-11-13}
}
```

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