An extension to handle .url files if they open on in Chrome as plain text. Please see issue 114871 for more details.

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Version
1.0
Update
September 3, 2012
Size
38.38KiB
Developer
Category
Users
8,000+
Rating
3.07692 ★
Manifest Version
2
Web Store Status
Languages Support
English (UK)
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.URL Handler Extension

A really simple plugin to fix a slight but annoying problem with current versions of Chrome. The extension is called when a local *.url file is opened and automatically redirects the tab to the URL contained within the file rather than simply displaying it in plain text.

To see more about the issue see here:
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=114871&can=5&colspec=ID%20Pri%20Mstone%20ReleaseBlock%20OS%20Area%20Feature%20Status%20Owner%20Summary

Note: This extension requires the \"Allow access to file URLs\" permission.
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Source Manifest.json

{"update_url":"http://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "name": ".URL Handler", "version": "1.0", "manifest_version": 2, "icons": {"48": "icon48.png", "128": "icon128.png" }, "description": "An extension to handle .url files if they open on in Chrome as plain text. Please see issue 114871 for more details.", "browser_action": { "default_icon": "icon.png" }, "content_scripts": [ { "matches": ["file://*.url"], "js": ["jquery.js","openurl.js"] } ]}
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User reviews

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User (ID: 000000e8849a005a) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 10/24/2023 I solved this problem using the SetUserFTA utility, this simple code bat \ cmd SetUserFTA.exe .url InternetShortcut now .URL documents open as regular links

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Patrick Sollberger (Gargo) (ID: 0000007ed70e8418) Voted 2 ★ - Updated 12/29/2022 URLs containing an ampersand are not formatted correctly. The ampersand is pasted in encoded form (&) into the address bar, thus not opening the correct page.

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Олег Макарихин (ID: 000000eed93321d5) Voted 1 ★ - Updated 04/15/2021 не работает

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Zvi Twersky (ID: 000000f6d8dbb399) Voted 1 ★ - Updated 02/23/2020 Does not work anymore with Chrome 80

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Max Mescaline (ID: 00000094edc78911) Voted 1 ★ - Updated 12/23/2019 NOT WORKING