File System for Windows
Access a shared folder of Windows file server (and SMB-based server) directly from the Files app.
As of June 2026, File System for Windows has 100,000 users and a 3.26/5 rating from 441 reviews.
Usersup 42.9 percent+42.9%
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3.26
441 reviews
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441
Version
2.6.4
Manifest V2
90-day change · In the last 90 days this extension gained 30.0K users.
History
1 snapshotsTracking since May 2, 2026.
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| Date | Users | Rating | Reviews | Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 2026 | 70.0K | 3.26 | 441 | 2.6.4 |
| Now | 100.0K | 3.26 | 441 | 2.6.4 |
Permissions & access
- Permissions
- fileSystemProviderstoragenotificationsmdnsalarms
- Host access
- None declared
Screenshots
About
This application provides an ability to mount Windows file server and SMB-based file server. Files/directories can be opened, modified and deleted in the Files app directly. Notes: * This application can be worked on ChromeOS only. * Domain authentication supported (only NTLMv2 authentication, Kerberos authentication not supported). * "share" and "un-extended security" server modes supported (sending plain password not supported). * Unicode only. ASCII mode is not supported. * Supported dialects are SMB2.002 and NT_DIALECT_0_12. * CIFS is supported, but NetBIOS over TCP is not supported. * Signature and encryption not supported. Features: * All operations supported (Read and Write). * Authentication with LM, LMv2, NTLM, NTLMv2 and NTLM2 Session Response. * Unicode support. Change history: Dec 30th, 2017: 2.6.4 - Fix the broken UI problem (Use Bootstrap instead of Polymer). Dec 3rd, 2015: 2.6.3 - Supported Xmas. Nov 25th, 2015: 2.6.2 - Fixed some bugs regarding Win10. Nov 2nd, 2015: 2.6.1 - Fixed a bug regarding watcher. Oct 27th, 2015: 2.6.0 - Added a new feature to specify a root directory mounted. - Fixed a bug at unmounting. Oct 23th, 2015: 2.5.0 - Changed a FileInfoClass of QueryInfoRequest command to fix the STATUS_NOT_SUPPORTED error. Oct 22th, 2015: 2.4.0 - Supported NTLM2 Session Response. Oct 13th, 2015: 2.3.1 - Fixed the User ID problem (to avoid NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED error). Sep 25th, 2015: 2.3.0 - Changed this application name and icons. Sep 21th, 2015: 2.2.2 - Fixed the dependency problem. Sep 20th, 2015: 2.2.1 - Fixed the bug (only SMB1/CIFS). Sep 19th, 2015: 2.2.0 - Excluded hidden and system files/directories. Sep 18th, 2015: 2.1.1 - Fixed the problem about the build file. Sep 18th, 2015: 2.1.0 - Fixed some problem about connecting to Windows 7. Sep 14th, 2015: 2.0.5 - Fixed the CSS issue. Sep 11th, 2015: 2.0.4 - Support ChromeOS 44 again. Sep 6th, 2015: 2.0.3 - Added a new setting to change a debug log level. - Added a new setting to specify a max SMB protocol version. Sep 3rd, 2015: 2.0.2 - Fixed build file problem. Sep 3rd, 2015: 2.0.1 - Fixed build file problem. Sep 3rd, 2015: 2.0.0 - Supported SMB2 protocol. - Supported updating file list automatically. Aug 9th, 2015: 1.5.0 - Added a new field to specify a shared resource name on the login screen. - Fixed a problem which copying and moving file failed. Jul 9th, 2015: 1.4.6 - Fixed the problem at reading/writing a file which the size is over 2GB. Jul 6th, 2015: 1.4.5 - Fixed the problem which the file size over 2GB is displayed as negative. Jul 3rd, 2015: 1.4.4 - Fixed the STATUS_BUFFER_OVERFLOW problem. Jun 26th, 2015: 1.4.3 - Fixed the problem that fetching shared resource list failed (a buffer size increased to 8 times). Jun 17th, 2015: 1.4.2 - Added the debug log to solve the STATUS_BUFFER_OVERFLOW error. Jun 17th, 2015: 1.4.1 - Fixed the problem of STATUS_BUFFER_OVERFLOW error (0x80000005). Jun 15th, 2015: 1.4.0 - Added the new feature to search SMB servers with mDNS. Jun 14th, 2015: 1.3.0 - Supported "share" and "un-extended security and challenge-response" modes. Jun 12th, 2015: 1.2.0 - Changed this application name. - Supported Domain authentication (but NTLMv2 only). - Fixed the problem which multiple files deletion failed. - Fixed the problem of re-connecting logic. Jun 9th, 2015: 1.1.9 - Added the retrying logic to establish connection at lost connection. Jun 7th, 2015: 1.1.8 - Fixed the file name issue. - Added the extended security check logic. Jun 7th, 2015: 1.1.7 - Output capability flags for debugging. - Added the dialect check logic. Jun 7th, 2015: 1.1.6 - Deleted the configuration to change the log level. Jun 6th, 2015: 1.1.5 - Added the configuration to change the debug log level. Jun 6th, 2015: 1.1.4 - Send the LMv1 and NTLMv1 response, when the server returns false as NTLMSSP_NEGOTIATE_NTLM2 flag value. This is for backward compatibility and very old NAS. Jun 4th, 2015: 1.1.3 - Fixed the problem which different shared resource cannot be mounted at the same time. Jun 4th, 2015: 1.1.2 - Fixed the problem which copy and move operation failed. - Fixed the problem which multile resources on same server cannot be mounted. - Show notification at error ossurs. Jun 3rd, 2015: 1.1.1 - Show notification at error occurs. Jun 2nd, 2015: 1.1.0 - Supported onMountRequested event. Jun 2nd, 2015: 1.0.0 - First release.
Technical
- Version
- 2.6.4
- Manifest
- V2
- Size
- 1.31MiB
- Min Chrome
- 44
- Languages
- 1
- Featured
- No
Metadata
- ID
- mfhnnfciefdpolbelmfkpmhhmlkehbdf
- Developer ID
- u75b5d85d7cc163386edb215d3951d3cd
- Developer Email
- [email protected]
- Created
- Jun 2, 2015
- Last Updated (Store)
- Dec 30, 2017
- Last Scraped
- Jun 1, 2026
- Privacy Policy
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