.URL Handler

.URL Handler is a Chrome extension developed by mark.ward. According to the data from Chrome web store, current version of .URL Handler is 1.0, updated on 2012-09-03.
7,000+ users have installed this extension. 25 users have rated this extension with an average rating of .

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

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.