Open In Other Application

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Support to open the URL using other applications in the Chromium kernel browser on Windows system.

It can automatically run other applications and transfer information such as URL after opening the matching URL in chromium kernel browser; optionally, enable the right-click menu. You can enable the right-click menu to open a URL or selected text in other applications directly from the web page.

Only Windows system is supported.

Installation

Need 2 files to Releases download:

1. Program for running on this machine: host.zip. Unzip the zip file to the local disk.
2. Browser extension: open-in-other-application_manifest-vx.crx. If the Chromium version is less than 88, you need to download the manifest-v2 version of the extension. Drag the crx file to chrome://extensions/ page to install the extension.

Usage

First use

When using for the first time, you need to perform the following steps:

1. Go to the extension options, click on the settings button in the top-right corner of the page, and then copy the extension ID from the opened settings pop-up window.
2. Running HostRegistrar.exe on local disk. Fill in the copied extension ID. Click the register button, wait for the prompt to complete. Then you can close the program. (The program directory and files need to be retained and cannot be deleted.)

General Usage

Enter the extension option, add applications that you want to run, and writing automatic operation rules that need to open some URLs. You can open the right-click menu of displaying Web pages in the settings in the upper right corner.

Click the extension icon to switch the enabled status of automatic rules.