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File System for Windows

by Yoichiro Tanaka

v2.6.4 Updated Dec 30, 2017 1.31MiB
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★ 3.26
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Description

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.
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Reviews (92 cached)

★☆☆☆☆2024-08-19
David Favilla

Doesn't work at all. Get error "Some operations are taking longer than expected". Can't access anything on SMB. Uninstalled.

★☆☆☆☆2019-09-03
Gary Volk

Refuses to reconnect to SMB share when waking up chromebook.

★☆☆☆☆2019-07-14
Roelof Steyn

Pixelbook. It doesn't connect to my SMB drive.

★☆☆☆☆2019-06-15
Abdulghani Abdo

It did not work at all, no matter I have tried, it also not able to collect any errors.

★☆☆☆☆2019-01-12

Managed to get it to connect to a shared folder, but whenever I try to view any files This chromebook just says "some operations are taking longer than expected". It never actually opens the file. I hate network problems....

★☆☆☆☆2018-10-15
Morgan

App is garbage and support for it is non existent

★☆☆☆☆2018-05-27

Doesn't work. No instructions.

★☆☆☆☆2018-05-22
Federico Castañeda

My pixelbook hangsup when I want to transfer multiple files.

★☆☆☆☆2018-01-25

I click it to open...nothing happens!?

★☆☆☆☆2018-01-06
heidi sickles

See the drive then fails every time

★☆☆☆☆2017-12-31
Dodowrestlingfan

please add the version number to the settings screen!

★☆☆☆☆2017-12-27
Thu Ya Win

The images are blown up and thus I cannot see the buttons at the bottom of the app

★☆☆☆☆2017-11-29
Karl Stenerud

Works for a minute or two after reboot, then won't display folder contents or transfer files.

★☆☆☆☆2017-10-18

It doesn't work at all. Chrome crashes.

★☆☆☆☆2017-09-24
Carolyn Hanshaw

it doesnt work it is a piece of junk. you might want to fix it or add on to it.

★☆☆☆☆2017-04-25
J M

App won't launch. Does NOTHING.

★☆☆☆☆2017-03-06
Jason Lin

How to use it?

★☆☆☆☆2016-11-29
Grant Farnsworth

Doesn't work. Tried on several different machines. Connects to server and you can browse files but when you try and read or copy one, you get 103 unknown error and then "some operations taking longer than expected." Never does read from it.

★☆☆☆☆2016-10-30
Ted “Ted” Ben

it was worse then you thought not working not a good thing because it set a virus on my laptop it i could rate it 0 stars that would be good so FIX THE FREAKING THING

★☆☆☆☆2016-09-24
walter byrd

Cannot get it to work with FreeBSD system running SAMBA.

★☆☆☆☆2016-08-22
Atley Cappy

i cant use it

★☆☆☆☆2016-08-10
Lawrence Burry

doesn't pass domain credentials correctly to smb shares and ends up locking out the account

★☆☆☆☆2016-07-09
gianisa adisaputri

Doesn't work. Meaningless error codes.

★☆☆☆☆2016-06-28
Dixit Singla

Not working!!

★☆☆☆☆2016-06-25
Spark Hart

this used to work for me but not its been renamed from smb to windows and they added the domain name but i have no idea what that is. my network isnt part of a domain.

★☆☆☆☆2016-06-08

doesn't give any idea of what details to put in or where to find them - probably great for a real techy who knows what all the terms mean but for a general user it is no use at all. guess-guess-guess , search online and then give upb in frustration!

★☆☆☆☆2016-05-03
Eric Aguayo

Cannot even get the file list, it keeps saying "Some operations are taking longer than expected. Do you want to abort them?"

★☆☆☆☆2016-04-17
Randy Brown

This simply doesn't work. I technically can access the file share. I see a list of files, but if I want to access them it just times out.

★☆☆☆☆2016-04-11
Jon Adair

Not functional at all for me. Lists shares and I can connect to one but can never copy files. Just constant "an operation is taking longer than expected" warnings. I've tried changing the max protocol version to SMB1/CIFS and the LMCompatibilityLevel but that didn't help.

★☆☆☆☆2016-03-31
Peter King

it dosn,t work

★☆☆☆☆2016-03-06
Chuck Hogan

As soon as it mounts the drive, it crashes. Never actually shows any content. Tried with Win7 and WD MyBookLive. USing Acer Chromebook

★☆☆☆☆2016-02-08
Momad Lashkar

Does not work at all !!

★☆☆☆☆2016-02-04
uyu ysu (niv)

not working

★☆☆☆☆2016-01-31
Jeffrey Blayney

Doesn't even launch after install.

★☆☆☆☆2015-11-25

Can`t connect at all to a Windows 10 share. The search function does not give anything. No documentation almost.

★☆☆☆☆2015-11-23
Carter Horton

it did not worklike all ways.

★☆☆☆☆2015-10-21
Harley H

doesn't work, zero instructions.

★☆☆☆☆2015-10-06
Ken Lesch

Would crash system (ChromeOS) when accessing SMB share on Synology Diskstation DSM 5

★☆☆☆☆2015-09-26
Perry Kivolowitz

Constant stream of unrecoverable timeouts.

★☆☆☆☆2015-09-22
Jason Lechner

stopped working recently

★☆☆☆☆2015-08-20
spitzspot

Doesn't work on Chrome book Flip.

★☆☆☆☆2015-06-29
Michael Vincent David

To get more stars, start by supporting file sizes over 2 GiB.

★☆☆☆☆2015-06-24
Jason Lee

EDIT: Version 2.3.1 still does not fix the access denied error. :( I am so sad that version 2 still does not work with our Windows servers here on campus. I have tried to connect to anything from Windows Server 2000 all the way up to Windows Server 2012. This would make my Chromebook the ultimate tool for work if I could get this to work. :( I still get the NT ACCESS DENIED error and a new incorrect parameter error on a 2012 server I tested.

★☆☆☆☆2015-06-09
Peter Chomczynski

I would love to use this extension but it doesn't work with my Apple AirPort Time Capsule. The app gives an "Extended security not supported" error when I try to mount the Time Capsule and there's no option to disable extended security. I'll update my rating if support is added in the future.

★☆☆☆☆2015-06-05

Tried all possible configurations on this app for the Seagate PersonalCloud using Samba and this app will not allow me to add/delete/remane/move/copy etc. on my Samba server.

★☆☆☆☆2015-06-03

Could not mount file share.

★★☆☆☆2019-08-23
Bryan Gary

I've used this app for a few years - and it's always been a touch temperamental, going through periods where it wouldn't work and then mysteriously - it would. But I've not been able to get it to work for a few months or so. I double checked the local ip address of the shared directories, and I've tinkered with the login credentials and other settings, but no matter what I try it just won't connect. I've had somewhat better luck with Chrome OS's new native "network file shares" thingy, but it doesn't save the settings and keeps asking me to re-enter my user name and password every 5 minutes...

★★☆☆☆2018-09-01
Gylver Wagnon

A bit disappointed. I have multiple Windows machines, plus a pair of SMB NAS devices. Everything can be seen from the other systems, including from my Android devices, but this app fails to find anything. It ought to be able to at least match Android systems.

★★☆☆☆2017-07-16
Paul Charlesworth

It will connect to the university multidrive, but cannot display files.

★★☆☆☆2017-04-28
Jeff Brown

I'd echo Brian Huffman's review.

Permissions (5)

Permissions

alarms Can schedule periodic background tasks fileSystemProvidermdns notifications Can show desktop notifications storage Can store data locally in your browser

Details

Version 2.6.4
Updated Dec 30, 2017
Size 1.31MiB
First Seen Mar 28, 2026