How to force open links in Chrome not download them

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I want to open a link that is  psd format with Photoshop when clicked in Google Chrome like Firefox that asks me to open or download the file  But Google Chrome downloads the file automatically  How can I force to open the links in Chrome without downloading  The links are for local files

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Google  as of now  cannot open w out saving  As a workaround  I use IE Tab from the Chrome Store  It is an extension that runs IE - which does allow opening w  out saving- inside of the Chrome browser application    Not the best solution  but it s an effective  patch  for now

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Just found your question whilst trying to solve another problem I m having  you will find that currently Google isn t able to perform a temporary download so therefore you have to download instead   See  http   productforums google com forum   topic chrome Drge Zrwg-c

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To make certain file types OPEN on your computer  instead of Chrome Downloading     You have to download the file type once  then right after that download  look at the status bar at the bottom of the browser   Click the arrow next to that file and choose  always open files of this type      DONE   Now the file type will always OPEN using your default program       To reset this feature  go to Settings   Advance Settings and under the  Download    section  there s a button to reset  all  Auto Downloads  Hope this helps     -   Visual Instructions found here      http   www presentermedia com blog 2013 10 my-file-automatically-opens-instead-of-saving-with-chrome

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To open docs automatically in Chrome without them being saved    Go to the the three vertical dots on your top far right corner in Chrome   Scroll down to Settings and click   Scroll down to Show advance settings    Scroll down to Downloads under Download location  click the Change button and chose tmp folder  Then just close the screen    Click on any attachments and a small box to the left will appear  it should automatically open if you click on it   When the bottom left box appears it will contain an arrow  click on it and choose the option  Always open files of this type    Going forward it will open the file instantly instead of the small box appearing to the left and you having to click on it to open   You will have to do it just once for various files such PDF  Excel 2010  Excel 2013 Word  ect

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Great question    It can be achieved via an extension    For Chrome  load undisposition If the file loading is ASCII then colour coding may be desirable  that can be done via  the Syntaxtic extension btw  for Firefox load the InlineDisposition add-on

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I think the question was about to open a local file directly instead of downloading a local file to the download folder and open the file in the download folder  which seems not possible in Chrome  except some add-on mentioned above   My workaround would be to right click -  Copy the link location Windows   R and paste the link there and Enter It will go to the file directly

[google-chrome] How to force open links in Chrome not download them?

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