file: URL does not display, Omnibox empty

[WilfulTravesty]

Using a URL like file:///C:/Users/myname/Desktop/links.html results in a new tab being an empty white page and the Omnibar being empty. Using external web site URLs works fine.

[NfNitLoop]

Same here. I wonder if Chrome has started to disallow redirects to local files. 😞

[NfNitLoop]

Error from console:

Uncaught (in promise) Error: Cannot navigate to a file URL without local file access.

[TheMikeyR]

I've had the same issue and on search stumbled upon this, and after reading @NfNitLoop comment about the error in the console, I confirmed I had the same and solved it by going in about:extensions and changed enabled the permissions for the extension to access local files