ping works but chrome not connects?

[Moe]

Originally Posted by agoo

When I type 192.168.7.2 in file explorer address bar it connects to the connected portable device. Also ping 192.168.7.2 works OK without loss but when I type 192.168.7.2 in chrome address bar I get "connection refused". Firewall is off and no proxy is used. Any idea how to get around this?

This has been disabled on purpose - security.
The security risk is anyone can create a webpage with a link to local files on your hard drive.
If not disabled then it would mean that attackers would be able to even link to and run any executables on your PC from the internet through the browser when you visit an arbitrary web page.

This used to work in the past to enable links in browser to local files. It may or may not work with modern versions of the browsers:

https://github.com/tksugimoto/chrome-extension_open-local-file-link

You can try it and see if it works for you.