WinCse · Windows Cloud Storage Explorer

WinCse is an application that integrates object storage into Windows Explorer, allowing you to manage buckets as if they were local file systems.

Main Features

• Operate object storage files just like Windows file sharing
• Adjust the names and number of displayed buckets
• Supports read-only mounting
• Supports AWS S3, Google Cloud Storage
• Compatible with S3-compatible object storage

System Requirements

• Windows 11 or later recommended
• WinFsp
• Required SDKs (included in the application)
  • AWS SDK for C++
  • Google Cloud Platform C++ Client Libraries

Installation Steps

1. Install WinFsp
2. Download WinCse from the release page

Usage

1. Run the appropriate script with administrator privileges, depending on the storage type:
   • AWS S3 → setup/install-aws-s3.bat
   • Google Cloud Storage → setup/install-gcp-gs.bat
   • S3-compatible object storage → setup/install-compat-s3.bat
2. When the form screen appears, enter your authentication information and click Create.
3. Run mount.bat from the displayed Explorer directory to mount the storage.
4. Access the bucket files through Windows Explorer.
5. Run un-mount.bat to unmount the drive.

Uninstallation Steps

1. Run un-mount.bat to unmount the drive
2. Run reg-del.bat with administrator privileges
3. Delete the directory containing *.bat files
4. Uninstall WinFsp if no longer needed

Update Procedure

1. Unmount the drive
2. Download and extract the zip file from the release page
3. Overwrite setup and x64 in the installation directory

Limitations

• Some restrictions can be relaxed by modifying the values in WinCse.conf
• Bucket creation and deletion are not supported
• abort() is used for error detection, which may cause forced termination
• For more details, refer to Limitations

Notes

• Only tested on Windows 11, compatibility with other versions is not guaranteed
• Refer to OCI_AWS_CPP_SDK_S3_Examples for OCI Object Storage credentials
• S3-compatible storage has been tested with OCI Object Storage, Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage, Cloudflare R2, Backblaze B2, Storj DCS, Tigris and IDrive e2

License

This project is licensed under GPLv3 and Apache License 2.0.