Showing posts with label Chrome. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chrome. Show all posts

2023-01-05

Store location of the opened tabs from Chrome browser / Restore opened tabs from Chrome

Go the the following location:
%userprofile%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Sessions

To restore your opened tabs to another PC or user copy the files in this locatation to your new device:
Session_*.* and Tabs_*.*

2020-12-01

Add Chrome shortcut for more profiles on desktop

1. Create a file named User.desktop

2.Edit the file:

#!/usr/bin/env xdg-open
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Terminal=false
Icon[en_US]=google-chrome
Exec=google-chrome --profile-directory=Profile\ 1
Name[en_US]=User
Name=User
Icon=google-chrome

3. Move the file on the desktop

4. Right click on he file and select "Allow Launching" 

5. Double click on the file to start chrome with your profile

2019-02-01

Ubuntu: Install Google Chrome from the terminal

Open the terminal and run the following commands:
wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb

2018-10-17

Chrome URL's

ItemURL
URLchrome://chrome-urls/
Componentschrome://components/
Extensionschrome://extensions/
Flagschrome://flags/
Security Sandboxchrome://sandbox/

2018-08-31

Google Chrome asks to login every time I open the browser

Go to %userprofile%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default and delete the following files:

  • Login Data
  • Login Data-journal


Tested on
OS: Windows 10 x64
Browser: Version 68.0.3440.106 (Official Build) (64-bit)

2018-02-18

Enable mute icon in Chrome tab


  • go to chrome://flags
  • enable tab audio muting UI control
  • restart Chrome

2017-01-16

Fix Google Chrome blank/black screen (Facebook video full screen)

Method 1:
  • go to Settings -> Show advanced settings...
  • uncheck Use hardware acceleration when available
Method 2:
  • open your Chrome shortcut and add the following parameter
    • -disable-gpu
Method 3:
  • open Chrome and go to chrome://flags/
  • search for GPU compositing on all pages and disable it
Method 4:
  • go to %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data
  • edit file Local State
  • add or insert "hardware_acceleration_mode": { "enabled": false },

2015-09-26

Fix messed up fonts and uneditable input boxes in Google Chrome

Enter in the address bar chrome://flags/#disable-direct-write and enable the Disable DirectWrite Windows

2012-03-19

Google Chrome: Restore Last Session

In case your browser crushes, run chrome with this parameter: --restore-last-session