other:chrome

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Chrome notes
Prerequisite
Backing up the settings
Restoring the settings

Chrome notes

The Chrome configuration folder (settings, local mailboxes, address books, etc…) is stored by default somewhere in a hidden section of the user's Windows directory (C:\Users\<your_login>).

We don't know how to move this Chrome settings folder to another location (outside of C:\…), but at least we know how to make a backup of some of the settings, and how to restore them (to the same, or another computer)

Prerequisite

You must be able to see Windows' hidden folders in order to access the configuration directory
- Displaying hidden folders on Windows 7
- Displaying hidden folders on Windows 10

You must have started (and exited) Chrome at least once (in order to initialize the configuration files)

Make sure Chrome is not running when you backup/restore your settings!

Backing up the settings

Go the your (hidden) Chrome folder
C:\Users\<your_login>\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\
Copy the Default settings sub-folder to a backup disk

Restoring the settings

Go the your (hidden) Chrome folder
C:\Users\<your_login>\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\, after having started (and exited) Chrome at least once
Remove the existing Default settings sub-folder
Copy the Default folder that was copied in the previous section

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other/chrome.txt · Last modified: 2020/03/20 12:45 by jypeter