other:chrome
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| <note tip>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>''). | <note tip>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 folder to another location (outside of ''C:\''), but at least we know how to make a backup of the settings, and how to restore them (to the same, or another computer)</note> | + | 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)</note> |
| ====== Prerequisite ====== | ====== Prerequisite ====== | ||
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| * You **must** have started (**and exited**) Chrome at least once (in order to initialize the configuration files) | * You **must** have started (**and exited**) Chrome at least once (in order to initialize the configuration files) | ||
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| + | * Make sure Chrome is not running when you backup/restore your settings | ||
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| + | ====== Backing up the settings ====== | ||
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| + | * Go the your (hidden) //Chrome// folder\\ ''C:\Users\<your_login>\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\'' | ||
| + | * Copy the ''Default'' settings sub-folder | ||
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| + | ====== Restoring the settings ====== | ||
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| + | * 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 11:45 by jypeter
