Fully restoring Portable Chrome Profiles after OS/Windows Reinstall
I had to reinstall Windows 7 and eventually test something in Chrome; I only use portable versions. The profiles half work however some of the very limited customizations aren't working (e.g. the Home button isn't displayed though the theme is working).
I ran chrome://version/ and it says my profile location is: C:MEDIAINTERNETChrome72.0DataprofileDefault
I suspect that something in the C:Users[user]AppData directory needs to be restored or fixed (doubting it's a registry issue). How do I fully restore Portable Chrome profiles?
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I had to reinstall Windows 7 and eventually test something in Chrome; I only use portable versions. The profiles half work however some of the very limited customizations aren't working (e.g. the Home button isn't displayed though the theme is working).
I ran chrome://version/ and it says my profile location is: C:MEDIAINTERNETChrome72.0DataprofileDefault
I suspect that something in the C:Users[user]AppData directory needs to be restored or fixed (doubting it's a registry issue). How do I fully restore Portable Chrome profiles?
windows-7 google-chrome
asked Feb 26 at 19:29
JohnJohn
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add a comment |
I had to reinstall Windows 7 and eventually test something in Chrome; I only use portable versions. The profiles half work however some of the very limited customizations aren't working (e.g. the Home button isn't displayed though the theme is working).
I ran chrome://version/ and it says my profile location is: C:MEDIAINTERNETChrome72.0DataprofileDefault
I suspect that something in the C:Users[user]AppData directory needs to be restored or fixed (doubting it's a registry issue). How do I fully restore Portable Chrome profiles?
windows-7 google-chrome
asked Feb 26 at 19:29
JohnJohn
1,00021337
I had to reinstall Windows 7 and eventually test something in Chrome; I only use portable versions. The profiles half work however some of the very limited customizations aren't working (e.g. the Home button isn't displayed though the theme is working).
I ran chrome://version/ and it says my profile location is: C:MEDIAINTERNETChrome72.0DataprofileDefault
I suspect that something in the C:Users[user]AppData directory needs to be restored or fixed (doubting it's a registry issue). How do I fully restore Portable Chrome profiles?
windows-7 google-chrome
windows-7 google-chrome
asked Feb 26 at 19:29
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asked Feb 26 at 19:29
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asked Feb 26 at 19:29
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This is by design of the Chrome/Chromium team.
Your passwords, search providers, homepage settings, extensions, extension settings,
etc. are all locked to a specific PC and you cannot move them around.
You cannot back them up and restore then to another PC.
You must log in to Google for all of that.
Signing into Google Chrome should restore your settings if you were signed in last time, but it will be required that you do so and re-download your settings and extensions on every PC. If you're not signed in to Google, you'll simply lose your settings. Google Chrome is designed to not give you any notice of this except a small message at the top of the Options window if you happen to open it.
If you want to use those things portably without having to sync it all to Google, you have to use a different browser.
The Chrome/Chromium team is working on improving this problem, but it's unknown
when and if improvements will arrive.
More details are available on the Google Chrome Portable homepage and in the license page presented during installation:
answered Feb 26 at 20:06
harrymcharrymc
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This does not match my experience. I have used the same Profile for Portable Chromium/Chrome for several PC now.
– Ramhound
Feb 26 at 21:36
@Ramhound: With sync or without?
– harrymc
Feb 26 at 21:43
I don't sync my profile with Google.
– Ramhound
Feb 26 at 21:44
@Ramhound: If you are somehow bypassing this "feature" of Chrome, it would be useful to tell us how.
– harrymc
Feb 26 at 21:54
1
@Ramhound: You could perhaps compare notes with the poster to find what you are doing that he doesn't.
– harrymc
Feb 26 at 22:42
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This is by design of the Chrome/Chromium team.
Your passwords, search providers, homepage settings, extensions, extension settings,
etc. are all locked to a specific PC and you cannot move them around.
You cannot back them up and restore then to another PC.
You must log in to Google for all of that.
Signing into Google Chrome should restore your settings if you were signed in last time, but it will be required that you do so and re-download your settings and extensions on every PC. If you're not signed in to Google, you'll simply lose your settings. Google Chrome is designed to not give you any notice of this except a small message at the top of the Options window if you happen to open it.
If you want to use those things portably without having to sync it all to Google, you have to use a different browser.
The Chrome/Chromium team is working on improving this problem, but it's unknown
when and if improvements will arrive.
More details are available on the Google Chrome Portable homepage and in the license page presented during installation:
answered Feb 26 at 20:06
harrymcharrymc
264k14273581
1
This does not match my experience. I have used the same Profile for Portable Chromium/Chrome for several PC now.
– Ramhound
Feb 26 at 21:36
@Ramhound: With sync or without?
– harrymc
Feb 26 at 21:43
I don't sync my profile with Google.
– Ramhound
Feb 26 at 21:44
@Ramhound: If you are somehow bypassing this "feature" of Chrome, it would be useful to tell us how.
– harrymc
Feb 26 at 21:54
1
@Ramhound: You could perhaps compare notes with the poster to find what you are doing that he doesn't.
– harrymc
Feb 26 at 22:42
|
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This is by design of the Chrome/Chromium team.
Your passwords, search providers, homepage settings, extensions, extension settings,
etc. are all locked to a specific PC and you cannot move them around.
You cannot back them up and restore then to another PC.
You must log in to Google for all of that.
Signing into Google Chrome should restore your settings if you were signed in last time, but it will be required that you do so and re-download your settings and extensions on every PC. If you're not signed in to Google, you'll simply lose your settings. Google Chrome is designed to not give you any notice of this except a small message at the top of the Options window if you happen to open it.
If you want to use those things portably without having to sync it all to Google, you have to use a different browser.
The Chrome/Chromium team is working on improving this problem, but it's unknown
when and if improvements will arrive.
More details are available on the Google Chrome Portable homepage and in the license page presented during installation:
answered Feb 26 at 20:06
harrymcharrymc
264k14273581
1
This does not match my experience. I have used the same Profile for Portable Chromium/Chrome for several PC now.
– Ramhound
Feb 26 at 21:36
@Ramhound: With sync or without?
– harrymc
Feb 26 at 21:43
I don't sync my profile with Google.
– Ramhound
Feb 26 at 21:44
@Ramhound: If you are somehow bypassing this "feature" of Chrome, it would be useful to tell us how.
– harrymc
Feb 26 at 21:54
1
@Ramhound: You could perhaps compare notes with the poster to find what you are doing that he doesn't.
– harrymc
Feb 26 at 22:42
|
show 5 more comments
This is by design of the Chrome/Chromium team.
Your passwords, search providers, homepage settings, extensions, extension settings,
etc. are all locked to a specific PC and you cannot move them around.
You cannot back them up and restore then to another PC.
You must log in to Google for all of that.
Signing into Google Chrome should restore your settings if you were signed in last time, but it will be required that you do so and re-download your settings and extensions on every PC. If you're not signed in to Google, you'll simply lose your settings. Google Chrome is designed to not give you any notice of this except a small message at the top of the Options window if you happen to open it.
If you want to use those things portably without having to sync it all to Google, you have to use a different browser.
The Chrome/Chromium team is working on improving this problem, but it's unknown
when and if improvements will arrive.
More details are available on the Google Chrome Portable homepage and in the license page presented during installation:
answered Feb 26 at 20:06
harrymcharrymc
264k14273581
This is by design of the Chrome/Chromium team.
Your passwords, search providers, homepage settings, extensions, extension settings,
etc. are all locked to a specific PC and you cannot move them around.
You cannot back them up and restore then to another PC.
You must log in to Google for all of that.
Signing into Google Chrome should restore your settings if you were signed in last time, but it will be required that you do so and re-download your settings and extensions on every PC. If you're not signed in to Google, you'll simply lose your settings. Google Chrome is designed to not give you any notice of this except a small message at the top of the Options window if you happen to open it.
If you want to use those things portably without having to sync it all to Google, you have to use a different browser.
The Chrome/Chromium team is working on improving this problem, but it's unknown
when and if improvements will arrive.
More details are available on the Google Chrome Portable homepage and in the license page presented during installation:
answered Feb 26 at 20:06
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answered Feb 26 at 20:06
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answered Feb 26 at 20:06
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answered Feb 26 at 20:06
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This does not match my experience. I have used the same Profile for Portable Chromium/Chrome for several PC now.
– Ramhound
Feb 26 at 21:36
@Ramhound: With sync or without?
– harrymc
Feb 26 at 21:43
I don't sync my profile with Google.
– Ramhound
Feb 26 at 21:44
@Ramhound: If you are somehow bypassing this "feature" of Chrome, it would be useful to tell us how.
– harrymc
Feb 26 at 21:54
1
@Ramhound: You could perhaps compare notes with the poster to find what you are doing that he doesn't.
– harrymc
Feb 26 at 22:42
|
show 5 more comments
1
This does not match my experience. I have used the same Profile for Portable Chromium/Chrome for several PC now.
– Ramhound
Feb 26 at 21:36
@Ramhound: With sync or without?
– harrymc
Feb 26 at 21:43
I don't sync my profile with Google.
– Ramhound
Feb 26 at 21:44
@Ramhound: If you are somehow bypassing this "feature" of Chrome, it would be useful to tell us how.
– harrymc
Feb 26 at 21:54
1
@Ramhound: You could perhaps compare notes with the poster to find what you are doing that he doesn't.
– harrymc
Feb 26 at 22:42
1
1
This does not match my experience. I have used the same Profile for Portable Chromium/Chrome for several PC now.
– Ramhound
Feb 26 at 21:36
This does not match my experience. I have used the same Profile for Portable Chromium/Chrome for several PC now.
– Ramhound
Feb 26 at 21:36
@Ramhound: With sync or without?
– harrymc
Feb 26 at 21:43
@Ramhound: With sync or without?
– harrymc
Feb 26 at 21:43
I don't sync my profile with Google.
– Ramhound
Feb 26 at 21:44
I don't sync my profile with Google.
– Ramhound
Feb 26 at 21:44
@Ramhound: If you are somehow bypassing this "feature" of Chrome, it would be useful to tell us how.
– harrymc
Feb 26 at 21:54
@Ramhound: If you are somehow bypassing this "feature" of Chrome, it would be useful to tell us how.
– harrymc
Feb 26 at 21:54
1
1
@Ramhound: You could perhaps compare notes with the poster to find what you are doing that he doesn't.
– harrymc
Feb 26 at 22:42
@Ramhound: You could perhaps compare notes with the poster to find what you are doing that he doesn't.
– harrymc
Feb 26 at 22:42
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