Questions tagged [google-chrome]
Google's web browser available on both mobile and desktop platforms.
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After disabling adblockers in chrome no browsers can access google analytics
I had two ad blockers in chrome which I have now disabled and removed. However, they have left behind some of their instructions.
I cannot click on any google ad links from any browser which I now ...
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Is there a Kotlin search URL that would work with Chrome style search shortcuts?
Chromium based browsers, and tools like Surfingkeys, allow the user to set up custom quick searches, but they require a search URL with a syntax like: http://domain.tld/search?term=%s. I have quick ...
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Redirect website endpoints locally
Whenever I click a link that hits this endpoint:
youtube.com/shorts/{video_id}
I'd like my browser to instead end up at
youtube.com/watch/{video_id}
(Since /shorts/ is grotesquely horrible on ...
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Is there a "tab group manager" functionality in Chrome? [closed]
I'm using Google Chrome, version 126.0.6478.55.
Since the "tab group" feature was announced by Google, I have been using it.
By now I have so many tab groups, that their vertical outline ...
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How to cast to a 2022 Samsung TV without chromecast? "Available for specific video sites" showing up?
On both my Samsung TV, one a 2018 model (the 6 series) and the other a 2022 one (QN75QN90AAFXZA) I cannot cast my tabs from the Chrome browser, it says "Available for specific video sites", ...
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Google update service (gupdate) missing in Services
I wanna update google chrome, and I got the error:
I tried to start the google update service (gupdate) in Services, but it's not present.
How can I start it?
EDIT: Chrome is now running a current ...
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How to sync Google Chrome extension settings
I want to be able to sync all my Google Chrome extensions and their settings to a new device. My old device is no longer accessible but I have turned on Sync and set it to Sync everything on my old ...
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Chrome 125 doesnt open IP:8080 links
I have Selenoid installed on few servers.
For some strange reason, ip:8080 links do not open in my Chrome at all.
It just keeps loading and loading. Network console keeps showing (pending) and never ...
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Browsers redirecting to https
I have an internal site that uses http and is not configured for https. I am using Chrome 126.0.6478.61 and Edge 126.0.2592.56.Chrome start redirecting to https for my site last week so I switch to ...
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YouTube 3 dots don't work on Chrome
I am using Chrome on Windows 11, I click on the 3 dots on videos and nothing happens. Other browsers and other devices are fine. I have tried clearing cache (even re-installed Chrome) but to no avail. ...
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Why is Chrome randomly refusing to download some PDF files?
For example, this one:
https://support.hp.com/us-en/product/setup-user-guides/hp-z440-workstation/6978828
User Guide 1.54 MB that is here: http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c04856247.pdf
I have set ...
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How to enable the IPv6ReachabilityOverrideEnabled flag in Google Chrome for MacOS?
I've installed Google Chrome (version 126.0.6478.62, built for x86_64) on my (unmanaged/vanilla) Macintosh (running macOS Sonoma 14.5), and I'd like to use Chrome to access the web server built in to ...
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Closing a browser session (chrome based) without missing the "restore pages" button on restart?
I'm wondering how to close a browser session the intended way (all windows at once) without missing the option to restore the previous sessions on restart, which is sometimes missing.
My issue is that ...
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Remove anti-copy blocking measures from website automatically? [closed]
This website: https://www.kingstonist.com/
Blocks you from selecting text, right clicking, and even a bunch of common keyboard shortcuts.
I like to highlight blocks of text as I read because it's ...
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How can I prevent users from opening the same app multiple times in Windows 10 Assigned Access
I configured a multi-app kiosk for some of my users using Assigned Access on Windows 10 .
It works great but I'm struggling to prevent them from opening multiple instances of the same program.
I've ...
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Why is 'Service Host: WaaSMedicSvc' running as a subprocess of Google Chrome?
While looking through Task Manager on my Windows 11 PC, I noticed "Service Host: WaaSMedicSvc" was running as a subprocess of Google Chrome and using up 800 MB of memory. According to ...
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Windows Desktop lags constantly, unless youtube is playing a video
I have a 144Hz monitor that works perfectly for games or any demanding app.
But I get constant stuttering / low framerate on the desktop (web browsers, explorer, excel, etc.).
But, whenever there's ...
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How to make Youtube in Chrome play sound to the laptop's internal loudspeaker?
Windows 10 Youtube in Chrome does not want to play the video's sound to the laptop's loudspeaker. In System Settings I try changing the default sound output. When I change it to a wireless ...
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How can one turn off Adobe Acrobat PDF reader in Google Chrome?
The Adobe Acrobat PDF reader extension in Google Chrome cannot be disabled due to some enforced corporate desktop policy:
How can one turn off Adobe Acrobat PDF reader in Google Chrome?
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What is "Chrome File Utilities" process and why does it slow down my system?
It is a process spawned by Chrome.
I was compressing a folder on my drive unrelated to anything chrome has to do with and it was sucking up my CPU and making winrar unresponsive?
What does that ...
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How can I enable a .crx extension in Chrome?
I coded an extension for Chrome, packed it as crx via Chrome, and loaded it in Chrome. How can I enable it? The enable button is greyed out, clicking on it does nothing.
I use Chrome Version 125.0....
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Chrome Theming: How do I remove or change the color and width of the dividers between tabs?
I've installed a theme that I like, but I absolutely hate the thick dividers between each tab when I have a lot of tabs open.
I'd ideally like to:
Change their width to 1px
Change the color
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User Install of Google Chrome [closed]
how do I uninstall a user install google chrome in there appdata folder. the users are not allowed to uninstall their own software and I really don't want to op the users and then have them uninstall ...
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How can I cancel all file downloads at once in Chrome?
How can I cancel all file downloads at once in Chrome? I use Chrome with Windows.
I didn't find the option:
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Error: Windows.old folder linked to the system
I am developing a tool with c# and robocopy to help me to backup and restore my data after re-install windows 10. For example selenium profiles from browsers, code repositories, etc. But i have ...
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How do I open multiple instances of Google Chrome instances on top of the same icon?
I prefer when multiple instances of the same program when opened are stacked on top of each other. Practically all of my programs behave this way.
However Chrome always opens the first instance as a ...
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Can you force Chrome to install an app to desktop? (even if it's not a PWA)
There are some apps I'd like to install to desktop which are not PWAs (and I'd like to force "tabbed" PWA mode via Chrome flags) - like Slack, Jira.
I like the idea of reusing the existing ...
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Conversion of url to pdf using chrome command line
I am using this code in powershell to convert url to pdf start chrome -ArgumentList "--headless --print-to-pdf=C:\Users\user\Desktop\file1.pdf link but it is not providing any css.
Is there any ...
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My Chrome tab memory usage increases with every tab reload going up to 2GB per tab
(My device is an intel based Mac Pro 2019)
On chrome every time a tab is reloaded, the memory usage of that tab increases. A tab with a website starting with 100MB of memory usage goes over 500MB ...
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How to quickly hide all the extensions in Chrome for the purpose of recording and screensharing?
Screensharing. Recording. Long long long list of Chrome extensions. I don't want entire world to see it.
There are some workarounds:
manually hide
use another browser profile
But that's not ...
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Chrome issue on MACBook, showing invalid string in suggestions and docs
Im not sure if this is the correct portal for my question or not, but I am unable to find anything with the issue I'm facing and that is why trying here in Stackoverflow.
Issues are with my Chrome ...
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Chrome's print page is grayed out and stuck for all webpages, but works perfectly for PDF files
Every attempt to print webpages in the latest PortableApps Chrome (currently v125.0.6422.61) in Windows 10 is just grayed out and fails with a message of Print preview failed. Note nothing is ...
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How to prevent programs from reading Chrome data?
I found a program on Github that can easily extract data from the installed browsers with just one command. This includes, localstorage, passwords etc. It doesn't need administrator access.
Is there a ...
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The Windows trusted the self-signed certificate but Google Chrome returned the NET::ERR_CERT_AUTHORITY_INVALID error
I created a self-signed Root CA certificate, then created an IA certificate signed with Root CA, and finally created a server certificate signed with IA certificate.
These are the commands that I use:
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Software on Windows crashing/OOMing with RAM well below 100%
I have a Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon (4th gen, 2016), and lately while working I've been noticing Chrome and PyCharm intermittently crashing.
Usually it seems like like a CPU spike or something causes ...
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Something in Chrome steals focus when typing replies in some forums. I think it's certain ads
I've not seen this until the last few months. I'll be on a forum like the AVS Forum, typing a reply, and something else on the page keeps taking focus as I type. It only seems to happen on sites with ...
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How to get the right amount of paging on Windows? [duplicate]
I have VMware instance always working
I open lots of Chrome tabs
I have 32GB of RAM
I have an NVMe
I have 5000MBs - 9000MB paging (chosen from Windows Settings) (just used this after having
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Upper limit of the number of tabs that Onetabs supports
Windows 11
Chrome Version 124.0.6367.202 (Official Build) (64-bit)
Onetab Version 1.84
Currently at 9471 tabs
What determines the upper limit of tabs that Onetab supports before creating problems (...
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How to find the lowest "latest version" of Google Chrome
Before 2023, this was an easy question to answer. Google hosted a JSON at Omahaproxy (https://omahaproxy.appspot.com/json) which would give a simple response when queried.
Asking...
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How can I go to the next slide of a PDF opened in Chrome, so that the next slide takes the entire vertical space of the screen?
I opened a PDF containing slides in Chrome. How can I go to the next slide, so that the next slide takes the entire vertical space of the screen?
Example of a slide that takes the entire vertical ...
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How can I make Firefox or Chrome ignore the system time on Mac OS?
I'm a software engineer trying to test some things. Would appreciate if anyone knows how to do this on Mac OS.
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Chrome (forced to use Intel GPU) slows down when I focus on a game that uses 100% of the NVIDIA GPU
I have 2 GPUs in my Windows 10 PC:
Intel HD Graphics 4600 (On Board)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
To allow for a better distribution of graphics performance, I changed the Windows graphics setting ...
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Creating a Chrome bookmark to automate a web PHP search
I am an user in some forum, and I want to create a bookmark for searching my past messages. To do so, you can open an advanced search link whose address is as follows (identifiable words have been ...
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disable chrome history in search bar
I like to define and use custom entries in Chrome browsing search engine site settings also as hotkeys for sites without any search functionality. I often use a single letter shortcut (for example 'd' ...
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How can I block these Edge and Chrome settings?
https://imgur.com/a/fVPo4DV
It says: "Your Privacy is important for Microsoft Edge... bla bla bla... " I can either click on Accept or Deny All. This always pops up when Edge is opened for ...
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Open Google Tasks in separate window from Google Calendar with Google Chrome
In Google Workspaces I can open Google Calendar with URL https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/r and Google Tasks with URL https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/r/tasks.
I have created a Chrome ...
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Adjusting bookmark bar length of tab groups in Google Chrome, OS Windows 10
I saved tab groups in my bookmark bar, and I'm looking for how to adjust the length of the red part in the figure below.
It seems that it's not possible to change the length, maybe there is a trick to ...
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Are cookies in third-party ads now blocked in Firefox, Safari, Edge, and Chrome?
The Storage Access API is relevant to user agents that, by default, block access to third-party cookies to improve privacy (for example, to prevent tracking). There are legitimate uses for third-party ...
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How to Copy session (logged in users of gmail ) of a chrome from one computer to the other computer?
I bought a new laptop and I have copied all the data from one pc to another including the App data.
I want to transfer my logged in session of gmail from my old laptop to new laptop, without entering ...
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High CPU usage detected Message
I keep getting this popup that says
High CPU Usage Detected
It appears in a white box with rounded corners in the upper right of the screen whenever I watch a YouTube video in full screen (Edge, ...
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