In my chrome settings, it is constantly saying "browser Managed by organisation" and the only way I have discovered to remove this is by deleting the chrome folder in policies of the Local Machine fold in registry editor.
Is there any way to automatically delete this folder perhaps daily?
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I am trying to use phpStorm on 2 computers to work on a project that is synchronized through dropbox. From what I read it looks like concurrent use of a personal license on multiple computers is supported as of 2015. However, when I save files on each computer, it changes workspace.xml in the .idea folder. This throws the following error when I go to work on the other computer.
"Project Files Changed
Project components were changed externally and cannot be reloaded:
ToolWindowManager
Would you like to reload project?"
How can I fix this problem so I don't have to reload phpStorm every time I save a file?
Use git instead of dropbox and commit your changes excluding .idea project files to a branch before you leave one computer.
You could also try to exclude the .idea project files from the dropbox sync folder via symlinks to not have them synced.
I can't access internet through my chrome browser,but can access net through all other browsers in the same system. Tried uninstalling and installing chrome but of no use...Is there any solution for this ?
this is the issue....
Since you have already uninstalled it let's start here:
Step 1: Enable the Hidden Files View.
To do that go to:
Start > Control Panel > Folder Options.
Click the View tab.
Click/Check the Show hidden files, folders, and drives option.
Uncheck the Hide protected operating system files option.
Press OK.
Step 2: Delete any Chrome or Google folders from your computer.
Navigate to the following locations and delete the Chrome folder(s). You can also choose to rename them. I would also search you computer for any google or chrome folder to make sure.
C:\Users\<YourUserName>\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome
C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome
Step 3: Schedule a check disk
To do this use:
chkdsk c: /r
where 'c' is the drive with chrome installed. You can add other drives as well just in case you had multiple installations. To do this basically replace c with the drive letter.
Step 5: Reboot PC and reinstall chrome.
Optional Step: if the above still fails. Download CCleaner. Restart in safe mode with networking. Repeat the above steps but run CCleaner as the final step.
What you need to do is check if there is a proxy turned on system-wide or even in chrome, turn it off. type that "chrome://settings" in your URL bar of chrome: and search for proxy
My company distributes a Chrome extension along with our Windows apps. I have read the Google guidelines on doing so, here, and see that the recommended method of doing so is to publish the extension in the Chrome Web Store, which we have done. Then, during installation, we should place a key in the Windows registry, which will direct Chrome to download the extension from the store the next time it starts up. This all makes sense, and we are planning to use this method.
However, I am told by some of our developers that they are worried about certain scenarios (specifically in countries where access to Google servers may be blocked) where it may not be possible to install the extension this way. Therefore, they have proposed both using this method, and including the .crx file in our installation package. My question is: Will this cause any issues? For users with a normal connection to Google's servers, will they be able to receive the extension as normal?
Will this cause any issues?
As long as "it's useless, because it can't be installed" isn't an issue, then no, no issues including it. /sarcasm
You cannot install CRX files from third-party sources, even manually (and not at all automatically), with the possible exception of enterprise deployment via domain policies.
The only way to install a non-Store extension is as unpacked. This requires manually switching on the Developer mode, selecting the folder, and enduring the scary warning on every Chrome launch.
I'm afraid you'll need to consider excluding such scenarios from your potential market.
How to local install ALL Chrome CRX without any problem:
Chrome saves ALL information in %LocalAppData%\Google.
Install Chrome
Install Chrome .CRX you are needing
Back up %LocalAppData%\Google
Create WinRar to unpack saved profile to: %LocalAppData%
This bypasses the mandatory Chrome store installation.
What are the downsides of this method?
Using this method could overwrite existing user profile data/bookmarks.
Overwriting user saved bookmarks/passwords may cause data loss for user.
What is a possible workaround?
Firefox can use alternate profile, if set to do so via txt in user profile.
If Chrome profile can load alternate profile, locate the string/text responsible for this & edit it to use the new user profile path, then create a WinRar SFX to install to this new location.
This will then enable Chrome SFX installer (Via WinRar SFX) to install a chrome profile with the .CRX extensions desired already installed & not have to mess with pre-existing user data.
What are the downsides to this method?
Users may wonder how to get their old bookmarks/settings to work.
While users will get the new .CRX, it will be starting with essentially a blank profile.
How you can help:
We know we can install any unpacked CRX via SFX install.
We know we can potentially cause Chrome to use alternate profile to avoid corrupting or messing with user data.
We need someone with an idea how to install unpacked CRX without causing a problem in the old user profile.
Things tried so far:
Tried to locate the file(s) responsible for saving installed .CRX settings.
(Make unpacked CRX load & work properly)
Discovered a key file that contained bookmarks/user data also was the same one responsible for ID the CRX & making it load.
This presented a problem, because how is it possible to import this key file in a WinRar SFX installer, without also overwriting the user bookmarks/saved data?
If anyone can figure this part out, we can then use WinRar SFX to unpack CRX into Chrome profile directory, without overwriting/destroying user data.
Alternate method may be to re-route Chrome to use new profile with desired .CRX files already loaded, then cmd-line import the old profile settings/bookmarks/saved passwords.
If this is possible...
Congrats to all who are seeking solutions!
Working together, we can succeed!
I have extension in chrome store.
At first I added programmatically chrome extension through registry.
Next I removed by hands this extension in Chrome. And added programmatically folder in registry again. But it didn't install in browser.
Also when I removed extension, the folder with extension_id in registry didn't remove, so it even didn't change when I install it again...
How can I solve it? (without solution through chrome store "Add plugin")
This is intentional. If the user decides to delete an automatically installed extension, it is blacklisted on that profile and will not be installed automatically again. There's nothing you can (automatically) do.
From the docs:
What if the user uninstalls the extension?
If the user uninstalls the extension through the UI, it will no longer be installed or updated on each startup. In other words, the external extension is blacklisted.
A user, however, can clear the blacklist by going to the Web Store and installing from there:
How do I get off the blacklist?
If the user uninstalls your extension, you should respect that decision. However, if you (the developer) accidentally uninstalled your extension through the UI, you can remove the blacklist tag by installing the extension normally through the UI, and then uninstalling it.
I have an extension that I used to host on my server.
I have an update url pointing to my server where updates are automatically published to the users.
The newest chrome version does not allow installation of extensions over 3rd party urls, they need to be hosted in the webstore.
If I do that, do all users need to re-add the extension, or can they somehow migrate seemlessly to recieve future updates from the webstore?
Publish to the webstore, with the same id, by importing your existing key:
Put your private key as 'key.pem' in the root yof your extension directory and zip it along the extension. It will be removed upon upload.
Republish the old crx with update_url set to:
http://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx
This way it will be seamless.
(Source:
https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/chromium-extensions/3vvygtEajMQ%5B1-25%5D
https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/chromium-apps/qZ5PXH2KzPs%5B1-25%5D )
You can still use 3rd party .crx extensions, themes, apps, etc.
But the file must be downloaded to a local folder and then dragged into the extensions manager (chrome://chrome/extensions/).