I am making a batch file that opens chrome to a specific page. I started with the
start
command by writing the line:
start http://www.google.com
I then added the specific browser chrome to open the tab.
start chrome.exe http://www.google.com
However i noticed that google chrome has an "account feature" that lets you browse as different accounts. I tested everything i could guess but i can find a way to get chrome to open the tab as a specific user.
You can use chrome.exe --profile-directory="Profile 1" to start chrome under a specific Chrome user.
Take a look at this article over on Superuser: Resolved Superuser question
There was a very interesting response over there about how Chrome has a neat feature of adding desktop shortcuts for specific users in the Chrome User settings.
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The Network tab in the Google Chrome Developer Tools window shows almost all http requests made, but does not seem to capture anything when the http request results in a file being downloaded.
How can I capture download requests in Google Chrome?
I am sure that your file download is happening by opening a new window. Network tab of developer tools only captures the request of current tab.
For example, following link will download the file but it will not appear in the network tab.
Click Here to Download file
Similar type of things can be done using javascript using (window.open, dynamic hyperlink/iframe), which will not appear in the network tab.
Various Javascript approach you can check here
I have observed similar behaviour in my past.
You cane check the chrome://net-internals in older version of chrome and chrome://net-export/ in the newer version of chrome to monitor any type of request being made by any instance/tab of chrome.
Note: You can check the internal events of chrome by typing chrome://net-export/ in the url box of chrome.
I have faced similar issue, and here's how I solved it.
Issue:
Debug an anchor link that download file upon clicking it.
Debugging Process:
Steps
Go to chrome://settings/content/automaticDownloads?search=download and disable auto download
Open chrome dev tools, Settings -> Global -> Auto-open DevTools for popup
Open chrome dev tools, Settings -> Console -> Preserve log upon navigation
I hope that helps.
This works without changing any settings of Chrome for a single download-request. It however does not automatically display all download-requests triggered in a different tab or window.
Trigger the download in the GUI.
Open Chrome's download history (chrome://downloads/).
Right-click your download and Copy link address.
Open DevTools, paste the link into the address bar of the corresopnding Chrome tab and execute it.
The download-request shows in the DevTools.
You can use Fiddler for a more grainy look into your network traffic:
https://www.telerik.com/fiddler
*I don't work for fiddler
What do you mean by capture?
If you meant that nothing showed up in preview tab or in response tab, it's because the response is the actual file being downloaded.
I've recently tried downloading Oracle JDK 11 with dev-tools open in network tab and here is what I got:
I have no particular configuration in this version of Chrome (Versione 71.0.3578.98 (Build ufficiale) (a 64 bit))
As #jlvaquero said, if you're trying to get as much details as possibile, try WireShark on your own local pc.
I can see it in my case by downloading a document from google drive and limit download speed to 3G.
First step : Open with f12 the programmer toolbar.
Step Two : Go to the networking tab and locate the video in question. To help filter by clicking on media.
Step Three : If the video has no protection you can right click, click open on a new tab and download with crtl + s. If this does not work is because the video has parameters to prevent it from doing so. In that case right click again, go to the COPY session and then click copy as cURL.
Step Four : Go to your linux terminal (If you use windows turn around), if you don't have curl installed type sudo apt install curl and then paste the copied CURL command from the developer bar.
Step 5 : Before executing the command you need to add at the end of it --output video.mp4 --insecure as it is a binary. The insecure parameter is if you have problem with certificate. Wait for the download to complete and be happy!
Obs: This link can help you: https://www.hanselman.com/blog/HowToDownloadEmbeddedVideosWithF12ToolsInYourBrowser.aspx
Google Chrome has been updated to support downloads in the Network Tab
This question was asked in February of 2018, and at the time Google Chrome did not support downloads in the Network tab.
I have verified this by downloading the 64.0.3282.140 build of Google Chrome.
And then attempted to download Spotify as an example and found no event appear in the network tab.
Any Google Chrome version released in 2019 or later will capture all download requests in the Network tab.
Some days ago the amount of users using my chrome extension raised from about 1.800 to 7.478 and now users are asking how to uninstall it and call it a virus.
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/pageliner/nepakmljodobhlbbkpobblnifmhclemh
Have you recognized any similar behaviour of users? They are all from russia...
I can uninstall it by simply right clicking and choosing "remove from chrome".
On uninstalling an extension:
To remove an extension from Google Chrome:
On your browser, click menu .
Select More tools > Extensions.
On the extension you want to remove, click Remove from Chrome .
A notice to remove the extension will appear. Click Remove.
If an extension has an icon in your Chrome toolbar, you can right-click on the icon and select Remove from Chrome to uninstall the extension.
On Removing possible malware:
If the extension is still corrupted, it's possible that a suspicious program is changing this extension's files. In this case:
Run an antivirus or anti-malware software to remove any software programs that may be affecting Chrome. You can also try the Software Removal Tool.
Repair the extension.
If this doesn't work, visit the Chrome Help Forum and share your situation with us.
More about managing chrome extensions here.
I'm trying to add the Rapid Interface Builder extension to chrome using the rib.crx file I downloaded from https://01.org/rapid-interface-builder/downloads/2012/rib-preview-1-chrome-extension
Unfortunately, every time I open the crx file with chrome I get the following error:
Apps, Extensions and scripts cannot be added from this website.
Any ideas on how to fix this?
Instead of opening the file, you have to: extract it (crx are zip files), then visit chrome://extensions, enable developer mode, and load unpacked extension.
The reason for this is: lots of people try to abuse chrome apps/extensions to install nasty applications to your browser. So Chrome tries to make it impossible to automatically side-load these apps without you making sure that is really what you want to do.
So.. typical caveats of installing software apply when using this approach.
You can now also just drag-and-drop the .crx file onto the chrome://extensions page and it will install, too.
Edit 2019-01-10: Make sure to enable Developer mode for extensions. If this was not enabled, refresh the chrome://extensions page after enabling it.
Edit 2018-08-24: This works on Windows, too.
Edit:
This doesn't work on Windows. Verified on OSX and ChromeOS. From what I've read, this will work on Linux, too.~
(I initially experienced the same problem you described.*)
This solution worked for me in Windows 10 (build th1511) x64:
Open Chrome as you normally would.
Go to the "Extensions" page (chrome://extensions; or click Menu button at top right corner → From 'More tools' drop down menu select 'Extensions').
Drag and drop the .crx file onto the extensions page in Chrome -onto the list of extensions.
You should see a dialog stating "Drop here to install". This must be present. (If you do NOT see this, reposition your mouse - it may be too far to the side of the page.)
It should load successfully and you should see the extension in the list immediately afterward.
*I received the same error you described when attempting to load the .crx file (packed extension) by right-clicking/double-clicking it and selecting "Open With" "Chrome", and by dragging/dropping the file onto a regular webpage in Chrome.
In the Extensions page, just enable Developer mode. From there you can drag and drop any .crx file there and installation prompt will follow suit.
Open Chrome with this parameter --enable-easy-off-store-extension-install, then go to extensions and enable Developer mode. Now you can install .crx files without any problem.
go on extension, and your first step is on developer mode, 2 step update extensions, and last drop IDM extension file on google chrome.
I found the new change that you can't install Chrome extensions/userscripts without saving them and dragging them into Chrome quite annoying. As such I have set forth to revert this to the old way it was.
I read the documentation here: http://www.chromium.org/administrators/policy-list-3#ExtensionInstallSources that says to add a registry key and so I have done, as shown below. However when attempting to install an extension I still get an error that they can only be installed from the Chrome webstore. Did I add the registry entries wrong or something?
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Chrome\ExtensionInstallSources]
"1"="http://*"
"2"="https://*"
This answer is obsolete as of Chrome 36
Instead of editing the registry, you can also make Chrome to behave in the old way via the --enable-easy-off-store-extension-install flag.
Under Windows, create a shortcut to your Chrome executable. Then edit the shortcut, and append --enable-easy-off-store-extension-install to "Target". See the screenshot below:
Some observations:
I've added the --enable-easy-off-store-extension-install flag after chrome.exe.
After starting Chrome, I visited a website that links to a .crx file that is not hosted in the Chrome web store.
Because of the flag, Chrome 20 doesn't show the "Extensions, apps, and user scripts can only be added from the Chrome Web Store" message any more. Instead (see bottom), Chrome asks me whether it's OK to install the extension - exactely as before.
This command line switch also works for Chromium/Chrome, under Linux and OSX.
If you ever find yourself in the situation where the --enable-easy-off-store-extension-install flag doesn't work (e.g. future version?) or you don't want to use it, then there is an alternative method.
You can install extensions with a plain vanilla install of Chrome by dragging .CRX extension files onto the Extensions panel in Settings.
I'd like to self host a chrome extension on my own site but would like the install experience to be the same as on the chrome web store. Specifically, I'd like to have a "add to chrome" button which asks the user to install the extension with one more click. Currently on self hosted extensions you have to confirm the download and then confirm the install.
Here's an example of the web store: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/olnconaknblgbkfgknkfmmfhhbebkekd
The only reason I'd like to self host is so that they can stay on my site while installing the extension.
I'd be perfectly fine hosting on the chrome webstore as well if that helped with the experience (i.e. a special link from my site to the chrome webstore that would start the download immediately).
Any ideas?
Chrome webstore has special treatment, you can't reproduce it.
To save you trouble of self hosting, you can provide a direct link to crx file hosted on webstore which has the following format:
http://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx?response=redirect&x=id%3D<EXTENSION_ID_HERE>%26uc%26lang%3Den-US&prod=chrome
Users would still need to confirm 2 times, but at least you don't have to host it and users won't leave your site.
UPDATE
Chrome 15, that was just released into stable branch, has Inline Installation, which seems like exactly what you are looking for.
Chrome now has inline install that enables a one-click install on your site but downloading from the store.
See here for more details.
Add something like this to your meta-data
<link rel="chrome-webstore-item" href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/you-chrome-id">
Add this any where:
onclick="javascript:chrome.webstore.install()"
Chrome no longer supports in-line installation of extensions.
https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/inline_faq
When your site calls chrome.webstore.install(), Chrome will no longer trigger a dialog immediately but will instead open a new foreground tab to the details page of the Chrome WebStore