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Gurus,
I am using uipath(A Ui Based Automation Tool) to download a file from a website using chrome browser.
I want browser to not prompt before downloading and just download the file in the downloads folder.
From various posts on this website i found that there exists a file called "preferences" which can be modified to solve this problem.
Before coding further i decided to do the changes in the "preferences" file manually on multiple machines, just to make sure that the changes i do in the preferences file reflect in the chrome browser as well .
I am manually modifying values for these 2 options in the preferences file.
download.default_directory
download.prompt_for_download
When i changed value for download.default_directory(Manually in Preferences file), it reflects the same in the chrome browser settings on every machine that i tested on.
But When i change value for download.prompt_for_download, it reflected in the chrome browser settings on some of the machines while on others i found that it does not reflect in the browser and rather the preferences file also seems to have reverted back to previous values.
The steps i followed are as below..
close any running instance of chrome
do the modifications in the preference file and save it
open chrome and go to settings>advance and downloads
i see DreamCatcher pointing to a similiar situation in this post, but no answers there..
I hope I can help solve your issue or at least give you some direction :)
Option#1: Chrome Settings
Wouldn't the problem be solved by changing the settings for downloads in the browser before running the bot? https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95759?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=en
Option#2: Do it in UiPath
And the other thing, is that when the prompt (to save the file) appears, couldn't you insert the path of the file that includes the default folder to save + name file + extension? (e.g. on the save path of the prompt, use type text "c:\myDocuments\downloads\filename.ext" ? I've done this in the past with UiPath...get the prompt window, type text and just modify the string being passed to carry the path, file name and extensio...then click "SAVE" or use hotkey "Enter"(if the file requires replacement, these are another 20cents you will have to program in UiPath, but it'd doable).
Option#3: Script
Another option, which I have not done, but see my friends do is creating BAT files to reset certain browser settings or the "registry"...so what they do is that they configure the BAT to do the changes to the browser and they add an activity (in UiPath) to invoke the BAT file every time the browser is opened by the robot.
Links for reference:
https://superuser.com/questions/59465/is-it-possible-to-download-using-the-windows-command-line
https://getadmx.com/?Category=Chrome&Policy=Google.Policies.Chrome::DownloadDirectory
I've noticed that if I open too many files on my MacVim simultaneously, i.e., select all files in Finder and drag to MacVim, it takes some of the files and places them in a split window rather than giving them their own tabs.
Is there a way to disable this so that every file is always opened in its own tab? I've already selected the with a tab for each file option in the Open files from applications Preferences.
The interesting thing is if I open each file one by one, then they do always get their own tab. The problem occurs when I do a bulk open.
Looks like this is still an issue so I've posted this as a Github issue.
UPDATE: looks like you can solve this by setting tabpagemax to a higher value in your vim config!
How can I convert json formatted bookmarks file (taken from /Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/Bookmarks) into an bookmarks html file so Google Chrome can import it?
This has more or less been answered in comments by #Mr.P, but let me formalise:
In my example I have a current (OS root) drive called C:\\. I have a storage drive of F:\\ which has a previous install of Chrome on it which I want to retrieve the bookmarks from.
I did this in Powershell but you could easily do it in file explorer you would just need to either enter the path to <drive_name>:\\users\<account_name>\appdata manually/show hidden folders.
close all instances of Chrome currently running (maybe check in the process monitor to ensure all processes terminated).
navigate to <storage_drive_letter>:\\users\<account_name>\appdata\local\google\chrome\default.
On PowerShell you would select the previous install bookmarks file by entering $books = Get-Item bookmarks. On file explorer you would 'cut'
cd <os_drive_letter>:\\users\<account_name>\appdata\local\google\chrome\default or navigate to this path on file explorer
mv $books . or paste file
open up Chrome again and check the bookmarks: they should be visible all together.
[optional] If you're brave close all Chrome windows once again (potentially save both files somewhere else before you do this) delete all files with 'bookmarks' at the start (you can use gci | where {$_.name -like "bookmarks"} | rm) then reopen the browser. In your filesystem Chrome should have automatically regenerated the bookmarks into one file.
If this doesn't work for other people let me know
If for whatever reason, you only have the JSON output of the Chrome bookmarks file, don't sweat it. Chrome will export bookmarks as HTML and import as HTML. But, sometimes you don't have the luxury of exporting from Chrome because of some issue with your Windows installation. But, you're resourceful and managed to at least get access to your Windows filesystem and backed up your Chrome bookmarks file. But, now how do you import it to Chrome on a working computer without it being in HTML format?
On Windows (this was tested on Win 10), all you have to do is Show Hidden Files and Folders and then paste and overwrite the Bookmarks file at:
C:\Users\YourUserName\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default
Don't run around in circles trying to convert JSON to HTML if you have a Windows computer. I'm not sure about Mac and Linux, but I'd bet it would work similarly.
Folder location of bookmark (on February 2021)
Chrome: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default
Edge: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default
Note: "Default" could be something else (e.g. Profile 1) if you are not currently logged in.
Finally i found it
Step 1: Goto Run --> enter - appdata to navigate to this folder
Step 2: You Needs to take backup/copy of your old bookmarks and keep it one place
Step 3 : then you need to navigate to below folder, you can find many profiles of yours.
Navigate to the needed gmail account profile which has your display pic or profile pic
[identify the account you want to import bookmarks]
Go back to the profile 12 [the account which i want to see the bookmarks]
Then replace your old bookmark file here[step 2:which you taken backup bookmark file]
Boooooom! just restart chrome
I think you are making this harder than it is. Save the JASON bookmark.file, first. Go to C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default to save the Bookmark.file somewhere on your computer. Then uninstall the browser (Chrome, for example). Make sure you check the box to remove all history, etc. before you click on Uninstall.
Reinstall the browser, then overwrite the Bookmark.file in C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default
DONE! Bookmarks restored. No need to save bookmark.file or convert it to an HTML file for restoral. Just overwrite the bookmark.file with the one you saved before uninstall of your browser.
If you're worried about modifying existing programs, or overwriting any other bookmarks you've currently got, then I found the following easiest:
Install a portable version of Chrome, for example from portableapps.com
Navigate to App\DefaultData\profile\Default inside the install directory
Replace the Bookmarks file with your json file
Launch Chrome Portable, and export the bookmarks as html
Delete Chrome Portable
I had same problem with opera. I simply copy pasted that json file into new location of new installation.
Just drag the .json to opened firefox window and the run bookmarklet
(create new bookmark, enter code in location)
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javascript:(function(){var E=document.getElementsByTagName('PRE')[0],T=E.innerHTML,i=0,r1,r2;t=new Array();while(/("uri":"([^"]*)")/g.exec(T)){r1=RegExp.$1;r2=RegExp.$2;if(/^https?:/.exec(r2)){t[i++]='['+(i)+']:'+r2+'</a>';}}with(window.open().document){for(i=0;t[i];i++)write(t[i]+'');close();}})();
Thanks to dickvl
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Save webpage complete will save .htm
Save .json to desktop, drag browser window smaller from lower right edge till you can drag the .json into opened window., doubleclick titlebar to restore browser full size. In the tab that opens with .json data, click the bookmarklet. Another tab should open with links. You can save as .htm by right click "save page as" web page complete.
Anywhere in the opened window, like dragging a shortcut or html, it'll open
You can also do File > Open File > browse to .json > open
Using JSON
Backup your bookmarks as a JSON file.
Delete the bookmarks you do not want.
Export the ones you do want as an HTML file
Restore your bookmarks with the JSON file
To add mor in the JSON file in a text editor.
Create rows by finding and replacing ',{"title' with 'return{"title' (Don't type the single quotes and, in the replace field, use the appropriate substitute for return: ¶ or \r, for example. My search looked like this: Find: ,{"title Replace: \r,{"title Replace All gave me rows instead of a continuous stream of text.
Save the file as text and open it in a spreadsheet. Each bookmark will have its own row. The site name, URLs, and other data are in columns.
Create a bookmark by copying the URL, pasting it into Firefox, and going to the website.
Drag the URL from the toolbar to the desired location in the sidebar. Change the bookmark title if you don't like the website-assigned title.
Repeat as needed.
In the google chrome version 30.0.1599.101 m I am not able to save the changed js file.
On saving the js file I got yellow triangle symbol with "change to this file were not saved to file system" message.
I know this used to work in older version
I am using windows-7 64 bit
Click on the cog in the developer tools window (lower right corner)
Go to workspace and add the directory which you would be working on.
This is to accidentally prevent you from modifying files that you did not intend on changing.
Happened to me too. After picking the workspace directory, I also mapped the file from the "Source" panel of Devtools to its filesystem equivalent (using right-click on the file, from the file tree). It solved my problem.
In chrome > 63, accepted answer option is disabled.
In later should be done through workspaces.
Tonight, I accidentally managed to fix this problem, just open the file on the disk and save it with a simple change even with a space.
Refresh the page in Chrome, Chrome will link it(The file) to the disk.
Using Ctrl + F5 to clear the browser cache worked for me.
I found nothing in "workspace" that seemed relevant, and other things people listed didn't help either. What helped was to go in dev tools, where it says Pages, Sources etc., there is also Overrides (duh :)), I chose it, it said "Select folder for overrides", I did, and then also clicked "Allow" on Chrome asking for confirmation. That's it, after that I was able to save the files, the overrides worked.
Ok, my case might be a bit different but I will share my experience on what I was facing that caused to this warning and how I solved it.
I was trying to check a certain strange behavior on a React app for video streaming, so I opened up Developer console, enabled local overrides and tried editing the js file, immediately upon saving I got the warning “Changes to this file were not saved to file system”.
Note the message at bottom right “Source mapped from app.bundle.min.js”, this indicated that this is not an actual file but a mapping from the app.bundle.js (Webpack bundle)
So I moved to editing the app.bundle.min.js, I searched the appropriate string I was interested in from the mapped file (react-dom.production.min.js) and searched it in app.bundle.min.js
Again I got the same warning but I noticed the “app.bundle.min.js” file was fetched using a url parameter ?v=4900, I decided to remove it to check if that was the culprit causing the issue, to achieve that I modified the index.html file and edited the script tag that was fetching the js file from
<script src="libs/app.bundle.min.js?v=4900"></script> to <script src="libs/app.bundle.min.js"></script>
After that I forced refresh the page (Shift+F5, normal refresh didn’t work), tried modifying and saving and Jackpooot!! (Take away: You can’t override files fetched with a url parameter). I then was able to beautify, modify and override the app.bundle.min.js implementation and achieved what I wanted.
On Chrome Version 109~ :
Go to F12 > Sources Tab > Overrides (You may need to click the chevron next to Page)
Select/Create a folder to contain Overrides
You can now right-click a file or editor window & save it for Overrides
Image of sources tab where Overrides is located
Something to note: if you are making dynamically loaded JS available in devtools via the helpful: //# sourceURL=Example.js comment, this network to local mapping will not work.
Note: Notice the "//# sourceURL=dynamicScript.js" line at the end of dynamicScript.js file. This technique gives a name to a script created with eval, and will be discussed in more detail in the Source Maps section. Breakpoints can be set in dynamic JavaScript only if it has a user supplied name.
https://developer.chrome.com/devtools/docs/javascript-debugging
When you're using sourceURL, you can't actually find the respective JS file in the Sources tree where you might expect it to exist. It is available to open via the "no-domain" tree, however (or quick open with CTRL/CMD+P).
I'm still looking for a solution.
The easiest solution I found to this problem:
(keep in mind, I was manipulating an html page that lives on my machine)
open the associated html page from the command line so the page displays
for mac, that's simply $ open <name>.html
open Dev Tools
open Sources tab
in Page, open a new .js file there with whatever name you need
write in some text and save
This worked for me. Yes, I had to create a new .js file, but my directory locally recognized it was there when I pulled it, and my editor was updating in real time with the dev tools each time I saved either. At that point, my editor and the dev tools source tab had become one thing.
Currently on Chrome 100.0.4896.60 (Official Build) (x86_64).
I've got a js file with source maps; the override has always been spotted.
I'm able to override the map file (which won't work though for the debugging purpose) and the index.html file.
Apparently my issue is related to minified js with source maps.
Seem to work in relation to the chrome version installed.
I tried the following attempts but didn't work:
remove cache
disable / enable override
add the dir to the workspace
install chrome canary
To debug then I've tried:
build my file.min.js to test. In my case was production/file.min.js
start a npx http-server in production (cd production && npx http-server) which open to http://127.0.0.1
override index.html to consume http://127.0.0.1/file.min.js
Interesting considerations:
When i was doing basic overriding i had to replace the file manually all the times.
Now, I've got a watch task going on and i can basically refresh the page.
I can see as well the source map update.
It's simple! Right click on your page, Go to Inspect, go to the Network tab and tick the check box 'Disable cache'. Reload the page and you will see the effect.
I have a chm file that I can open at home. I use windows XP at home and at work. However, when I open the file at work it doesn't show the contents of the file. It properly shows the TOC for the file though. Any ideas pls?
Try to right-click on your chm file and select properties. You will see an "Unblock" button. Click on it, it should solve your problem.
Other than what Nicolas suggested, you may not be able to see contents of a CHM that you open over a UNC path. If that is the case copy the file to a local drive.
just go to power shell and run it as administrator,
cd your folder
and use the following command
Unblock-File '.\filename.chm'
On Windows 7 copying the file locally and unchecking the file opening warning message worked.
I had the same situation, on a Windows 10 (VMware) system. I had to move the file to a local drive as suggested by another poster AND THEN uncheck the file opening warning message. Opening the file gave a "Open File - Security Warning" message, with a checkbox at the bottom "Always ask before opening this file". Until I unchecked that box, only the TOC showed. After unchecking, the contents showed properly. HTH someone else!
Open command prompt and run as administrator.
Go to file location, input the file name and press enter.
It should open the file and view contents in chm viewer.
More read at: http://langbasics.blogspot.in/2014/12/chm-viewer-unable-to-show-contents.html
Thanks
It appears a lot of people have this problem but were unable to track down a solution. There are apparently different levels of authentication. Most articles I read tell you to set the MaxAllowedZone to '1' which means that local machine zone and intranet zone are allowed but '4' allows access for 'all' zones.
For more info, read this article:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/892675
This is how my registry looks (I wasn't sure it would work with the wild cards but it seems to work for me):
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\HTMLHelp]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\HTMLHelp\1.x]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\HTMLHelp\1.x\ItssRestrictions]
"MaxAllowedZone"=dword:00000004
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\HTMLHelp\1.x\ItssRestrictions]
"UrlAllowList"="\\\\<network_path_root>;\\\\<network_path_root>\*;\\ies-inc.local;http://www.*;http://*;https://www.*;https://*;"
As an additional note, weirdly the "UrlAllowList" key was required to make this work on another PC but not my test one. It's probably not required at all but when I added it, it fixed the problem. The user may have not closed the original file or something like that. So just a consideration. I suggest try the least and test it, then add if needed. Once you confirm, you can deploy if needed. If the 'Unblock' method does not work, or you do not see the option, this should. Good Luck!
P.S. Another method that worked was mapping the path to the network locally by using mklink /d (symbolic linking in Windows 7 or newer) but mapping a network drive letter (Z: for testing) did not work. Just food for thought and I did not have to 'Unblock' any files. Also the accepted 'Solution' did not resolve the issue for me.
Your CHM File Has the "#" Hash Character in the Filename or in the Directory Name. Please remove "#" and you will be able to see the content. If still you are not able to see then please visit following link: https://www.helpsmith.com/chm-cannot-be-displayed.php
Windows block *.chm files came from another computer fore security reason. Click right mouse button on file and set unblock checkbox see.
If someone need, there is a web page: http://topdf.com/ where is possible convert a chm in to pdf. I tested it with a chm of ~18MB and 615 pages. I was able to got a pdf with a hyperlinked contents table.
I was experiencing the same problem.
I read that the .chm file only worked on NTFS.
My file was on a cloud network drive which is not NTFS, so I copied it locally and the problem was gone.
Use SumatraPDF. It opens .chm files.
I had same problem and zipped the file then open it from inside the zip program.(I use 7-zip)