[FossaPup64 9.0.5] My Save File became corrupted, so I started a new one. I want to get the session I had in Chrome. I'm using the regular Deb file installer for Chrome.
Where are Chrome settings kept?
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MrAccident
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Re: Where are Chrome settings kept?
MrAccident wrote: ↑Wed May 24, 2023 11:09 pm[FossaPup64 9.0.5] My Save File became corrupted, so I started a new one. I want to get the session I had in Chrome. I'm using the regular Deb file installer for Chrome.
Don't know about Chrome but Chromium settings are saved in /root/.config/chromium as far as I know. That will be lost now if you deleted your save file. You should consider to use a portable browser as the settings will then not be saved to your save file but to the partition where your portable is located (won't be part of your save file).
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Re: Where are Chrome settings kept?
@amethyst - I didn't delete the Save File. I do have the folder google-chrome in the previous Save File ― but I don't have that folder in the new .config folder. I copied it there, and launched Chrome ― but it loaded as the pristine new one I've installed.
I mainly want the session, not the settings. It was actually Chrome that caused the CPU surge, and the new one is super fast compared to how the old one was ― so I better keep it as is.
Re: Where are Chrome settings kept?
MrAccident wrote: ↑Thu May 25, 2023 5:34 am@amethyst - I didn't delete the Save File. I do have the folder
google-chromein the previous Save File ― but I don't have that folder in the new.configfolder. I copied it there, and launched Chrome ― but it loaded as the pristine new one I've installed.
I mainly want the session, not the settings. It was actually Chrome that caused the CPU surge, and the new one is super fast compared to how the old one was ― so I better keep it as is.
Not sure where the sessions are stored. The cache files are normally stored at root/.cache (could be there). Note that it is not always possible to "transfer" data of an older version to a newer version.
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Re: Where are Chrome settings kept?
It's probably the same version.
There was nothing for Chrome in root/.cache.
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Re: Where are Chrome settings kept?
There is the Spot folder ― but when I change the name of the new google-chrome folder ― the name of the same folder in the old Save File - changes as well.
The old folder is here - /media/+mnt+home+Previous_Save+fossapup64save.4fs/root/spot/.cache/google-chrome
The new folder is here - /root/spot/.cache/google-chrome
Why does this happen? Spot is a link in Root; where does it lead to?