Hi,
I use Google chrome portable as my default browser. Most of the time I have opened this browser with a bunch of tabs.
Nevertheless, if I do a search in windows 10 (I had similar problems in Windows 8) and pass that query to the default browser, a new browser window pops up instead of using the existing one. And that's not the only problem: The new browser window does not own all my personal extensions which means that it is a totally new environment.
Do you know how I can fix this problem?
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Why not just install Chrome locally? I see no advantage using the portable version here as system integration is not portable by Google's design - (you have to be logged on to use it's most of its functionallity anyway and Chrome syncs on it's own then).
Hi portableappsin,
why are you passing the query to your default browser and not to the "chrome.exe" of the "ChromePortable" folder?
YoursTruly
If he'd pass the query to chrome.exe, it would bypass ChromePortable, losing all adjustments made by this (losing portability). That would make no sense at all, because you could install Chrome locally then...
I'm with totally you on this. If someone really want Google Chrome to work exactly as the developer originally intended then install it. It's the best option in this case and does not run such a high risk of user created problems with either Chrome or the OS.
Hi,
I got it by just deleting two registry entries. Furthermore I had to edit a registry setting to open the link to chrome.exe instead of pointing directly to chrome.exe.
Thanks for your help
Still - it`s pointless to use Chrome Portable in this case. Linking to chrome.exe results in loosing the portability. Chrome will act like the installed version, messing with the registry and so on. It would be much more reasonable to install the local version, because you would not have the hassle to meddle with the registry and you could simply uninstall it to clean up (more ore less).
So why the hell are you giving it? That's one of the problems I have a lot with support fora. Too many people, rather than just answering the dang question, goes and says to do something else.
If they wanted your opinion on whether it would be pointless to do it, they would ask. Otherwise, you should just assume they have a reason for why they're doing that in the first place.
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So why are you giving your opinion on ancient answers? Nobody asked for your opinion on that.
If you have problems with advices (for other people btw.), maybe an open community where people contribute in their spare time is not the best place to look for support.
May I remind you that most of the folks here are hobbyists like you and me and discussion has been one of the prime movers for the development of this community (even if it that fell asleep a little bit lately).
That is an opinion you did not ask me for, but I did not ask you for yours, either.
It is not my job to answer questions.
Ah, the good ol' tu quoque fallacy.
Classic.
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What do zombie string theorists crave? Branes!
Not quite.
- edit -
... but nice link, btw.
I'll keep that in mind.
I was stressed and I guess I took it out on you. My mistake...
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What do zombie string theorists crave? Branes!
Thanks.
You'll keep what in mind?
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What do zombie string theorists crave? Branes!
I think, as long I participate in the exchange of views in online fora - especially as I'm no native speaker, I'm more prone to those fallacies. So I'll better be attentive.
In any case, thanks for setting me straight. Again, sorry about the whole mini-rant I went off with. It just bothers me sometimes because so many times I've seen people ask questions, and then like a million people respond but don't actually do anything other than suggest "a better alternative", without at all thinking that perhaps OP might have a reason for doing the seemingly less effective method.
So, in the end, despite a bunch of replies and several days of discussion, that person's question—i.e., their entire reason for posting—still hasn't been answered even slightly. This sort of maddening lack of direction is especially common on Stack Exchange, in my experience, which is why I usually try to post questions elsewhere first. (Plus, they tend to be reeeeeallly over-literal sometimes, if you ask me, though that's another topic entirely. Lol.)
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What do zombie string theorists crave? Branes!
If you set Chrome as your default Windows browser within Chrome itself by using the Set as Default feature, it will associate the copy of Chrome inside Chrome Portable as the default browser. That means that when you click a link, it'll start up Chrome in local mode, creating a new profile, bookmarks, extensions, etc on the local machine within your Application Data directories. That's why it's appearing as blank to you.
Setting a portable browser as the default must be done manually or using one of the tools available online. You must manually set GoogleChromePortable.exe as the default browser. Unfortunately, we don't have a handy tool to assist with this at the moment. And, if I recall, Windows 10 handles it a bit differently.
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