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I dont know if it counts, but I have used a version of this (without the decryption) to restore all my settings after I reinstalled Chrome. (I dont use chrome's
by ankit219 8y ago
I dont know if it counts, but I have used a version of this (without the decryption) to restore all my settings after I reinstalled Chrome. (I dont use chrome's google sign in or auto sync). Here is what I did. I am sure you can write/execute code on any computer to do that.
1/ Take the backup of Data/Profile X folder under AppData/Local/Google.
2/ Did a fresh Chrome uninstall and install.
3/ Copy paste and override the folder.
It worked flawlessly and I got my old settings/sessions etc. back.
I have tried it doing it from one machine to another - it worked, and with certain subfolders. You only need a few files. I took cache folder just to be safe and things like history, session, bookmarks, along with Cookies, Cookie journal, and local storage. (you might not need the last two.). Of course, this is a year old, and could be patched. But I was able to get my logins back with no debugger needed. A handy way if you are looking to do a fresh install and get rid of faulty chrome. But someone somewhere can write a powershell script to do this (and transfer on cloud) and a lot of gullible folks can fall for this in the promise of things like 'Faster chrome', 'improve speed of your chrome' etc. and should be patched.