Chrome slow to launch, sometimes user's passwords not copied back

[Jimmisan]

Hi,

I've had some users complain about Chrome passwords not being saved and that Chrome is slow to launch, sometimes 2-3 mins.  I've found the user's passwords are being saved and do return on other logins, but it's hit and miss.  I'm guessing it's a timing thing when DEM copies back Chrome settings.  I set up Chrome Import/Export a few years ago with some custom exclusions and I'm guessing with newer versions of Chrome there may be some incompatibilities.  Am I on the right track?  Insights?

Cheers,

James

Here is my Chrome setup, anything look wrong?

[IncludeRegistryTrees]

HKCU\Software\Google\Chrome

[IncludeFiles]

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\First Run

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Local State

[IncludeFolderTrees]

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1

[ExcludeFolderTrees]

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Application Cache

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Cache

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\GPUCache

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\IndexedDB

#<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Local Storage (this is where Google Earth Settings are saved)

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Media Cache

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Session Storage

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Storage

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Sync Data

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Sync Data Backup

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Web Applications

#These settings were added to reduce Chrome Profile size. Undo them if you run into any issues

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\blob_storage

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\BudgetDatabase

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\data_reduction_proxy_leveldb

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Feature Engagement Tracker

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Pepper Data

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Platform Notifications

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Service Worker

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Sync Extension Settings

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\VideoDecodeStats

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\webrtc_event_logs

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\databases

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Download Service

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\File System

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\GCM Store

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Thumbnails

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\Application Cache

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\Cache

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\GPUCache

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\IndexedDB

#<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\Local Storage (this is where Google Earth Settings are saved)

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\Media Cache

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\Session Storage

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\Storage

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\Sync Data

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\Sync Data Backup

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\Web Applications

#These settings were added to reduce Chrome Profile size. Undo them if you run into any issues

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\blob_storage

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\BudgetDatabase

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\data_reduction_proxy_leveldb

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\Feature Engagement Tracker

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\Pepper Data

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\Platform Notifications

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\Service Worker

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\Sync Extension Settings

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\VideoDecodeStats

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\webrtc_event_logs

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\databases

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\Download Service

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\File System

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\GCM Store

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\Thumbnails

[ExcludeFiles]

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Network Action Predictor

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Network Action Predictor-journal

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\Network Action Predictor

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\Network Action Predictor-journal

*.tmp

[Hocshop]

Hi,

I had this same issue a while back and I made a custom import/export config as shown below.

Before I implemented the below configuration, the .zip archive files were getting up to 300MB in size and afterwards they were down to less than 20MB.

Obviously those 20MB still may require a little bit of time to copy over so the user should not be in a rush to open Chrome immediately.

I see in your settings you did not add any exclusions for the folders that are not inside the Default/Profile 1/Profile 2 folders.

Chrome is a really storage-intensive app for a user´s profile.

Here are the settings I used:

Regards

[IncludeRegistryTrees]

HKCU\Software\Google\Chrome

HKCU\Software\MozillaPlugins

[IncludeFolderTrees]

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data

[ExcludeFolderTrees]

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Cache

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Code Cache

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Application Cache

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Storage

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Local Storage

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Media Cache

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Session Storage

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\GPUCache

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Web Applications

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Sync Data

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Sync Data Backup

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Pepper Data\Shockwave Flash\CacheWriteableAdobeRoot

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\IndexedDB

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\Cache

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\Code Cache

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\Application Cache

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\Storage

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\Local Storage

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\Media Cache

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\Session Storage

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\GPUCache

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\Web Applications

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\Sync Data

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\Sync Data Backup

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\Pepper Data\Shockwave Flash\CacheWriteableAdobeRoot

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\IndexedDB

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 2\Cache

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 2\Code Cache

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 2\Application Cache

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 2\Storage

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 2\Local Storage

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 2\Media Cache

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 2\Session Storage

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 2\GPUCache

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 2\Web Applications

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 2\Sync Data

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 2\Sync Data Backup

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 2\Pepper Data\Shockwave Flash\CacheWriteableAdobeRoot

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 2\IndexedDB

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Browser Metrics

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\SwReporter

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\WidevineCDM

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\EVWhitelist

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\pnacl

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\recovery

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\SwiftShader

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\SwReporter

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\ShaderCache

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\PepperFlash

[ExcludeFiles]

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\ChromeDWriteFontCache

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\ChromeDWriteFontCache

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 2\ChromeDWriteFontCache

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Safe Browsing Bloom

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Safe Browsing Bloom Prefix Set

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Safe Browsing Download

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Safe Browsing UwS List

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Safe Browsing UwS List Prefix Set

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\ev_hashes_whitelist.bin

*.tmp

[MP-CAE]

Thanks for that - I've been looking to cut some of the Chrome "bloat" out!  Will give this a try! 😀