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