Using Google Chrome Web Speech Api

google chrome web speech api Do google Chrome extensions support Chrome's Web Speech speech recognition API? I have included some javascript to create a speech recognition object, but when I launch my extension, I am not prompted for microphone access.

This is not an issue with my code. I have searched on google, but I can't find any information on whether Chrome extensions support the Web Speech API. I just want a yes/no answer.

Note: I believe the WebSpeech API won't work for local files.

Solution

Update: Based on RobW's answer, this answer is now out of date, and the Web Speech API is now usable inside of extensions. (Unfortunately, I can't delete this answer unless the OP un-accepts it.)

The answer is not yet. Pages accessed through chrome-extension: URLs cannot access any media-input APIs, including speechRecognition and getUserMedia. Any attempt to the use APIs will immediately trigger an error callback.

I originally thought speechRecognition could work like the geolocation API: extension popups cannot prompt for geolocation permission, but chrome-extension: pages loaded as full browser pages can prompt for permission just like a normal page. However, media APIs do not behave this way; they fail regardless of whether the page is a popup or a full page.

There is a bug report to fix this and allow developers to specify media-access permissions in the manifest. When this bug is fixed, extensions can have a manifest-set permission that grants them automatic microphone/video access, so the inability to prompt for permission will become a non-issue (and therefore extensions with appropriate manifest permissions will be able to freely use the Speech API).

Solution 2

The Web Speech API can already be used by Chrome extensions, even in the background page and extension button popups. The fact that it works is not necessarily an intended feature, and I have previously explained how it works and why it works in this answer to How to use webrtc insde google chrome extension?. The previous explanation is about WebRTC, but it applies equally to Web Speech, and can be used as follows:

Instantiate a webkitSpeechRecognition instance and start recording.
If a permission error is detected (onerror being triggered with event.error === 'not-allowed'), open an extension page (chrome-extension://[ID]/yourpage.html). This extension page can be opened in a new window, tab or iframe.
From this page, request access to the microphone. getUserMedia and SpeechRecognition both share the (persistent) audio permission, so to detect whether audio recording is allowed, you could use getUserMedia to request the permission without activating speech recognition. For instance:

navigator.webkitGetUserMedia({
    audio: true,
}, function(stream) {
    stream.stop();
    // Now you know that you have audio permission. Do whatever you want...
}, function() {
    // Aw. No permission (or no microphone available).
});
 

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Why Does Google Chrome Look Different

why does google chrome look different I changed the fonts on my blog a few days, but the changes still haven't appeared in my Google Chrome Browser. I do see the changes on all other of my devices including the Google Chrome browser on my other computer. This is what it's supposed to look like. enter image description here

But this is what it looks like in the browser I changed the fonts with. enter image description here

However it doesn't look like this in any other browser or another device. What could be wrong? My website is if you want to check for yourself.

Solution

Most probably the fonts are cached. Try looking at your website in a "private navigation" window, it should be fine. You might or might not want to clear your cache after that (if it works correctly on private navigation, it will work correctly after you clear your cache).

Also note that your browser may not support that font, and this might also be a reason why your font don't look the same.

More informations : Many informations (such as font, passwords, images...) are stored in your computer memory to lower loading time everytime you try to load that same page. That is what the cache is. Basically everytime you load the page, your browser will try to see if you have things in your computer memory before loading them from the web. In this case, you may have the font saved in your computer memory. By the way i believe there is a developer mode in wordpress (i don't have one right now to check). If you have no visitors yet, you might want to enable that dev mode so that nothing will be stored in cache and it will be easier for you to edit it.

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Failed Network Error Google Chrome

failed network error google chrome I have an ASP.NET application Hosted on server 2008. Recently After latest chrome update to 53.0.2785.116m All of my downloads from server get fail. error image I tested chrome version 52, firefox and IE! all of them work. Any idea for this problem?

Solution

Finally I find the solution. web servers by default set the "content-length" in header and also most of the browser auto correct the file size if its wrong. in new version of google chrome (v53) the auto correct doesn't work. And at the end I had to set "content-length" property in HTTP Context while flushing the file to client.

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Turn Off Stop Google Chrome Auto Refresh

Google chrome auto refresh or stop turn off I am using Window 7 it just a bit annoying page auto refresh in chrome browser when keep tab a bit long time. It always lose my data when page is refresh. Do you have any advise for stop Chrome auto refresh?

Solution:

Disable Automatic tab discarding at chrome://flags/#automatic-tab-discarding.

If enabled, tabs get automatically discarded from memory when the system memory is low. Discarded tabs are still visible on the tab strip and get reloaded when clicked on. Info about discarded tabs can be found at chrome://discards. #automatic-tab-discarding

Solution 2

Go to chrome://flags/ and set to "Disabled" flag "Only Auto-Reload Visible Tabs" and hit Relaunch browser.

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Google Chrome Black Screen Windows 10 Fix

google chrome black screen windows 10 fix I'm not sure what's the problem but, this is just weird. If a webpage includes jquery graphs or libraries the page loads with a full black screen. I can see the source code and the mouse pointer finds the buttons or links. I uninstalled and reinstall chrome with the latest version but still no chance.

Solution

Same thing just happened to me on Google Chrome v22.0.1221.1 (Nvidia GPU). The workaround was to disable GPU compositing on all pages (setting available on chrome://flags/)

If it happens in Chrome version > 45.x, then

• 1) try: System | Settings | Advanced settings  uncheck "Use hardware acceleration when available", restart chrome.
• (2) If (1) doesn't help, restart your computer
• (3) If the black screen still occurs, try Chrome Cleanup Tool to reset your chrome.

     https://www.google.com/chrome/cleanup-tool/
Use google-chrome -disable-gpu from the command line to temporary disable gpu.

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This Site Cannot Be Reached Google Chrome

this site cannot be reached google chrome I am currently experiencing an error everytime I use my Microsoft Edge. Whenever I try to go to a site, I always end up with this error. The weird thing is, this issue only happens on certain websites (such as Facebook and Yahoo currently) and sometimes with Google. It likes to disconnect me often and I really don't want to have to deal with this issue anymore.

My internet works fine as my laptop (which I'm currently on) and phone can connect to it without issue. I don't know why it doesn't work on my desktop especially since its internet is Ethernet.

I tested this on other browsers to see if it was only on Edge but it turns out that chrome and firefox experience the same issue with different sites as well. For all three, I haven't been able to go on Facebook and Yahoo, and sometimes Google.

I know the problem is from my end because clearly, the sites are up. Is there any way to solve this or has anyone else found a solution to this?

Solutions

To narrow it down a bit, can you confirm that you only get this when navigating to the sites listed and they're using SSL / HTTPS? Some will auto re-direct to HTTPS if you go to their non-SSL equivalent, but it's worth trying this on sites like Google which do support both.

If this does help narrow down the behaviour, then I've seen this behaviour once before, but this was behind a corporate proxy which didn't support SSL SPDY.

You can try disabling SPDY support, but there is likely to be an underlying issue (perhaps anti-virus acting as a proxy?).

To test disabling SPDY:

Internet Explorer 11
In the browser, select Tools > Internet Options > Advanced > HTTP Settings and clear the Use SPDY/3 option.
Firefox
In the browser, enter about:config in the address bar and press Enter. Confirm the security warning. Type network.http.spdy.enabled in the Search field. For all the entries, set the Value to false.
Chrome
Use a switch to disable SPDY for Chrome. Edit the shortcut for Chrome and add the following switch at the end of the Target path:
--use-spdy=off
For example, if Chrome's default shortcut link is pointing to "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe", change it to "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" –use-spdy=off.

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Google Chrome Text Looks Weird

google chrome text looks weird I still got the problem of very bad font rendering in Google Chrome. I'm using version 50.0.2661.102 m. I deactivated "DirectWrite" and it got a bit better, but thin fonts are still horrible to read. I reinstalled chrome to get the default settings.

Here is a comparison with Firefox (top). Ignore the word spacings, its caused by responsive layout and justified text. This happens with all fonts on all pages. I saw a lot of workarounds, but they all assume to have Chrome 36 and below installed. Officially it is fixed since Chrome 37. But I get this on all of my PCs. Is there a fix, or is chrome just bad with fonts?

Solutions:

I encountered a similar problem last night when I updated my Chromium-based Browser (Vivaldi). Text, especially certain colors or text against certain backgrounds, looked horrible. It looked jagged, unnatural or sometimes blurry. Luckily, I've rectified the issue:

Type chrome://flags in the url bar and hit enter.

Enable DirectWrite if you still have it disabled.

Scroll down to LCD text antialiasing and select Enabled.

Relaunch the browser.

Text should now appear crisp and smooth.

Solution 2

• If by chance you're using Chrome/Firefox on Windows 10, I found the fix!
• Control panel > Fonts > Adjust Clear Type
• Follow the instructions and bam! All fonts on all browsers are clear and no longer jagged or blurry. :-)

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Google Chrome Tabs Too Small Get Bigger

google chrome tabs too small So firstly, forgive me if this is the wrong place to post this. I really want to switch to Chrome as I have been having issues with FF lately, but there is primarily ONE thing that is holding me back from giving Chrome an honest shot. The tabs.

It appears that Google has gone out of its way to make them as unusable as possible. And it has worked! The tabs become unusably small when you have too many. Let me demonstrate via the following image: A comparative screenshot of Firefox and Chrome's tab bar

The top screenshot corresponds to Firefox and the bottom to Chrome. Oddly, Chrome wants to display ALL tabs in one glance, and consequently makes the tabs SO small that I don't know what is what. I typically have 30+ tabs open in one session, so this image is representative of a typical session for me.

I have recently learned that there is this hidden feature called "Stacked Tabs" in Chrome that is the perfect fix. Turns out that the devs recently decided to axe this feature on the PC for the sake of easier maintenance. I just don't understand how they think what they have is good. The stacked tabs feature is available on mobile versions of Chrome and it works well.

Coming to the question: Can I fix the behavior of Chrome's tabs somehow to make it more like Firefox? Is there an addon, is there a way to tinker with internal settings, may be recompile something to reinstate the feature. ANYTHING?

Or, do you suggest a better browser instead, preferably something that has the nice addons that I have come to love in FF and Chrome?

Solution

Chrome has many extensions for customization. Try this one.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/toomanytabs-for-chrome/amigcgbheognjmfkaieeeadojiibgbdp?hl=en

Or this one

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/tab-manager/coonecdghnepgiblpccbbihiahajndda?hl=en

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How To Get Google Chrome To Stop Asking To Save Password

how to get google chrome to stop asking to save password I need to be able to prevent the Save Password bubble from even showing up after a user logs in. Autocomplete=off is not the answer. I have not come across a post that offers a secure solution for this issue. Is there really no way to disable the password bubble in Chrome??

Solution 1

Found there is no "supported" way to do it.

What I did was copy the password content to a hidden field and remove the password inputs BEFORE submit.

Since there aren't any passwords fields on the page when the submit occurs, the browser never asks to save it.

Here's my javascript code (using jquery):

function executeAdjustment(){      
        $("#vPassword").val($("#txtPassword").val());
        $(":password").remove();      
        var myForm = document.getElementById("createServerForm");
        myForm.action = "executeCreditAdjustment.do";
        myForm.submit();
    }

Solution 2

After hours of searching, I came up with my own solution, which seems to work in Chrome and Safari (though not in Firefox or Opera, and I haven't tested IE). The trick is to surround the password field with two dummy fields.

<input type="password" class="stealthy" tabindex="-1">
<input type="password" name="user[password]" id="user_password" autocomplete="off">
<input type="password" class="stealthy" tabindex="-1">

Here's the CSS I used:

.stealthy {
  left: 0;
  margin: 0;
  max-height: 1px;
  max-width: 1px;
  opacity: 0;
  outline: none;
  overflow: hidden;
  pointer-events: none;
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  z-index: -1;
}

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Could Not Unzip Extension Google Chrome

could not unzip extension google chrome I worked on a chrome extension and uploaded it to chrome webstore and everything went well, I installed it on my Mac and on my Ubuntu machines in chrome it worked fine and installed. But when I try it on Windows machines, after download it popups a error message saying "Invalid Package, Can't unzip the extension".

Can any one tell me why or what might be the cause for this OS specific issue. Does it have anything to do with the permission or anything with respective folder name or content? The folder name or the extension name don't have any special characters and the previous version was fine.

Solution

This is because there a file inside the package with a Windows invalid character in name or there a corrupted file. In my case I've tried to download the CouponsHelper extension and this error was displayed too.

I downloaded the CRX file manually and opened it with 7Zip. In the folder had a file named Icon. When I try to extract using 7Zip an error occurs too.

Note on the screenshot that there an invalid char in Icon file and that it is zero sized (possibly corrupted).

Solution 2

Another cause of this problem (Error: could not unzip extension) might be that you include the root directory in your zip. You should zip all files in the same level of manifest.json.

Example

-yourappfolder

   |_manifest.js

   |_popup.html

In this case you should zip only manifest.js and popup.html, instead of zip the entire directory yourappfolder.

In other words, in your zip file you should NOT see the yourappfolder directory.

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C Program Files Google Chrome Application Chrome exe

c program files google chrome application chrome exe, I am trying to allow access from local files in Chrome. Everything I see tells me to right click on properties and add this to the "target". When doing that I get an error message saying ... specified in the target box is not valid.

Solution 1

Go to Local disk C/Program Files/Google Chrome/Application Now search for Chrome.exe Right click Click on rename Add .exe Don't worry if the name becomes 'chrome.exe.exe' Issue resolved!

If it does not help...... Go to Local Disk/C/SEARCH FOR Program files 86/ Rest is the same! :)

Question

I am using a HP Pavillion and I was using Google Chrome. All of a sudden, it shut down and my 2 Chrome icons disappeared from my desk top. An error message appeared stating "Program Files (X86)/Google/Chrome/Application/new_chrome.exe. I no longer have Chrome and it fails to download.

Solution 2

1) Press the keys Windows  + R and then type C:\Program Files then ENTER. Delete the folder Google with SHIFT + DEL

2) Press the keys Windows  + R and then type %LOCALAPPDATA% then ENTER. Delete the folder Google with SHIFT + DEL

Now try this:

1) Press Windows  + Q and type cmd in the search box, and then right-click on Run as administrator.

2) Paste one by one these commands bellow, and then ENTER

reg delete HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google /f

reg delete HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Google /f

reg delete HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google /f

3) Restart your PC and then install Chrome by this link chrome.com

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Google Chrome This Setting Is Enforced By Your Administrator

google chrome this setting is enforced by your administrator I recently updated my Chrome browser and noticed something very weird. Many fields in the Settings have been disabled. "This setting is enforced by your administrator" appears next to many fields including my saved passwords section (which I need to look up one my old passwords for a website).

Solution 1

• Navigate to C:\Windows\System32\GroupPolicy
• Open each subdirectory there and change the *.pol files to *.sav, E.g. registry.pol becomes registry.sav.
• Hit Windows-Key + R, type the following in the box and hit enter
• reg delete HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Google\Chrome
• In the command promt window that opens type: Yes and press Enter.
• Restart Google Chrome and check whether you can change the search engine.

Solution 2

• Try to use this solution:
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Chrome
• Run regedit, Delete the key, then restart Chrome.

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Google Chrome Exit Full Screen

google chrome exit full screen, So I was testing my site for full screen mode and I noticed that when you move your mouse to the top of your screen when in full screen mode it doesn't show the little window that allowed you to exit full screen without hitting F11. Is this a bug or is it intentionally removed from the latest chrome update? It's pretty annoying.

Solution 1

The "back" button as an exit signal (it would not navigate away from the page; you'd have to press it once to exit fullscreen and another time to navigate away). That would solve it for mouse users as they can usually trigger a back button event using the side buttons. Not sure about touch screen users though. (I have no idea what buttons a Microsoft Surface has on it.)

Solution 2

I'd like you guys to create a way to exit fullscreen from all possible inputs.

- I should be able to exit fullscreen with the mouse

- I should be able to exit fullscreen with the keyboard (press ESC or F key to enter fullscreen and exit fullscreen)

- I should be able to exit fullscreen with the touchscreen (long press at the top or similar input would be great.)

I think right now you must have a keyboard to exit fullscreen.

That's my two-cents, but i think this would handle all of the input possibilities that are possible with a Windows PC/Tablet.

If you need assistance with what keys a Surface Pro has on it, i can take a photo for you and post it here.  I believe it is a full keyboard with all function keys.  No numeric pad.

Thanks for listening!

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Why Can't I See Pictures On Websites Google Chrome

why can't i see pictures on websites google chrome can't display this image, where firefox does without any problem. Here is the screen shot of the google chrome dev tool. The file is definitely there and I can access it if I put the full address to the url. I also tried 404 page not found - i guess Firefox cached the image before it was deleted... try Ctrl+F5 reload in FF.

Solution 1

• Almost all browsers have "disable cache" option.
• Example for Chrome: Run Developer Tools. In bottom right corner there is a gear icon with "Settings" tool tip. Click it. You should find checkbox "Disable cache" option in Network section.
• Firefox has similar option, also Opera. Im not sure about IE. Google "disable cache in ..." or "permanent disable cache in ...".

Solution 2

• Go In Cognito in Google Chrome and see if it works there.
• I was trying and trying to get it resolved, while actually there never was a problem, just a cache.

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Google Chrome Couldn't Load Plugin

google chrome couldn't load plugin error appears here is the way how to solve it, NPAPI support is removed and we can not change or modify any plugin load function. It is obsolete information; NPAPI support was completely removed from Chrome last year.

Solution 1

• Uninstall the version that already installed
• Remove all Chrome data for current version from: C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome
• Download Latest Version Chrome and install it, If problem exist use 2nd solution

Solution 2

To correct this bug i deleted all the user data associated with chrome, in Users/Pro/Library/Application%20Support/Google/Chrome (i do not know the equivalent for your OS) and it worked again.

Video Solution

Solution 4 if there is a problem of chrome flash player not working

1. Open Chrome.
2. In the address bar at the top, type chrome://components and press Enter.
3. Under "pepper_flash," click Check for update.

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Google Chrome Prevent This Page From Creating Additional Dialogs

google chrome prevent this page from creating additional dialogs which one is the better way sometimes find that I need to re-enable alerting for debugging. Of course I can close the tab and reload it but i am looking for some better option.

Solution 1

• You should really use console.log() instead of alert() for debugging.
• In Chrome it even has the advantage of being able to print out entire objects (not just toString()).

Solution 2

• Close the tab of the page you disabled alerts. Re-open the page in a new tab. The setting only lasts for the session, so alerts will be re-enabled once the new session begins in the new tab.

Solution 3

• Right click on the tab and select "Duplicate", then close the original tab if you wish.
• Alerting is re-enabled in the duplicate.

The duplicate tab seems to recreate the running state of the original tab so you can just continue where you were.

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Where Are Google Chrome Extensions Stored

where are google chrome extensions stored, normally here are the places in windows, linux, mac and some other OS, but in case of already unpacked extensions there is a different scenario. Extension engine does not explicitly change their location or add a reference to its local paths, they are left in the place where there are selected from in all Operating Systems.

Storage Location for Unpacked Extensions

Ex: If i load a unpacked Extension from E:\Chrome Extension the unpacked Extension is still in the same location

Storage Location for Packed Extensions

Navigate to chrome://version/ and look for Profile Path, it is your default directory and Extensions Folder is where all the extensions, apps, themes are stored

Windows

If my Profile Path is C:\Users\<Your_User_Name>\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default then my storage directory is

C:\Users\<Your_User_Name>\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions

Linux

Chrome extensions are stored in:  ~/.config/google-chrome/Default/Extensions/

Chromium

Chrome extensions are stored in ~/.config/chromium/Default/Extensions

For older versions of windows (2k, 2k3, xp)

"%Userprofile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions"

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Google Chrome Helper Activity Monitor CPU Usage Prob

google chrome helper activity monitor, In MacOS in the Activity Monitor Google Chrome extensions show as "Google Chrome Helper". These often take up much of the CPU time. Is it possible to determine which tab a given Google Chrome Helper process is running on?

Other people have suggested setting the plug-ins run mode to "Click to play". It seems that this doesn't cover all instances of the helper, since I already have it set to click to play. As you can see from the image below, there are MANY instances of this helper running. Anyway this doesn't get to the heart of the question- which tab is the process running on.

Solution 1 in Mac

Chrome's built-in Task Manager (accessible from Menu > More tools > Task manager) will show you a per-tab resource utilization.

If case the culprit is extension code or a plug-in running in a normal tab, you won't be able to identify it with only that; extension entries in the Task Manager are only for background pages of extensions.

You may be able to investigate further with Dev Tools profiler.

In Google Chrome for each plug-in, process, application, or there is a separate tab process. These processes can be seen and forced to complete the task manager Chrome.
Open Activity Monitor Task Manager, look at the processes "Google Chrome Helper", identify them by PID.
In the "monitor activity" Chrome Helper shown as "not responding", but in the manager is operating normally.  Close it

Solution 2 Windows

Write click Task Bar > Start Task Manager > Chrome Activity Monitor /Helper > You may close it

Solution 3

o to Chrome > preferences > settings > show advanced settings > content settings (under privacy)

Then click the 'click to play' button under the Plugins section.

Click done when you are finished.

Solution 4

This may be a little late, but for anyone wondering... I had incredibly choppy scrolling with Chrome for at least 2-3 months on Mavericks 10.9.3 and 10.9.4 with my Late-2013 rMBP 2.3GHz w/ 750M. On both integrated and discrete graphics, Chrome would scroll terribly on the rMBP display -- but it scrolls just fine on my external 1920x1200 24" monitor (driving both screens at the same time) on integrated graphics! I figure this is definitely a bug in Chrome. I knew I'd messed with the Chrome experimental flags before, so I decided to take a peek.

Here are the steps I took that seemed to fix my choppy scrolling:

1. Type "chrome://flags" into the URL bar
2. Found "Accelerated overflow scroll" as the second option - was set to Default
3. Changed this to Enabled
4. Restarted Chrome
5. After letting tabs load, it seems to have scrolling pretty close to, if not the same as it used to be before. I have less CPU usage from scrolling, switching tabs, and playing content.
6. I turned it off and restarted Chrome after testing out a variety of websites to see if the issue would come back. Strangely, the issue is gone. Maybe a setting got stuck somewhere and I reset it. I DUNNO.

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Google Chrome Cannot Read And Write To Its Data Directory

google chrome cannot read and write to its data directory, Failed to Create Data Directory Google Chrome Cannot Read and Write Its Data Directory. I've been working on a Cordova app, and I've suddenly had troubles with Chrome. I've wanted to start debugging, so I added support for a browser platform, and I use Chrome.

After running the app on Chrome, which worked before, I encountered this problem:

Failed To Create Data Directory
Google Chrome cannot read and write its data directory:
C:/Chromedevsession"

Solution 1

I solved this issue by editing the run file (platforms/browser/cordova/run) and removing the speech marks from around C:/Chromedevsession on line 33.

The line now reads:   spawn('C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Chrome/Application/chrome.exe', ['--user-data-dir=C:/Chromedevsession', '--disable-web-security', project]);

Solution 2

Deleting Chrome -> Reinstalling Chrome - found this online

Deleting Windows registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Chrome - there's no Chrome folder or key inside the Google folder, only an Update folder

While uninstalled, using a different browser as my default browser - the command that runs the app (cordova run) didn't open another browser (I tried Firefox).

Solution 3

This is because the script that launches chrome, uses a folder location that typically can't be created with your permissions. That folder is used for history, bookmarks, cookies, etc (ie user data). This is beneficial for testing out features in Chrome (plugins, etc) and not affecting your normal instance. I don't consider it much of a concern here, more of a nuisance message. If you don't like it you could always just manually create that folder on your system as well.

You can see this here what causes the issue

switch (process.platform) {
  case 'darwin':
    spawn('open', ['-n', '-a', 'Google\ Chrome', '--args', '--disable-web-security', '--user-data-dir=/tmp/temp_chrome_user_data_dir_for_cordova_browser', project]);
    break;
  case 'win32':
    //TODO: Use regex to fix location of chrome.exe
    //TODO: Get --user-data-dir to work for windows
    spawn('C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Chrome/Application/chrome.exe', ['--user-data-dir="C:/Chromedevsession"', '--disable-web-security', project]);
    break;
}

Since it can't use that folder, I believe it just reverts to the defaults which on Windows 10 would be

C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default

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Google Chrome Is Unresponsive Relaunch Now Solved

google chrome is unresponsive relaunch now after never occurring in many years of use of Chrome: When I click on a link in an email message in OutLook, a small window pops up saying, "Google Chrome is unresponsive. Relaunch now?" It continues to happen after Chrome is relaunched.
What is the solution? (If I copy the link and paste it into the address bar in a new Google window or tab, I can go to the link.)

Solution 1

What solved for me was renewing the Chrome Profile, as follows:

• Close all chrome sessions, including the chrome tray icon
• Navigate to %LOCALAPPDATA%\Google\Chrome\User Data\
• Rename "Default" folder to "Backup default"

Open Chrome and re-sync extensions, bookmarks, etc.

P.S.: As I am in a corporate environment, running anything as admin is not an option.

Solution 2

I noticed that this problem occurred every time I had a Chrome window open from a Visual Studio Web application that I was working on (Not actually debugging but just started with CTRL+F5). Looking through the material @AaronReed referenced I remembered about Chrome's handling of Multiple Processes.

I searched around and found the article Disabling Multiple Processes on Google Chrome. Following the instructions I tried adding --process-per-site to the application shortcut.

This fixed the problem for me.

Solution 3

This is the absolute correct answer. Chrome expects your app to be running as administrator...

In Windows 10:

1. Pin your application to the taskbar
2. Right-Click the pinned item from the taskbar and Right-Click (again) over the target application name
3. From here, there are 2 options...A.) [Runs once] Run as administrator B.) [Change shortcut to always run as administrator] Click on properties
4. [from 3.B continued...] From Properties pop-up -> Shortcut tab, Click Advanced button
5. Advanced Properties: Click checkbox 'Run as administrator'
6. Advanced Properties: Click OK
7. App Properties: Click OK
8. Click on app in taskbar (now it will always run as administrator)

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