How to update a Google Chrome “Speed Dial” thumb?

Question

"Speed Dial" is the New Tabe page in Google Chrome where it shows thumbnails which are links the most visited sites. One of the sites change drastically and I want that the thumb to be update. How to do that?

Answer 1

From the Google Chrome Help Forums:

1. Exit Google Chrome completely.

2. Click "Start" > "Run" and type the following command into the Run field:

   Windows XP: %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\ Windows Vista: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Google\Chrome\User Data\

   This will take you to your User Data folder.

3. Open "Default" folder and delete the "Thumbnails" file. This step manually removes the thumbnail images. When you open Google Chrome, you'll see little broken images for the thumbnails -- but don't worry! As you visit the pages again, Chrome will be taking snapshots. That should straighten you out.

Answer 2

I actually suffered from the same thing yesterday, when updating my blog. Unlike the thumbnails in Opera (where you can add your own thumbnails), those in Chrome show "Most Visited" sites by default, unless you pin a site you like. What you should do is unpin the thumbnail you want updated, and visit the site several times (3 did it in my case) and you'd get the updated look and feel.