Where are the options settings in Chrome stored

Question

Does any one know where the "Options" settings for chrome are stored?

Can they be transferred to another PC ?

They are stored in multiple files in the User Data directory. You’ll need to copy them all or else be more specific about which option you want to export.

ChrisF · Answer 1 · 2011-03-20 14:48:10Z

On Windows XP they are stored in:

C:\Documents and Settings[user]\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default

in a file called Preferences (no extension).

I don't see why you can't copy this from one profile to another - just back up the existing file first.

However, there's the sync options in:

chrome://settings/personal

Google Chrome sync options

which allow you sync everything anyway - you do need to have a Google account to do this.

I tried preferences and it did not seem to carry over settings. I get a "chrome did not shut down correctly" when I open chrome for the first time after copying the file. I am having trouble adding a new search engine to "manage search engines" I thought I could migrate that setting, I guess not.
Figured it out, seems they changed the requirement for the keyword. it must contain .com, .net, etc. It did not when I first set it up on an older version, you could use any set of letters or numbers.

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