How can I load my last tabs into Chrome using Last Tabs, Last Session files?

Question

Before I reinstalled Windows, I copied everything under:

<username>\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default

However when I now copy all these files and start Chrome, it doesn't load my old tabs. I tried using the -restore-last-session flag, which results in Chrome crashing. If I click the restore button when asked if I want to restore, it doesn't do anything.

Can I use these files to bring the tabs back or extract the links from it?

Answer 1

The Last Session and Last Tabs files should work. Try copying ONLY those 2 files into the new Chrome folder, and then rename them to Current Session and Current Tabs. I've done this many times successfully.

The major wildcard in your situation is if you're restoring the data from a much older version of Chrome, say v4 to v13?