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Now that I have Google Chrome all set up, I got myself a new laptop. Does anyone have any idea how to transfer my settings, cookies, favorites, etc?

I checked documents and settings\me\application data, and found nothing.

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I tried both ways, but my OLD PC settings of CHROME donot show up in new install on new laptop. OLD = WinXP New = Win7. Used CMD> %APPDATA% to discover the hidden Path and all. I copied in RAR format and unzipped, to recreate the files like original. What am I missing ? Also tried to SYNC but there is no explicit SYNC-to-ACCOUNT-from-current-PC. It seems you can only ENABLE and DISABLE a continuous SYNC process. How to SYNC your PAST HISTORY/ Bookmarks etc. RIGHT NOW --- its not clear at all. Probly I erred -- signed in on new laptop first; but I shud hav signed in FIRST on OLD one. Now I have – S. Jalali May 18 at 12:44
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This link should help you out - basically:

  • On XP - C:\Documents and Settings\<User Name>\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data
  • On Vista - C:\Users\<User Name>\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data
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you got it! +1 :) – Prakash Sep 10 '08 at 13:23
good timing on this one, have been looking at this myself only this morning! – ConroyP Sep 10 '08 at 13:34
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Its all there in Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome

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All you have to do is on your old computer, go to google chrome, and then type in the address bar: chrome://settings/personal, then click sync to my account (or something like that) then sync it to your google account, then on your new computer, click the wrench icon, and click sign in to chrome, as soon as you sign in to your synced google account, all of your settings, bookmarks etc. are transferred.

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