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Chrome's not showing data in local storage & no valid storage detectors found error

Since I'm cheap and need to find games that I don't need to pay for I've played a few amateur games made to run in the browser, which defaults to chrome. One of those games has a bug with not cleaning ...
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ffmpeg package loss during *local* transcoding

I'm trying to transcode videos with outdated codecs/containers, mostly .wmv or .avi files. The following ffmpeg (v6.1.1) command works and produces a working .mp4 file that doesn't seem to present any ...
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How do I configure nginx to have one http page on a mostly https site?

I recently moved my pure-client-side site from http to https, and users now have a new localStorage for the https://... site. I don't have user IDs, and didn't think it was worth implementing them to ...
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Is there any way to export a file from Chrome's local storage?

So I have save file of an HTMl based game in Chrome's local storage,which I can easily find in Application bar in developer tools. So is there any way to export that file from local storage?
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Find which extension is using storage

My Firefox profile is getting quite big, so I had a look at where the space is being used. Most of it (>750MiB!) is in storage/default/moz-extension+++{redacted-uuid}^userContextId={redacted-number}...
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How to import a Chrome extension's files from 6 years ago (I have the session data!)

In 2016, I would backup all my Chrome extension's current session data (the directory looks like this). I copy-pasted these files for few computer transfers and it worked every time - it got my ...
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How can firefox 100.0 block local drives?

How can Firefox block access to the entirety of the local storage, such as "file:///C:/" "file:///C:/Windows/" and so on ? Thanks in advance Edit : I'll reformulate : How can I ...
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How to examine and edit google-chrome Local Data?

How does google-chrome store its Local Data? Specifically, I'd like to have a command-line script that would display, or make a few specific changes to, some of the browser's local data. I'm not ...
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How to un-mark a SATA HDD “as spare” in Windows 10

I have a desktop computer with an extra HDD connected to it via SATA port, and I have done "mark as spare" to the drive, but I don't remember where I got to that setting, and I want to undo ...
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How to control websites' use of localStorage in Firefox?

As more and more sites switch from using cookies to using localStorage to store their data (including "tracking bugs"), I'm concerned about in how far the user can control this. With cookies, one ...
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How can I track a bug fix for Safari?

We have been seeing an issue on Safari, starting with Safari 14.1 (macOS 11.3), where local storage was not synchronised across tabs (more info: https://twitter.com/jaffathecake/status/...
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Field content from other site in hint on a site

Today on some site when I've clicked into guest name field on some site, I saw my full name as been written in state declarations and official documents and never was given on the site, yet I come the ...
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What happens with Windows 8 Storage Spaces if I reinstall Windows?

I'm considering using Windows 8 Storage Spaces to combine disks. What will happen if, for some reason, my OS disk is no longer available. How will a fresh installation of Windows 8 react to an ...
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Clear HTML5 local storage on a specific page

Is it possible to clear HTML5 local storage on a specific web page? I was editing a Javascript demo on http://jsfiddle.net, and I re-arranged the windows in such a way that one of them became ...
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How To Clear History & Cache in Google Chrome While Leaving Chrome Extension Local Storage alone?

I have a plugin that I like, and it uses the Local Storage feature. How do I configure my Chrome browser to let me clear everything but leave the Local Storage feature alone? This may also be a ...
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How to rebuild missing trash bin (and possible other system) folder(s) in Mozilla Thunderbird

Frequent related problems : I can't delete any message in Mozilla Thunderbird The trash bin in Thunderbird is gone missing, causing the impossibility to delete any message
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How do I recover lost chromebook local data?

When you change your Chromebook password, it asks for your old password when you sign back in. If you forgot your old password, it erases all local data. Local data is supposedly the files and ...
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Can I create a RAID 10 configuration starting with data from one HDD?

I have one HDD with around 1TB of data on it. I also have 3 identical empty HDDs that I would like to add to it and create a RAID 10 setup. Is there any way to do this without first clearing out the ...
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Is it possible to locally save/load OneNote 2016 notebooks in OneNote for Windows 10?

I've been using Microsoft OneNote 2016 on a new Surface Book 3. I have several large notebooks through that app. I store each in different folders depending on what project they pertain to. However, ...
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How to clear all HTML5 local storage from Safari?

It seems stackauth.com has used some local storage which my Safari does not show me, and hence cannot be deleted. So, in general: how to ensure all local storage is deleted from Safari? Some ...
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Telegram web client does not remember my login in Firefox?

I have recently reinstalled Firefox (my OS is macOS 10.14 Mojave) and the Telegram web client no longer remembers my login. Always used to work fine before, but not anymore. Every time I start ...
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Viewing the Local Storage of a HTTP website that now redirects to HTTPS

The Notepad website I've been using lost all of the data that I had kept on it. Not only that, it turns out the snapshots I was downloading were all empty! Unfortunately, I had important data on it, ...
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localStorage on Edge produces "An internal error occurred in the Microsoft Internet extensions"

When a page attempts to use localStorage, or I enter localStorage in the console, Edge throws Using sessionStorage works perfectly. I have tried reinstalling Edge with PowerShell: Get-AppXPackage -...
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Where does Google Chrome save LocalStorage from Extensions?

I just had to format my Windows 7 system and start over, I made some backups of certain files/folders though and I am trying to find out where Google Chrome stores users data that extensions save, ...
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Limiting the size of browser's local storage

Modern browsers offer local storage to websites. Some websites use a very small amount of storage. But other websites seem to think that my local computer shall be their playground. Slack for example ...
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Block (deny) the use of localStorage/sessionStorage by domain in Chrome

I know localStorage can be disabled entirely in Chrome, but is there a way to disable it per site (domain/URL)? Blocking cookies doesn't do it, either using Chrome's built-in functionality or the ...
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Find out what is setting local storage

I have noticed today that in every site I visit there is a new key value pair called randid in my local storage in chrome. I searched it but I couldn't find anything on it. I noticed it as I was ...
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Stop sharing localStorage among servers behind a reverse-proxy (same-origin passes for all)

Consider two backend servers: https://server1.example.com https://server2.example.com When accessing these servers directly, they naturally have independent localStorage objects, since their origins ...
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How to prevent deleting a FireFox Local Storage value?

For an example, I have this yt-player-quality value for www.youtube.com domain in my firefox local-storage which saves the visitor's youtube player quality. The value has set to: {"data":"medium","...
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Can I retrieve Firefox localStorage data for a URL that no longer exists?

Kind of a weird question, but here's the basic situation. A while back I wrote a basic little todo app for use by some coworkers on an internal corporate network, and I was hosting it on a shared ...
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Is there a way to clear all local storage but save cookies in macOS Chrome?

I know from the chrome://settings/siteData?search=cookie page that I can see "all cookies and site data", trash individual items, or "remove all". And I know I can open Chrome DevTools for any ...
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How to configure Google Chrome to delete all cache and local storage of the websites when closing their tabs?

I am looking for a way to delete all cache and local storage of the websites when closing their tabs on Google Chrome. In Firefox there is an extension called: "Self-Destructing Cookies" that does ...
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Why do softwares often keep local data in $HOME/.<appname>?

Most application I usually install (opam, cargo, vscode, julia, ...) keep a local storage in my home folder. Is there a reason for this preference? Or better, are there downsides to the alternatives? ...
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Firefox won't show localStorage for a domain even when the values are there

TL;DR: Firefox won't show localStorage for a domain and I need to get some data from there. I need to copy the value of a localStorage element, which is a really long string so just echoing on the ...
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How do I open `.localstorage` files from Local Storage folder?

I want to open Local Storage files of Google Chrome. I found where Chrome stores them, but I could not open them. How can I do that?
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localStorage IE 11 does not work

I have a problem with running sites that used localStorage. I connect to Windows Server 2012 R2 and open IE using cmd with simple site that has access to local storage and all works fine. Then I ...
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Chrome 61: Local Storage Location Changed?

Since upgrading to Chrome 61, new local storage files are no longer created in... %localappdata%\google\chrome\user data\default\local storage\ Any ideas where local storage is now held in the ...
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Chrome/Chromium - disable HTML5 LocalStorage and Databases for all webpages /or ask user

My question is about fine tuning of Chrome or Chromium browser. It have support of new generation of cookies: HTML5 LocalStorage and Databases. Some ad sites uses LocalStorage to do user tracking, ...
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MicroSD card is write protected [duplicate]

I have a 32 GB Lexar microSD which had been working perfectly for the past 3 months on my phone. But recently I noticed I am unable to write new files to the SD Card. I tried to format it from my ...
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How would I restore data of a Chrome extension only using backup?

My Mac essentially stopped working, but I have this awesome extension for Google Chrome called Simple Window Saver, which saves a window with lots of tabs, so I can open it whenever I want to. I ...
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On a TP-Link router, what's the difference between Storage Sharing, FTP Server, and Media Server?

Can someone properly explain? As I can understand in all three cases you just connect a USB hard drive to the router. I'm using a TP-Link TL-WDR4300 router.
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how to access different directories outside cygwin home dir

I have installed dropbox in my computer, but it is located outside my cygwin directory. The probably easiest way would be to just move the dropbox directory to cygwin's home dir. Anyway I wonder if it ...
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Why does chrome never delete google.com localstorage?

I have selected the "Keep local data only until I quit my browser" option in Chrome settings under Content Settings -> Cookies. When I exit Chrome, I can see that every website file in my Local ...
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Azure: Load Local Storage from Blog Storage

I notice that with my Azure VM I get a certain amount of SSD "Local Storage". I also see a ton of references online to this only being temporary storage, however I have a large amount of static data ...
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Firefox 47 Storage dev tool not working. Just me?

Original Question I've just upgraded Firefox to 47. No matter which site I go to, the Storage tab in dev tools always says "No data present for selected host". Can anyone else replicate? Go to this ...
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On my Windows 7 PC The Free Space Is Going Up and Down

On my Windows 7 PC the free space on the local disk is increasing and decreasing automatically, and I haven't installed anything recently.The total space of my local disc is 39.00 GB.It is going up ...
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Local disk: "These files might be harmful to your computer"

When moving or copying files from my local harddisk, I get the message: These files might be harmful to your computer. Your internet security settings suggest that one or more files may be ...
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"This website is asking to store data on your computer for offline use"

Whenever I visit some websites using Firefox, I get the dialog below asking me to "store data on your computer for offline use". It is displayed if I am using Firefox but not if I am using Chrome. ...
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autocomplete and cache in Firefox

I am trying to understand if there is any difference between browser (in my case Firefox) cache and the place where 'autocomplete' data for an HTML form is stored in the browser. Unified storage for ...
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What is store in Local Storage used for in Chrome?

While backing up my google chrome User Data folder, I was looking at some of the files in the Local Storage folder, they all seem to have a website URL as part of the name, and they start out with ...