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How to make a cookie's expiration date later with Chrome?

This is not possible. By flagging the cookie HttpOnly, makes it inaccessible to JavaScript in the browser. Any method you want to use in the browser (including addons) use JavaScript. From What is ...
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Chrome do not show the network request list in the network panel

I none of the above works try this(it worked for me): Step 1: Step 2:
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Download a file from FTP servers by just clicking FTP URLs after almost all browsers remove FTP support?

From FTP Access Through Windows Explorer article Open Control Panel via your start menu and double click on Internet Options. Select the Advanced tab at the top and scroll down to Enable FTP folder ...
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macOS Chrome unable to save PDF via print dialog

Not a fix, but I found a simple workaround. On that Chrome print dialog, expand More settings section and click on Open PDF in Preview option at the bottom (just above that blue Save button) Once ...
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Upgrading from Ubuntu 16.04 to Ubuntu 22.04

Since this PC has valued business data, make a full disk image and verify that it works using dd or other tool. You can even use a Windows application from USB, such as Macrium Reflect Rescue ...
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How can I use integrated authentication in Chrome without disabling DoH?

Current versions of Chrome on Windows seem to honor the Internet Explorer zone configuration (inetcpl.cpl). Add your site to the "Intranet" zone and Chrome will use Kerberos with it without ...
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Upgrading from Ubuntu 16.04 to Ubuntu 22.04

There's no upgrade path from Ubuntu 16.04 to 22.04. Ubuntu 16.04 reached EoL (End of Life) status in April 2019!! The way to go is indeed backing up your personal files and installing from scratch a ...
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disable chrome task manager? alternatively: prevent extensions from being killed

You can enforce the extension by opening Registry Editor and creating ExtensionInstallForcelist registry. It should be located here: Software\Policies\Google\Chrome\ExtensionInstallForcelist in it, ...
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Links from external software opens in wrong Chrome window

Empirically, it seems that if you pass --app=my-url --disable-infobars when starting your Chrome window, it will prevent links from external apps from opening on that window. A downside (or upside) is ...
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How to change default program to open magnet link in windows?

For qBittorrent users on Windows 11. This script will add qBittorrent as a handler for the magnet protocol on the registry using the correct paths: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [...
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Restore Chrome tabs while preserving tab groups, window names, and virtual-desktop positions

Unfortunately the chrome API doesn't yet support access to the window name so no extension can satisfy your condition #2. Please see https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=1190160
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Prevent Zoom.us pop up "Get an app for 'zoommtg' link"

Open registry editor Right click on "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT", New > Key rename to "zoommtg" (no dot since its a protocol not a filetype) Right click on "zoommtg", New > ...
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Lag on internet connection in terminal programs

The question is how can I diagnose the problem? First I would suggest to un-disable everything that you tried disabling. Diagnose the problem when the system is in its normal state. Since this looks ...
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Chrome window don't show in the alt tab menu when chrome in fullscreen mode, it appears and diseapears randomly?

It's still happening. The solution is to enable Hardware acceleration in the settings. I turned it off when was running GPU-saturated tasks, to prevend videos from buffering. Then started encountering ...
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open old swf files in browser

It's next to impossible nowadays to get a browser to play SWF files. I suggest to use the VLC player.
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Add a Google Search Query String to a Bookmark

That bookmark trick you mentioned can be a real time-saver. You're on the right track with that code snippet. To make it work, create a new bookmark in your Chrome browser. Then, paste the JavaScript ...
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How to take a screenshot of an entire scroll element?

This happens because the scroll area is not a browser viewport scroll. To confirm, scroll down the page and look for a full viewport scrollbar on the right. For instance on this page, its easy to see. ...
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Start Chrome in kiosk mode with black background instead of white

There has been much written about this white flash for a new tab. Some writers even blame Windows display mechanisms rather than Chrome. Below are some suggestions : In chrome://flags/, enable the ...
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How can I view full URLs in Chrome history?

I was looking for the same solution so I can trim some type-ahead results from the omnibox. If you hover over the page icon for each result, you can see the full url and then act accordingly. In ...
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Are there well known HTTP-only sites?

I use http://example.com (for manual occasional usage, nothing automated).
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How to make Chrome stop lowering the toolbar and tabs when hovering MacOS menu bar in fullscreen ? (extension or flag)

Try Command+Shift+F. It hides the tab bar. But, you can still use Command+Shift+] to navigate tabs.
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Chrome's spellcheck using British spelling

In Chrome 116 on Windows, the settings have changed. Search directly for "Spell Check"
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Chrome shortcut to open new tab in same tab group

Being a non mac-er @Keval Langalia's answer doesn't work for me, so for any other windows users I recommend the Vimium browser extension which adds a tonne of Vim based shortcuts for browser ...
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Google Chrome with minimal layout without address bar, and without tabs

Use the microsoft powertoys app in the microsoft store or in the official github https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys there's a function called crop and lock which allows you to crop a window as ...
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Turn off the new window animation on chrome for macOS

This effect bugs me too and I finally found the fix: defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSAutomaticWindowAnimationsEnabled -bool false Found at: https://www.chriswrites.com/boost-your-macs-performance-by-...
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How to prevent Google Chrome from shrinking favicons on memory saver tabs?

I just had a look through the chrome flags, and found this: chrome://flags/#memory-saver-discarded-tab-treatment I'm testing it out right now, but it seems like it's the one as it has options of &...
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How to get Google Chrome to open PDFs in "fit to width" mode by default

Any web viewer such as Chrome will attempt to use the Adobe URL#fragments commands. So as per other answer (with or without frame or embed or object ) when you add after the inline dis-position #view=...
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How to prevent Google Chrome from shrinking favicons on memory saver tabs?

You may manage the width of the shrunken tabs via experimental flags in chrome://flags (there flags may disappear or move to Settings according to Chrome deciding that the experiment succeeded or ...
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I can't find where to turn off grammar issues highlighting in Chrome; where is it in Settings? I don't see it under Languages

Grammar check in Chrome is usually furnished by extensions. Enter chrome://extensions in the address bar and look for a grammar extension. You may disable it by clicking on the blue slide, or click ...
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How can I change MIME extensions handled by Chrome plugins (note: plugins, not extensions)

Googles Chrome/Chromium viewer technology has changed much over the years and PDF / and HTML such as SVG are well supported. Thus their current recommendation for plug-ins is based only on extending ...
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Second monitor flashes static when viewing Netflix in Chrome or Firefox

I was having this issue on MS Edge. When I turned off hardware acceleration, the issue stopped immediately. It might be worth checking if hardware acceleration is on in your Chrome and Firefox ...
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Looking to recover draft from gmail in Chrome

I think you can try your luck with this using a different browser. Go to your Gmail and browse the drafts section or try typing "in:draft" instead of the search. So how are you going to use ...
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How can I dismiss all Chrome notifications with a keyboard shortcut?

The other answers here didn't work for me on windows 10 Chrome 116.0.5845.111 My solution is to tap windows key, type "Notifications" to go to the "Notifications & Action Settings&...
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