Changing User Data folder to a custom location

[Kerem Özer]

Hi,

I want to change my User Data folder as topic says. I already used flag on chrome shortcut but when i try to open a link sent from a chat platform, another chrome window opens as default browser and ıt recreates the data folder that i removed.

So i thought i need to change registry, even adding flag on the registry file changed nothing. 

Here's what i changed;

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Classes/ChromeHTML/shell/open/command  

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --disk-cache-dir="E:\Chrome" --disk-cache-size=1 --media-cache-size=1 --user-data-dir="E:\Chrome" -- "%1"

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/ChromeHTML/shell/open/command

I've also tried to add --disk-cache-dir="E:\Chrome" --disk-cache-size=1 --media-cache-size=1 --user-data-dir="E:\Chrome" flag to (default) registry file but after i restart pc it reverted back to orginal file.

Again, i want to change user data folder to my specified location but i dont want to use shortcut for it since it's not working while i try to open a link from any chat platform.

 I'll be needing your guidance.

[Andrew Yameee]

I'm sorry to bring up an old topic but did you manage to work this out? I think I'll try some trickery with symlinks in case of no other solution.

[dmt]

no anwser?

在 2014年9月1日星期一 UTC+8下午6:40:51，Andrew Yameee写道：

[Andrew Yameee]

Nope.

[Ahmed]

I had the same issue and after modifying the 2nd registry key, shortcuts launched fine for me.

Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ChromeHTML\shell\open\command

Did you make sure to keep the %1 ?

Mine looks like this:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --user-data-dir="B:\Users\Ahmed\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data" --disk-cache-dir="B:\Temp\ChromeCache" --disk-cache-size=104857600 -- "%1"