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Questions tagged [chrome-extension]

Questions related to extensions modifying the Google's Chromium browser and/or browsers based on it.

These Extensions are browser extensions that modify the Google Chromium browser and/or browsers based on it. These extensions are written using web technologies like HTML, JavaScript, and CSS. Google Chrome Extensions are downloadable through the Chrome Web Store (formerly the Google Chrome Extensions Gallery).

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Launch a Chrome app from command line

I can't find how to launch a chrome app from a bash ? I'm trying to achieve this with Postman. From google-chrome -h, I tried (unfortunately) those ones : $ google-chrome --app="Postman" $ google-chrome --extension="postman" The result is that a…
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Chrome Remote Desktop host setup instructions not showing for Ubuntu 18.04

I'm currently trying to set up chrome remote desktop on a new computer with Ubuntu 18.04. But whenever I try to follow the instructions on https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/1649523#linux-crd, it skips the setup stage and goes straight to "Set…
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Cannot open terminal on Ubuntu 18.04

Recently I installed Ubuntu 18.04 and so far everything was great but yesterday it started to be weird. Issues I found so far: terminal won't open after reboot, but when I log out and then log in it works sound is not working (tried few things but…
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How can I "Turn On" Chrome remote desktop in Ubuntu 20.04?

So I have Chrome Remote Desktop installed in Windows on 2 of my machines, and I want to set it up in Ubuntu as well (so that I can easily access my machine at home from work etc). So I went to https://remotedesktop.google.com/access as I did in…
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How to install an already downloaded .crx file extension in chrome?

It download the .crx file from novell-moonlight-3.99.0.3-x86_64.crx and then went to chrome://extensions/ and drag and drop the file on the chrome windows opened in that address and the following message appear Apps, extensions, and users…
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Make a desktop shortcut of Chrome Extensions

There is this particular chat app called Line but it does not provide Linux version. But thankfully the developer made a chrome extension. In the past, extensions were integrated with chrome://apps so it was very easy to add shortcut to desktop.…
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[19141:19141:0425/011526.129520:ERROR:sandbox_linux.cc(374) InitializeSandbox() called with multiple threads in process gpu-process

When I run the google-chrome - [19141:19141:0425/011526.129520:ERROR:sandbox_linux.cc(374)] InitializeSandbox() called with multiple threads in process gpu-process. This error is coming also chrome is not opening.
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Install multiple versions of chrome

How do I install multiple versions of Chrome? I would like to say, I want Chrome, not Chromium. Or is there a extension (like Firefox)?
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Can't set up remote access on chrome remote desktop

I am on Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS and while I can download chrome remote desktop and access my machine using the Remote Support section and typing in the code, I do not see any ability to add my device in the remote access section. I can't add my device…
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Can't get Chrome remote desktop working on Linux

I need to be able to connect to computer running Lubuntu 20.04 with Chrome remote desktop. I have installed it with dpkg -i. After adding a couple of required dependencies it has set up smoothly. Then I launched it only to get this screen: Should I…
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How can I control YouTube playback with my keyboard hotkeys?

Is there any way to control the video playback on YouTube through the special keyboard hotkeys of my laptop (e.g. Fn + F10/F11/F12)? In case it is relevant, I am using Chromium as my web browser to access and play YouTube videos.
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Media library player for Chromecast

How can I play my mp3 library directly to Chromecast Audio? It would be best to have native application like Banshee or similar to play the files from the disk to Chromecast (I don't want to upload the files anywhere). The best player I've found so…
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How to have Chrome Browser always start after every system restart w/ xfce?

Sorry if this is a dumb question but I'm a newbie with these things. I want to run a chrome extension inside a VPS (DigitalOcean), I have managed to open Chrome and install the extension and is running fine. Is there some way to warranty the chrome…
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Searching source of Malware in Chromium extensions

I installed chromium for Ubuntu. Last night when I opened it up I got some freaky malware thing, warning me to redirect myself somewhere. It occurred not long after I added some extensions from the chromium store, so I'm guessing it might have come…
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ARC Welder app showing blank page on Ubuntu 14.04.1

I am using Google Chrome version 41.0.2272.118 (64-bit) in Ubuntu 14.04.1. I recently installed the ARC Welder extension from the Chrome Web Store. When I opened it, it shows a blank window (see image below). I tried to install apk files using the…
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