Roaming Chrome Profiles / Bookmarks

[vfong1982]

Hi,

 

Can anyone link me to any articles or suggestions on how to implement roaming Chrome profiles and bookmarks? (without signing up for a google account)

Preferably the chrome profile needs to be stored on the user's homespace on the network as opposed to the computer's local roaming profile, so that saved passwords and bookmarks follow them regardless of which computer they log onto.

[AJWhite1970]

You can use --user-data-dir as a startup switch to do that, creates the folder if it doesn't exist

 

"c:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --user-data-dir="r:\Chrome\User Data"

 

The only downside of doing that on a network drive is you can't have chrome open on two different PC's with the same user at the same time as PC1 locks the User Data as in use

Andrew

[TechMonkey]

If you are using the Chrome GPO templates I think there was an update recently that allowed the Chrome Profile to roam.

 

Ah here it is https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/chrome-admins/gOnUkK2UGyI

[timbo343]

We have started to push the Google User Data to the user's home drive via the chrome group policy - http://www.edugeek.net/forums/windows/195195-chrome-bookmarks-location-can-moved.html