I realize plugins are only meant for developers and I am openly admitting that I am not a developer and probably shouldn't have even touched the developer build of chrome, but I have a question.

Hopefully this hasn't been asked yet.. if so, sorry I didn't search the forum. I seldom find what I'm looking for because I word things differently than other people would.

Here goes. In order to enable extensions in google chrome, I had to modify my desktop shortcut by placing "--enable-extensions" after the target path and it works beautifully. I have installed a couple of extensions and I can confirm that they're working.

However, if I have chrome closed and I click a link in a messenger like x-fire, it launches chrome but extensions aren't enabled. Is there a way to permanently enable extensions for chrome without having to modify the shortcut?

I hope that makes sense.

Thanks,
-Neil

AFAIK, this is due to Windows only launching your default web browser program and has no ability to launch it with the edited command path. I think we'll have to wait until extensions are enabled by default.

Unless someone knows something I don't...

**EDIT**
The registry suggests that the default browser loads using the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\chrome.exe\shell\open\command

The key reads as follows:
"C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe"

But adding the "--enable-extensions" doesn't seem to help.

Keep your browser, with extensions enabled, open at all times is the best solution I think.
So when you click a link in another program it will open in the already open browser.

VICTORY!

So, if you have some experience fiddling around in the registry you can try the following at your own risk:

Open up the registry and navigate to:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ChromeHTML\shell\open\command

You will see something similar to this (slightly different in XP):
"C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" -- "%1"

Change it to:
"C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --enable-extensions -- "%1"

If you are running XP and are uncertain how to make the change post your current target path for Chrome and I'll help you.

I also have no idea what this change will break as Chrome further develops.

Well done devil!

I modified the registry key and changed it to

Code:

"C:\Documents and Settings\NeilSafe\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --enable-extensions -- "%1"

But it didn't help.

I did a find for "chrome.exe" and I found another registry key loafing in "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\http\shell\open\command" so I added "--enable-extensions" where you told me and that did the trick! I guess it works differently on XP.

Thanks

Strange, shouldn't function any differently in XP (just the paths) but I'm glad you got it working.

Is Chrome your default browser?

Yeah. Random text post is too short.