Bookmark Chrome About Pages

Bookmark Chrome “about:” pages

If you find yourself frequently needing to access Chrome’s “about” pages you will find you cannot bookmark them like regular pages, so this is a trick that enables you to bookmark them.

* on a normal page that is bookmarkable, click the Star
* from the Bookmarks pop-out, click “Edit”
* in the URL field, delete what is present and replace it with your “about:”
* in the Name field, type an appropriate new name for the bookmark
* click Done and it’s bookmarked

To create an application for an “about:” page:

* on a normal page that IS bookmarkable, click the Page Control icon (to the left of the Wrench icon) and choose “create application shortcuts”
* in the ‘Gears’ dialog that opens, select your shortcut target (ex: Quick Launch bar)
note: we are going to edit the shortcut in a second, so keep in mind if you choose all of the available targets, you will have to manually edit each one)
* Click “OK”
* Find the shortcut (on your Desktop, Quick Launch bar or Start Menu, as the case may be), right-click on it and choose ‘Properties’
* Click the ‘General’ tab and give the application a new name (note: no colons or special characters allowed)
* Click the ‘Shortcut’ tab, and edit the ‘Target’ field, replacing the displayed URL which appears after the text “–app=” with your preferred “about:” address.

Example:

change:
“C:\Documents and Settings\yourname\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe” –app=http://www.somepage.com/page.html

to:
“C:\Documents and Settings\yourname\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe” –app=about:network