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Chrome Command Line Switches

by Chrome Blog on September 15, 2008

Google Chrome has a number of command line switches which change the behavior of Chrome, some of these switches can be turned on/off in the regular settings menu such as “dns-prefetch-disable” however others cannot.

To launch and use the switches, you append the switch name when calling Chrome on launch like:

“…..\Application\chrome.exe” –crash-test

Which would obviously execute the crash test function.

allow-all-activex
always-enable-dev-tools
app
assert-test
automation-channel
channel
crash-test
debug-children
debug-print
disable-dev-tools
disable-hang-monitor
disable-images
disable-java
disable-javascript
disable-logging
disable-metrics
disable-metrics-reporting
disable-plugins
disable-popup-blocking
disable-prompt-on-repost
dns-log-details
dns-prefetch-disable
dom-automation
dump-histograms-on-exit
enable-file-cookies
enable-logging
enable-p13n
enable-watchdog
first-run
gears-in-renderer
gears-plugin-path
geoid
hide-icons
homepage
import
in-process-plugins
javascript-debugger-path
js-flags
lang
log-filter-prefix
log-level
make-default-browser
memory-model
memory-profile
message-loop-histogrammer
message-loop-strategy
new-http
no-events
no-sandbox
omnibox-popup-count
playback-mode
plugin
plugin-launcher
plugin-path
plugin-startup-dialog
process-per-site
process-per-tab
proxy-server
record-mode
remote-shell-port
renderer
renderer-assert-test
renderer-crash-test
renderer-path
renderer-startup-dialog
restore-last-session
safe-plugins
show-icons
silent-dump-on-dcheck
single-process
start-maximized
start-renderers-manually
tab-count-to-load-on-session-restore
test-sandbox
testing-channel
testshell-startup-dialog
trusted-plugins
uninstall
upload-file
use-lf-heap
user-data-dir
wait-for-debugger-children

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{ 4 comments… read them below or add one }

1 wut 10.06.08 at 11:00 am

How to install plugin

2 hitesh 10.17.08 at 9:15 am

new switch ‘–incognito’ in dev release

3 Hi 10.24.08 at 8:53 am

Is there a way to run Chrome from the Start->Run? I tried typing chrome but it doesn’t work.

4 MKS 12.16.08 at 11:31 pm

You can create a shortcut in c:\windows folder for chrome and you all set to run the same from Start->Run.

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