Chromium Portable help
-About
-Chromium Portable is a custom-built version of the Chromium web browser, optimized for portable use and packaged in the PortableApps.com Format, so you can run it from an iPod, USB flash drive, portable hard drive, CD or any other portable media. You can take your bookmarks, extensions, themes and plugins with you, and Chromium Portable will leave no personal information behind on the machine you run it on.
-You're free to redistribute Chromium Portable under the terms of the Mozilla Public License, v. 2.0. For more information on this matter, as well as how to obtain Chromium Portable's source code, see the website.
-Settings
-Chromium Portable has a few settings that affect the behavior of the launcher and of the browser. They can be set by creating a file named ChromiumPortable.ini
alongside ChromiumPortable.exe
.
Chromium Portable help
+About
+Chromium Portable is a custom-built version of the Chromium web browser, optimized for portable use and packaged in the PortableApps.com Format, so you can run it from an iPod, USB flash drive, portable hard drive, CD or any other portable media. You can take your bookmarks, extensions, themes and plugins with you, and Chromium Portable will leave no personal information behind on the machine you run it on.
+You're free to redistribute Chromium Portable under the terms of the Mozilla Public License, v. 2.0. For more information on this matter, as well as how to obtain Chromium Portable's source code, see the website.
+Settings
+Chromium Portable has a few settings that affect the behavior of the launcher and of the browser. They can be set by creating a file named ChromiumPortable.ini
alongside ChromiumPortable.exe
.
The ChromiumPortable.ini
file is composed of lines in the key=value
format. Valid keys are listed below.
- AdditionalParameters=
<text>
- Additional command-line parameters to the browser. A list of available switches is available here. -
- AskForIncognito=true or false
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+
- AskForIncognito=
true
orfalse
- AskForIncognito=
- Opens a dialog on startup asking if Chromium Portable is to be started in the incognito mode. -
- DisableSplashScreen=true or false
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+
- DisableSplashScreen=
true
orfalse
- DisableSplashScreen=
- Disables the splash screen shown during startup. -
- EnablePortablePasswords=true or false
-
- EncryptPortablePasswords=true or false -
- Enable support for storing passwords portably. See the Portable Passwords Management Tool's readme file for details. -
- HideProfileButton=true or false -
- Hides the profile button between the tab bar and the window controls. Based on this patch. -
- LocalDiskCache=true or false -
- Stores the disk cache in the host computer's temporary directory. This will reduce the number of writes to the device where Chromium Portable is installed, increasing its lifetime. -
- RunLocally=true or false -
- Runs the portable application in a read-only mode. When this option is enabled, the launcher copies the user's data to a temporary directory on the host computer, runs the application, and then deletes it afterwards, leaving nothing behind. This can be useful for running the application from a CD or if the host computer may have spyware or viruses and you'd like to keep your device set to read-only. As a consequence of this technique, any changes made during the Live mode session aren't saved back to the device. + +
- EnablePortablePasswords=
true
orfalse
+- EncryptPortablePasswords=
true
orfalse
+ - EncryptPortablePasswords=
- Enable support for storing passwords portably. See the Portable Passwords Management Tool's readme file for details. + +
- LocalDiskCache=
true
orfalse
+ - Stores the disk cache in the host computer's temporary directory. This will reduce the number of writes to the device where Chromium Portable is installed, increasing its lifetime. + +
- RunLocally=
true
orfalse
+ - Runs the portable application in a read-only mode. When this option is enabled, the launcher copies the user's data to a temporary directory on the host computer, runs the application, and then deletes it afterwards, leaving nothing behind. This can be useful for running the application from a CD or if the host computer may have spyware or viruses and you'd like to keep your device set to read-only. ''As a consequence of this technique, any changes made during the Live mode session aren't saved back to the device.'' +
- GoogleAPIKeys=
<api key> :: <client id> :: <client secret>
- - Access keys for the Google APIs. More details are available at the Chromium development website. Note that the delimiters (
::
) are surrounded by a single space on each side. -- This can also be set to
none
to hide the “Google API keys are missing” infobar shown at startup. +- Access keys for the Google APIs. More details are available at the Chromium development website. Note that the delimiters (
::
) are surrounded by a single space on each side. + + - This can also be set to
- HighDPISupport=
true
orfalse
+ - Enables Chromium's High DPI mode on high-resolution displays. Support is enabled by default.
Tips
-Reducing the application size
+ + +Tips
+Reducing the application size
If space is a concern, there are a few things you can do to reduce the program size. They are listed in effectiveness and recommendation order.
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- Don't install the 64-bit executables -
- Compress Chromium Portable with the PortableApps.com AppCompactor, using NRV2E compression +
- Compress Chromium Portable with the PortableApps.com AppCompactor, using NRV2E compression
- Clean up navigation data regularly -
- Remove extra language files from
App\Chromium\shared\locales\
; make sure to keep the one corresponding to your language
- - Disable malware and phishing protection +
- Remove files for unneeded features from the
App\Chromium\<version>
directory:-
+
- Extra language files (
Locales\*.pak
; make sure to keep the one corresponding to your language)
+ - PDF viewer plugin (
pdf.dll
)
+ - Native Client (
nacl64.exe
,nacl_irt_x86_*.nexe
andppgooglenaclpluginchrome.dll
)
Copying a local profile
-If you're using a local copy of Chromium or a derivative, like Google Chrome, you may wish to just copy your local browser settings right into Chromium Portable. For that, you just need to copy the contents of the folder corresponding to your browser to the
-Data
directory in your Chromium Portable install. To access these folders, enter the given address in Windows Explorer's address bar.-
-
- Chromium, SRWare Iron:
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Chromium\User Data\
- - Google Chrome:
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Google\Chrome\User Data\
- - Comodo Dragon:
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Comodo\Dragon\User Data\
+
+ - Extra language files (
- Disable malware and phishing protection
You can copy your profile from Chromium Portable to a local browser by performing the converse steps.
-Making a portable copy of Flash
-To copy the Flash plugin from a Google Chome Portable install:
+Copying a local profile
+If you're using a local copy of Chromium or a derivative, like Google Chrome, you may wish to just copy your local browser settings right into Chromium Portable. For that, you just need to copy the contents of the folder corresponding to your browser to the Data
directory in your Chromium Portable install. To access these folders, enter the given address in Windows Explorer's address bar.
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- Create a directory
<ChromiumPortableDir>\Data\App\PepperFlash\32
, including the possibly missing paths in-between.
- - Copy the files in
<GoogleChromePortableDir>\App\Chrome-bin\<version>\PepperFlash
to the folder you just created.
+ - Chromium, SRWare Iron:
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Chromium\User Data\
+ - Google Chrome:
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Google\Chrome\User Data\
+ - Comodo Dragon:
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Comodo\Dragon\User Data\
For use with the 64-bit Chromium Portable, replace 32
with 64
in the first step, and use Google Chrome Portable (64-bit) in the second step.
Remember to keep the plugin updated (especially when Chromium Portable nags you to do so).
+You can copy your profile from Chromium Portable to a local browser by performing the converse steps.
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