If devs just decided not to update xml manifest file if it was changed by user (simple hash string comparison could check that), Chrome should not replace it, unless absolutely necessary (e.g. Unfortunately, this is happening because of regular Chrome updates, its release cycle / schedule is very well documented here: Ĭhrome update replaces all the files and icons every time, which is super annoying. Everytime I have to redo it, I just delete the offending one, rename the copy to chrome.visualelements manifest, then copy and paste the same file back to the same folder.Īnyway – I’d rather note go through this mess every time Chrome or Windows updates. I’m pretty good at it now – I keep a copy of the xml file in the same folder with the changes. One question – how can we prevent overwrite in the first place? I find myself doing this process frequently, usually 3-4 times per month. More helpful than other suggestions I found. Jesus Christ, I’ve been trying it from time to time for about a year now – similar steps yet it didn’t work. I gave up looking for a solution a couple of weeks ago, right about this time this was published. Re-select (select again) Google Chrome icon (yes, it looks the same but it’s not!) and confirm with Admin rights. Windows will open another Explorer window with bunch of shortcuts / icons, locate Google Chrome icon > right click on it and click Properties STEP 5 Right-click on Google Chrome pinned icon > More > click on Open file location Still nothing? Well, that’s because we haven’t refreshed our START MENU pinned icon yet! TIP: If you wish to change this to a custom color, you can search for hex color codes and replace it with a custom one (red, blue, green, and all other variations of). Replace ‘ #5F6368‘ or ‘ #FFFFFF‘ hexadecimal (hex) color code with ‘ transparent‘ word, then SAVE the file changes with Notepad File > Save command. Look on the right bottom side of the open file window dialog and select All Files mode. TIP: If you don’t see file in the open dialog, this is because a TXT file filter is active. Open “ ” file from Notepad File > Open command in Chrome’s location from STEP 1. Right-click on Notepad icon > select Run as administrator option You can immediately delete xml file and skip directly to STEP 4 below. You can use a shortcut method here to locate xml file, as shown in updated video above. Locate “ ” File in:Ĭ:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application How can we deal with the new design change and can we revert it back? Can we make it blue again (technically, it is transparent, and the blue background color is controlled by the Windows theme)? The answer is – Yes! Google Chrome Grey or White Background Fix STEP 1 Nope, this is not another bug in our lovely Chrome! Both 32 and 64 bit and all Windows 8 / Windows 8.1 / Windows 10 editions are affected. In recent Google Chrome browser version 68 update new background color scheme was introduced for the Start Menu pinned icon. It also shows you how to change background with custom color: Watch this short video tutorial to learn how to simply fix this issue: Far from ideal as in older versions, but definitely less irritating. In Google Chrome browser version 69 bright white color (hex color code #FFFFFF) is replaced with a grey color (hex color code #5F6368). Now, you should be able to update Chrome icon, as shown in the video. Rename fresh shortcut from chrome.exe to Google Chrome (without extension).and then use cut
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