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Navel-Gazer
10 Jul 15 23:57
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The interfering busybodies at Google Chrome have changed something in the settings overnight which has made all my bookmarks disappear Cry
This has happened before and if it's of any help to someone else on here, I've done a copy & paste of the advice which helped sort it out for me a while back:

"For now, Chrome users who don't like the new bookmarks manager can restore the list view by typing chrome://flags in the address bar, hitting Enter, then searching for the flag labeled Enable Enhanced Bookmarks and setting it to Disabled. The old-style manager will return after Chrome is restarted"

That worked for me at the time but after being confronted with the same problem today, I tried it again and it seems the perverts at Google have now closed that 'loophole' which now prevents me from retrieving my bookmarks Angry
These maniacs are driving me crazy...they're IMPOSSIBLE to contact to ask why this has been done and how it can be returned to yesterday's settings.

I've already spent an eternity getting bounced around in circles on their 'help' section and as they have NO intention of letting you contact them, it seems I'm snookered unless someone can oblige with a secret email address or a telephone number so I can ask a question.

Better still...some techno-wizard on here might even be able to rustle up a solution for me Happy

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Ramruma
When: 11 Jul 15 02:33
Hmm. I updated chrome yesterday and can still go to chrome://flags/#enhanced-bookmarks-experiment
By:
Navel-Gazer
When: 12 Jul 15 19:08
Ramruma - still no progress for me squire...any ideas why?
By:
Ramruma
When: 12 Jul 15 21:45
Not really. What version of chrome is it (menu > about google chrome)? Have you tried pasting chrome://flags/#enhanced-bookmarks-experiment directly into your browser?
By:
Navel-Gazer
When: 13 Jul 15 19:02
Version 43.0.2357.132 m
Pasting straight to the browser made no difference.

I hoped the link below might've helped but even though I'm on Windows 7, I can't find System Properties or System Protection for Windows7_OS (C:)

http://www.computerworld.com/article/2864065/windows-apps/recovering-lost-bookmarks-in-chrome.html

What's annoying is that I can't make head or tail of the youtube tutorial the geezer suggested as it's in Russian! Crazy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBuwj0Hj4SY

PS - any idea how to get a message through to them? The options on their help section are always 'unavailable' Angry
By:
MisterBadger
When: 14 Jul 15 00:46
just dump chrome and go for firefox or someone similar that isn't spying on you... google are ****s of the highest order:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25859360
By:
Navel-Gazer
When: 14 Jul 15 13:34
Totally agree mate BUT that's not gonna retrieve the thousands of bookmarks I've lost - I can't believe that I didn't back them up a few months ago as I just assumed I'd use the same method to recover them (if necessary) as I did when it last happened in April Sad

Besides, I have ZERO reassurance that the others wouldn't operate in a similar way (as the CIA) in monitoring everything!

A pound to a pinch of shíte that if some techno-geek needed to retrieve my markers (if I was under suspicion of something) then Google would be able to do so at the press of a button and that's my main complaint...that I can't even get a message through to the bastards to ask! Angry

I'll have to try & decipher that Russian geezer's youtube tutorial when I'm feeling a bit more patient Crazy
By:
Stow_judge
When: 14 Jul 15 14:36
I though that the bookmarks are saved with your account. I'm sure I have logged in elsewhere and had my bookmarks appear.
Take a look in the below folder, they should still be on your pc
C:\Users\(username)\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default
By:
Stow_judge
When: 14 Jul 15 14:42
These may be worth a read

Steps to resolve Chrome bookmark synchronization issues
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/google-in-the-enterprise/steps-to-resolve-chrome-bookmark-synchronization-issues/

ync Your Google Chrome Bookmarks, Theme, and More
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/21327/sync-your-google-chrome-bookmarks-theme-and-more/
By:
Stow_judge
When: 14 Jul 15 14:43
If all else is lost, my website should contain many/most of the links that you'll be interested in

http://www.smashiton.com/
By:
Stow_judge
When: 14 Jul 15 14:46
and this one

https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/chrome/yWZeXbOmU80
By:
Navel-Gazer
When: 16 Jul 15 15:26
SJ - thanks for trying mate.

PS - I was bitterly disappointed not to find anything to 'smash it on' on that website you suggested Sad
By:
Stow_judge
When: 16 Jul 15 21:06
All the free writers did a bunk Sad
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