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Maybe this is how your Chromebook makes emojis weirdly difficult to access. (Google just fixed this this month! 🥳) Maybe this is how your Chromebook haunts your dreams and tickles you to sleep. (No offense, but this seems to be a problem best resolved in therapy.) For me, the latter has been my main complaint about Chrome OS for quite some time now. It's a small thing, I realize, but something about having to close that blank browser window and then open my standard stuff every time I turn on my Chromebook is giving me trouble, making me say "arg" and generally turning me into an old-fashioned (but adorable helpless) hacker. Well, my friends, I have good news: Google is finally giving us a better way to handle the Chromebook startup experience. And whether or not you share what annoys me, you'll almost certainly find it preferable to the current state of Chrome OS. So here's the secret (and you better believe this one is buried): With the Chrome OS 92 update rolling out to devices in the last few days, Google has a new hidden option that (a) stops that darn window Chrome doesn't appear every time you start your Chromebook and (b) gives you the option to restore all the apps and windows you had open during your last shutdown, either automatically as soon as the system starts up, or via a message on the one you can choose to click or ignore, depending on your mood at any given time. It's a major usability improvement, to say the least, and a long overdue update. The whole concept of chrome-window-up-automatically goes back to the early days of the Chromebook, when systems were very simple and mostly placed as one-dimensional windows on the web. Back then, the idea was that everything we did revolved around World Wide Interwhoomps, and we wanted our computers to boot up quickly so we could go directly to the address bar that would take us online. The basic idea may still hold true there, but these days we use a variety of different ways to reach our primarily web-centric destinations. From packaged Progressive Web Apps to Android apps and more, our Chromebooks have become a platform-challenging “jack of all trades” with an endless array of productivity options. And the basic browser isn't always where we want to start. Anyway, enough geek-flavored philosophy. If you want to free your Chromebook from its force-open browser strings and give yourself the option of restoring everything you had open before, here's how.
The Chrome OS Boot Fix: Part I
First of all, we need to make sure you're using the latest version of Chrome OS, because that's where this hidden new feature resides:
Click the clock area in the lower-right corner of your Chromebook screen, then click the gear-shaped settings icon in the panel that appears.
Click "About Chrome OS" at the bottom of the menu on the left side of the screen.
If you see "Chrome OS 92" (followed by a bunch of numbers) on the screen that appears, shout a celebratory exclamation. or “Giddyup, good citizens around me! - then go get a strawberry soda and move on to the next section.
If you see a number less than 92, press the button that appears to check for updates and see if the latest version of Chrome OS is pending. If so, wait for it to download to your device, then click the button that appears when finished to restart your computer and let it install. If not, shed a few overly dramatic tears, play a Sarah McLachlan song to feel like you're in a dreary '90s music video, then come back in a day or two to see if update day has hit you.
Cold? Cold. Now let's get to the good part.
The Chrome OS Boot Fix: Part II
Once you're sure you have Chrome OS 92 in front of you, follow these steps to discover and activate the new browser ban startup surprise:
Open a new Chrome tab and type chrome: flags in the browser address bar.
Take restore in the search box at the top of the screen.
You should see two options appear: “Enable ARC Ghost Window” (eek!) and “Full Restore”. As scary as it sounds, click the box next to it and the second option and change both settings from "Default" to "On." (And take extra rest to make sure no otherworldly spirit portals appear in front of you. Hey, you can never be too careful.)
Click the blue Restart button at the bottom of the screen.
When your Chromebook restarts, you should notice something: a Chrome browser won't open and drop on you automatically! Giddyup, good citizens around me! To get the restore part of the process up and running, we just need to do one more little tweak:
Again, click the clock area in the bottom right corner of the screen, then click the gear-shaped settings icon in the panel that appears.
This time, click on "Applications" in the main menu on the left side of the screen.
Click "On startup" in the main area of the screen.
An option will appear asking if you want your existing apps and pages, the ones you opened the last time you closed, to be automatically restored the next time you start your Chromebook (“Always”) or if you want this option to be. it is presented as a message each time the system is started ("Ask me every time"). If you just want to get rid of the nasty browser auto-window behavior, but don't want its items to be restored every time you start, you can also leave the setting at its default "Do not restore" position.
![Función de Chrome OS: Restaurar]()
JR If you use the "Ask me every time" prompt, you'll see a small box offering to pick up where you left off in the bottom right corner of the screen each time you sign in to your device again. Just make sure you click on it before doing anything else, if you want to use it.
![Solicitud de restauración de Chrome OS]()
JR The only asterisk is that as of now Linux apps on Chrome OS aren't included in the mix, so if you're one of the 17 people who regularly take advantage of Chromebook's Linux sideloading option (hello !), note that you will need to restart these programs manually, even with this new feature in place. Still, it's a pretty pet-friendly solution and a solid overall productivity boost for all Chromebook-owning organizations. Overjoyed, I have some; celebrations. Get even more advanced insights into efficiency with my new Android Shortcuts super course. You will learn tons of tips to save time on your phone!
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JR If you use the "Ask me every time" prompt, you'll see a small box offering to pick up where you left off in the bottom right corner of the screen each time you sign in to your device again. Just make sure you click on it before doing anything else, if you want to use it.
JR The only asterisk is that as of now Linux apps on Chrome OS aren't included in the mix, so if you're one of the 17 people who regularly take advantage of Chromebook's Linux sideloading option (hello !), note that you will need to restart these programs manually, even with this new feature in place. Still, it's a pretty pet-friendly solution and a solid overall productivity boost for all Chromebook-owning organizations. Overjoyed, I have some; celebrations. Get even more advanced insights into efficiency with my new Android Shortcuts super course. You will learn tons of tips to save time on your phone!