MattX Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 I have a simple taskbar script which has some hotkeys setup + it brings up a list of a few websites. As clearing the cache is important at the moment for some users I wanted the option of chrome opening with the page that shows the clear browser settings. Thinking this would be straight forward like launching any browser eg: chrome.exe www.autoitscript.com I put in chrome.exe chrome://settings/clearBrowserData thinking it would launch and display that option page - it doesn't. It just defaults [ well in my case ] to google. I don't want to have to code deleting the user's %appdata%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Cache folder but will if required. It would be great just to get that page when they click on the option of use the hotkey. Any ideas or work arounds anyone ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireFox Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Hi, Chrome does not allow to create short links for that kind of url, that's why you can not launch it with this url. Br, FireFox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattX Posted September 1, 2012 Author Share Posted September 1, 2012 I kind of figured that out myself....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattX Posted September 1, 2012 Author Share Posted September 1, 2012 I think I may have a work around - launch to a about:blank page - look for that and then send the relevant URL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattX Posted September 1, 2012 Author Share Posted September 1, 2012 Ended up doing this: Func ClearCache() If FileExists("C:Program FilesGoogleChromeApplicationchrome.exe") Then Run("C:Program FilesGoogleChromeApplicationchrome.exe about:blank", "C:Program FilesGoogleChromeApplication") WinWait("about:blank - Google Chrome") Send("^a chrome://settings/clearBrowserData{ENTER}") ElseIf FileExists("C:Program Files (x86)GoogleChromeApplicationchrome.exe") Then Run("C:Program Files (x86)GoogleChromeApplicationchrome.exe about:blank", "C:Program Files (x86)GoogleChromeApplication") WinWait("about:blank - Google Chrome") Send("^a chrome://settings/clearBrowserData{ENTER}") Else MsgBox(48,"Chrome Not Installed !!","Error !!" & @CRLF & "You can't delete cache from chrome as it is not installed." & @CRLF & "Please contact the IT Helpdesk.") EndIf EndFunc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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