| 2 Google Chromes listed in SHOW ON START MENU drop down box | RADencker | 6/3/09 1:30 AM | Anyone else having a problem with 2 GOOGLE CHROME choices showing up on the INTERNET "SHOW ON START MENU" drop down box? I'm running WIndows XP SP3 and latest stable build of Chrome. I've completely removed Chrome (verifying that NO Google Chromes sh |
| Re: 2 Google Chromes listed in SHOW ON START MENU drop down box | sprudd | 6/3/09 3:48 AM | Not sure why this is happening. Certainly shouldn't happen. Are they both pointing to the same place? You can find out by doing a right click and properties and checking the target box for each of them. Also, to get rid of one, just right click a |
| Re: 2 Google Chromes listed in SHOW ON START MENU drop down box | RADencker | 6/3/09 3:29 PM | it seems they are both pointing to the same chome.exe. These aren't shortcuts so i can't click on them to see their path. They are in the drop-down box located in the TASKBAR/Start Menu Properties section to configure the Start Menu. You know, if you |
| Re: 2 Google Chromes listed in SHOW ON START MENU drop down box | geoffreytu | 10/4/09 12:46 PM | Same for me. I just noticed today. |
| Re: 2 Google Chromes listed in SHOW ON START MENU drop down box | geoffreytu | 10/4/09 1:35 PM | Well, an uninstall followed by a restart and then reinstall worked for me. Now I only have one instance of Google Chrome in that list, and it's between Firefox and IE. |
| Re: 2 Google Chromes listed in SHOW ON START MENU drop down box | geoffreytu | 10/4/09 10:12 PM | Just checked again, and the double entry has come back. Looks like several restarts or something else caused it to reappear. |
| Re: 2 Google Chromes listed in SHOW ON START MENU drop down box | RADencker | 10/4/09 10:46 PM | i noticed mine seem to come back when i use the Google Chrome channel changer. If i change channels, another one appears in the list. The only way i've found to get rid of them all is to uninstall, clean out stray registry entries and then re-install |
| Re: 2 Google Chromes listed in SHOW ON START MENU drop down box | geoffreytu | 10/4/09 11:01 PM | oh wow, i hope i don't get 3. well, i did manage to find the registry entry to delete to bring it back to 1. i deleted this folder and all of its subdirectories. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\chrome.exe (i left the folder call |
| Re: 2 Google Chromes listed in SHOW ON START MENU drop down box | geoffreytu | 10/5/09 2:44 PM | this morning i started up my computer, and the double entry is back. i checked the registry and the key i deleted yesterday is there again. so it definitely seems like something is recreating this registry key. |