Startup Settings In Chrome Disabled

Question

Today when I turn on my laptop I haven't got the tabs which I have left opened in Google Chrome under start up settings (Continue where I Left Off).

It is disturbing as I have opened some tabs from time to time. It is very time-consuming to re-open all those tabs again by seeing history. If anyone knows the solution please tell me.

I have attached picture here also.

Solution

Your screenshot shows that the setting is enforced by your admin.

Check Settings - On Startup Is the "Continue where I left off" radio button selectable? Is the radio button "Open a specific page or set of pages" selected? Are there yellow marks around it? When you mouse-over the marks you see "This setting is enforced by your administrator."

This is controlled by the registry keys under

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Policies/Google/Chrome

(try HKEY_CURRENT_USER if this does not work for you)

RestoreOnStartup

5 = Open New Tab Page

1 = Restore the last session

4 = Open a list of URLs

Example value: 0x00000004 (Windows), 4 (Linux), 4 (Mac)

"Action on startup Data type:

Integer (REG_DWORD)

Windows registry location:

Software\Policies\Google\Chrome\RestoreOnStartup

Mac/Linux preference name: RestoreOnStartup

Supported on: Google Chrome (Linux, Mac, Windows) since version 8 Google Chrome OS (Google Chrome OS) since version 11

Supported features: Can Be Recommended: Yes, Dynamic Policy Refresh: Yes, Per Profile: Yes

Description: Allows you to specify the behavior on startup. If you choose 'Open New Tab Page' the New Tab Page will always be opened when you start Google Chrome. If you choose 'Restore the last session', the URLs that were open last time Google Chrome was closed will be reopened and the browsing session will be restored as it was left. Choosing this option disables some settings that rely on sessions or that perform actions on exit (such as Clear browsing data on exit or session-only cookies). If you choose 'Open a list of URLs', the list of 'URLs to open on startup' will be opened when a user starts Google Chrome. If you enable this setting, users cannot change or override it in Google Chrome. Disabling this setting is equvalent to leaving it not configured. The user will still be able to change it in Google Chrome.

Comments

[Colonel Panic]

This is a useful question. It should be moved to superuser.com rather than closed.

[weir]

Here is an equivalent question at superuser: superuser.com/questions/590726/…

[rob2universe]

If the setting is applied you can still use the "pin tab" feature to get a similar result.

[ahjashish]

Changing the registry setting worked for me. Thank you hero.

[johnny]

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE didn't work for me - I had to add it to HKEY_CURRENT_USER. Also note that the effect is immediate - if you refresh the Settings page, you should see it change (no restart required to confirm the change)

[Keithel]

Note that this situation happened to me on a Windows 10 machine that is not part of a domain at all - so there is no group policy in place - seems like a Google Chrome bug to me. The behavior started when I created a second google profile - both profiles had the RestoreOnStartup setting set to 4 - "open a list of URLs" despite the setting having been to restore the last session prior to creating the second profile.

[Keithel]

This has been submitted to Google as an issue using in-chrome "Report an Issue..."

[Gautam Sharma]

It works to me. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Policies/Google/Chrome , if no edit possible, open the command prompt as administrator and run regedit then change.