Google Chrome is a multifunctional open source browser that allows you to change the parameters built into it in accordance with the user's requirements. For example, the browser allows you to manually edit the desired bookmarks by working with the configuration files themselves, which store all the necessary data.
Placing Google Chrome bookmarks
All Google Chrome bookmarks are located in the user's directory of the Windows system. In Windows 7 and 8 systems, this folder is located at "Start" - "Computer" - "Local drive C:" - "Users" - "Your username". After that, you will need to additionally go to the AppData - Local - Google - Chrome - User Data - Default directory. This section contains documents containing all files containing bookmark settings.
In Windows XP, this directory is located in a different folder, to access which open "My Computer" - "Local drive C:" - Documents and Settings - "Username" - Local Settings - Application Data - Google - Chrome - User Data - Default.
If you cannot see these directories, then their display is disabled in your system. To access the bookmark files, you need to enable the display of hidden folders in the system settings. To do this, open any folder in Windows and click on the "Tools" tab in the menu of the top panel of the "Explorer" window. In the context menu that appears, call "Folder Options" ("Folder Options" in Windows XP). Go to the "View" tab and go down to the bottom of the list of options where you can find the "Show hidden files" option. Then click "OK" to apply the settings.
The file that stores the settings for browser bookmarks is called Bookmark.
Editing bookmarks manually
The Bookmark file can be opened for quick editing using the "Notepad" utility included in the list of standard system programs. To use the program, double-click on the file and select the appropriate parameter from the list provided.
You can optionally save the Bookmarks file to any removable media so as not to lose access to old bookmarks when reinstalling or uninstalling the browser.
In the window you will see the configuration file of the tabs with a list of the required data that can be changed. The file is divided into sections with different names. After the roots section: All folders and links stored in the browser are presented. Further, the name of the directory in which the bookmarks are stored is represented in quotation marks. For example, bookmark_bar is responsible for the bookmarks that are stored in the bookmark bar.
The id line represents the bookmark identifier, which is not worth customizing. The name parameter contains the name of the file, which can be changed. So, you can change "name": "google chrome" to "name": "google chrome". The type parameter can be url or folder, which defines the bookmark itself and the subdirectory, respectively. The url line is responsible for the address of the bookmark itself, which can also be changed. For example, "url": "https://chrome.google.com/webstore/search/switchysharp".
You should not remove the curly braces that are in the file, as this can damage the bookmark list.
Edit the required lines in the file, and then save the changes using the "File" - "Save" command. After that, launch the browser in the system and check the changes made by going to the "Bookmarks" section of the main menu. The manual file editing procedure is now complete.
