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Just going back to Browsermetrics for a moment, someone here has reported the same issue with Edge, so it looks like it's something that can probably happen with all Chromium-based browsers. A new profile was recommended there too, and apparently fixed it.

You're not following the whole conversation. All of this was to answer the specific needs of somebody on XP. Why are you throwing Vista into the conversation? The first solution I offered does not work in XP. This solution does. The person we are helping is on XP. Not Vista. Not 10. Not Kylin. Not TempleOS. Not MythOS. et cetera...

Not sure what it is. Chrome Post War Apocalypse Launcher, maybe? Search for it, they say it could be Chrome's malware/spyware/virus. Clam Win found a virus there. Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/chrome/comments/168wkt2/antivirus_scanner_found_virus_in_chrome/

I did a bit of digging, and it seems this one is Chrome's spyware - collecting statistics on what media you "engage" with. Looks like studies "...from a user's individual browsing behaviour..." https://www.chromium.org/audio-video/autoplay/autoplay-pre-seeding-in-chrome/

@D.Draker already asked @win32 to remove the unnecessary disk killing "feature", it was several years ago, when the project was only starting. https://msfn.org/board/topic/184046-future-of-chrome-on-windows-7/page/38/#findComment-1245198

That's the wrong file. That's also not a "portable" version of 360Chrome. The loader that we are referring to only exists in the "portable" versions of 360Chrome.

@hidao Assuming you actually have a copy of 360Loader.exe, can you try using that to launch Supermium with the INI file you had before? I would be interested to know if it does in fact work. Remember, you will have to change the name of the INI file to match the EXE file's name, e.g. 360Loader.exe will need an INI file called 360Loader.ini.

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A starting-point X-Supermium.ini for Step 7 above. How much or how little one wants the .ini to "do" is totally up to the end-user preferences. The possibilities are ENDLESS. ;------------------------------------------------- [Setup] AppName=Supermium ;------------------------------------------------- [FileToRun] PathToExe=$Bin$\$AppName$\chrome.exe Parameters=--user-data-dir="%Profile%" --disk-cache-dir="$Cache$" --test-type --disable-logging --no-default-browser-check --no-first-run --disable-breakpad --disable-background-networking --allow-outdated-plugins --use-angle=d3d9 --ignore-gpu-blocklist ;------------------------------------------------- [Environment] Profile=$Home$\$AppName$ Registry=$Home$\$AppName$\Registry ;-- performed when portable Supermium is LAUNCHED [Functions] DirCreate=%Profile%|%Registry% FileDelete=%Profile%\BrowserMetrics-spare.pma ;------------------------------------------------- [WriteToReg=%Registry%\$AppName$_1.reg] MainKey=HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Supermium [WriteToReg=%Registry%\$AppName$_2.reg] MainKey=HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google ;------------------------------------------------- [RunBefore] RegEdit=%Registry%\$AppName$_1.reg;$AppName$_2.reg ;-- performed when portable Supermium is EXITED [RunAfter] FileDelete=%Profile%\BrowserMetrics-spare.pma DirRemove=%Profile%\ShaderCache DirRemove=%Profile%\GrShaderCache DirRemove=%Profile%\component_crx_cache FileDelete=%Profile%\Default\*.tmp;*-journal;log;log.old;*.log;*.ldb DirRemove=%Profile%\Default\GPUCache ;------------------------------------------------- [Options] DeleteTemp=true ShowSplash=false ShowTrayTip=false WriteLog=false

If it were me, I would *delete* anything-and-everything Supermium (files, folders, registry) and start completely over, all brand new! ESPECIALLY if I had a *corrupt* profile writing MULTIPLE BrowserMetric files - there should *NOT* be MULTIPLE FILES. No matter how "complex" my profile is, I would DELETE IT ENTIRELY and start completely over, all brand new! Instructions are for XP x86. 1) obtain Supermium - this tutorial will be using v132 R1 (most recent Supermium) download the nonsetup.zip https://github.com/win32ss/supermium/releases/download/v132-r1/supermium_132_32_nonsetup.zip 2) obtain winPenPack X-Launcher original Source = https://www.winpenpack.com/en/download.php?view.15 but it will take you to here = https://sourceforge.net/projects/winpenpack/files/X-Launcher/1.5.4/X-Launcher_1.5.4.zip/download 3) extract both to temporary folders - we will only copy from them and not use them as-is 4) for the extracted Supermium - a) DELETE setup.exe - personally, I have *never* clicked this! *NEVER* b) DELETE NotoEmoji.ttf - *zero* use to me, if you need this font, install manually like any other font, i *never* trust anything called "setup.exe" c) inside the Supermium subfolder - i) DELETE all three of the Supermium Classic/Ungoogled .cmd files ii) DELETE uninstall.exe iii) DELETE the two widevine files - Widevine only "partially" works in Supermium and things like Netflix do not work, a partially-functioning Widevine is *USELESS* to me iv) optional - DELETE all but the languages you actually use from Supermium's Locales folder 5) for the extracted X-Launcher - a) DELETE the _source, _tutorials, Backups, Documents, Downloads, and Lib folders - the ReadMe folder is not needed either but for the sake of a public tutorial, I leave it for the "license" b) RENAME X-Launcher.exe to X-Supermium.exe (or just Supermium.exe) - this and the next file need to have the same exact name c) RENAME X-Launcher.ini to X-Supermium.ini (or just Supermium.ini) - this and file just previous need to have the same exact name d) DELETE the Software_1 and Software_2 folders inside the Bin folder e) DELETE the Software_1 and Software_2 folders inside the User folder f) I replace the X-Launcher .exe file icon with a Chromium icon, a Supermium icon could also be used, but this tutorial will not go through the icon-swap instructions 6) create the folder where your Portable Supermium will reside - I used C:\Miscellaneous\SupermiumPortable a) copy or move all of the X-Launcher [from Step 5] contents (two empty folders [Bin and User] and two files [the .exe and the .ini] and place them in C:\Miscellaneous\SupermiumPortable b) copy or move all of the Supermium [from Step 4] contents (one and only one folder named Supermium) and place that folder in C:\Miscellaneous\SupermiumPortable\Bin (Supermium is a SUBFOLDER inside the Bin folder) 7) EDIT the X-Supermium.ini file -- sample file included in next post Read through the existing .ini before editing, the power of this file is only limited to the imagination of the user For example, I have some profiles with registry files where my OS has *DIFFERENT* "default browsers" solely depending on which brower I keep open and the OS has *NO DEFAULT AT ALL* if no browser is open You can opt to use a "portable registry" or you can opt to let Supermium use your OS registry, flexibility is endless, all up to the needs of the user 8) Launch using X-Supermium.exe, create desktop or start menu shortcuts that point to X-Supermium.exe No startup commands needed because all startup commands are moved to X-Supermium.ini's Parameters line Shortcuts can have their own icon via OS settings, et cetera

That's exactly what I did! I had equivalents for Thorium as well, but I've now removed that.

It really does work, I can assure you! Just put the loader exe file in the same folder as chrome.exe, along with its associated INI file where the settings are stored. This is mine for reference. [Setup] AppName=Chrome [FileToRun] PathToExe=.\$AppName$.exe Parameters=--user-data-dir="D:\Program Files\Supermium\User Data" --no-proxy-server /high-dpi-support=1 /force-device-scale-factor=1 --use-angle=d3d9 --ignore-gpu-blocklist [Environment] Profile=.\User Data

I already modified my fork ytBATCH for Windows XP. I added new entries to the main window, removed the autoupdate function of ytBATCH completely, changed the update function for ytBATCH to a simple version check one and removed all superfluous code. Now, it is no longer possible to accidentally update ytBATCH, which would only render my fork non-functional. At the moment, the batch script ensemble is again in test mode.

Sounds a bit racist, why would you not? I'm French, but I have en-GB locale, in this new modern World one's gotta be more open. It's not like I suggested something you wouldn't want or don't understand. Besides, it will give you the proper date format, apart from proper spelling.

Did I say that? I said: Look at the second screenshot under (Y)! This is the Preferences window, and there you can change the use of yt-dlp to youtube-dl. The latter is a YouTube downloader compatible with SSE only CPUs. When pressing the key Y and setting the value to youtube-dl, the youtube-dl.zip file will be automatically downloaded, unpacked and saved. Then, you can use it. And to finalize the SSE topic, the ffmpeg release from @Reino is also SSE compatible. So, there shouldn't really be any problems.

My Windows XP computer is equipped with a single core Pentium 4 Northwood 2.8 GHz CPU and no problems here. As long as the computer is able to download files from YouTube, it should work. If your CPU is only equipped with the SSE instructions set, you should use youtube-dl instead of yt-dlp. This can be set under Preferences. Watching YouTube videos is another matter, but ytBATCH for Windows XP has nothing to do with that.

Thanks. Yes it opens up on 7 without SP1! I tried 1 extension, it worked. Need to test more extensively. EDIT. NO odd brightness issues like in Supermium, no icons issues,

You are absolutely right. If any security patches can be applied by @feodor2, then this should be done in any case. Of course, one should also be aware that activating user scripts or using certain hacks has unfortunately a negative impact on the security of Mypal 68. I, for example, use both. But I also know what I'm doing.

Updating the embedded root certificates of Mypal 68 is of course a very good idea and important for using this browser in the future.

A very interesting investigation, no less than the French investigation into Musk! I'd want to add, Win 7 also creates that crappy "logic" partition on your additional HDD installed in the computer at the time of the installation, Unlike XP and Vista.

Very strange. Never had any crashes with this release. All Python related modules were ported by me from @cmalex's ProxyMII (20220717) release. Check my main article under the sections 8.3.1 and 9.3! As I said, no problems here with these releases on my Windows XP computer. And you are the very first who reported such issues Did you install it by following my instructions? Maybe, you should completely remove it and perform a reinstallation. Is there anything else in your system which might interfere with the Python modules?

Additionally, I filled my second post in this thread with some recommendations for YouTube Downloaders still working under Windows XP (and presumably under Windows Vista, too) and updated the content. Originally, I posted it in @roytam1's browser thread and created this thread short time later. Now, it is in the right place to find it quickly if necessary. Cheers, AstroSkipper

Great news about 3D Youtube Downloader 3D Youtube Downloader has been updated to the version 1.22.2. Starting with this version or one before, this downloader now uses the awesome yt-dlp provided by @nicolaasjan. Unfortunately, they forgot to add some credits to him and a link to his GitHub page. That is a no-go and has of course to be corrected as soon as possible. Because the same applies as always: Honor to whom honor is due. At this point, I say once again thanks to @nicolaasjan! Cheers, AstroSkipper

No, he means the page about:support:

I think I have made my point of view and therefore my opinion crystal clear. That has nothing to do with criticism. And the problem with perception is truly a different one and cannot be solved by me.