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Here is one of my newer but it is still not my newest. I still only run D3D9 intentionally and on purpose, but sure, if you have some "test" for me to run, I *might* oblige.

No, but I would be fired if I visited MSFN from a lab bench pc/laptop and they run on a company VPN when I bring a laptop home for work activities. Sorry, I will not put my job on the line by screencapping company hardware. The company lets us keep them after 8yrs. Most of my computers here at home are old work machines. The one I screencap'd is sitting here in the living room, it is my *OLDEST* but it's just *EASIEST* to screencap from it when sitting here watching news. But no, I do not buy brand new laptops every six months, whether you want me to or not.

We run some EXTREMELY FAST and VERY EXPENSIVE hardware at work. I drop down to D3D9 INTENTIONALLY, ON PURPOSE, and I really should not have to detail my bullet points for doing so.

This is also from my ** ** ** OLDEST HARDWARE ** ** **

THA T IS NOT MY LAPTOP !!! !!! !!! THAT IS MY OLDEST HARDWARE !!! !!! !!!

Not sure why you think I need to "prove" this to you, but see below. I change hardware a LOT. This is my *OLDEST* computer. Why in the H#LL do "you guys" think I am "poverty" running ancient crap? My laptop costs more than my daughter's car. And no, I'm not going to "prove" that to you and "your obsession". Moving on... "Toodles"...

This enormous cache with DX11 is on a top-of-the-line laptop only 2.5yrs old. I DO NOT WANT DX11 AND THE CACHE THAT COMES WITH USING IT! MY needs should NOT be such an OBSESSION on YOUR end!

Several of my computers are capable of DX11. I DISABLE INTENTIONALLY. Why? Because the shader cache grows and grows and grows and I only use PORTABLE browsers, migrating from computer to computer to computer, and have no interest in GIGANTIC shader caches.

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.

For those two parameters, the test is to copy your browser profile to a USB Memory Stick or a shared network folder and then copy that profile to another computer then launch the browser in that other computer. If your extensions are still there, then these two parameters did their job. If the other computer starts with an empty profile, then these parameters did not do their job. If you are not migrating a profile from one computer to another, then you do not need these two parameters to begin with, these flags are for portability and migrating between computers.

Not always. I actually prefer X-Launcher over-and-above 360Chrome's launcher. 360Chrome's launcher has an embedded "integrity check" that can cause problems on some systems (but not on all systems). 360Chrome's launcher has embedded telemetry that has been removed during the patching/modifying of my 360Chrome releases - but its original existence should still regard it as as "suspect" over launchers that do not contain such embeds. X-Launcher is more "universal".

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...

Meant as NOTHING MORE than A STARTING POINT. Add to, remove from. Totally up to the end-user preferences.

A starting-point

No, you use what you want, I'll use what I want. D3D9 sets a cache of 4 files. D3D11 sets HUNDREDS of cache files. In other words, SSD Killing Feature

Disabeled chromecast and the UDP ports that it opens.

MSFN members specifically asked how to delete during Supermium exit, I provided a solution. All Chrome-based browsers create, delete, and recreate this file over and over and over. Adding as a startup or exit delete only controls "when", because the browser itself is already creating, deleting, and recreating over and over and over.

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

Will actually be "easier" to use winPenPak X-Launcher. I'll come up with some instructions and post later.

The loader will be two files. If we are using the loader from 360Chrome, those two files will be 360Loader.exe and 360Loader.ini. They can be renamed to SupermiumLoader.exe and SupermiumLoader.ini. The names must MATCH with the exception of .exe and .ini.

You're not portablizing the registry entries.

I'll share my setup/config later today.

We shouldn't have to do all the work "for you". These loader .ini files are not that difficult to learn!

Any my archives indicate that I also used winPenPack "X-Launcher" with Supermium and the X-Launcher also has the ability to delete files/folders at exit.