Chrome and the laptop

This (below) is from the net. But my version of W-10 has no #2 to choose. It
is not there. Chrome can't be found under programs in WinEp or under
Programs and features. Agent ransack found it under MozillaFireFox but there
is no way to uninstall it. I just spent over an hour trying to remove this
nightmare from the laptop. It opens and locks the screen. I can't get to
the desktop or open Firefox.

Any ideas how this is removed anyone?

This info is useless:

How to remove Google Chrome using Settings
To uninstall Chrome, close the browser, and then use these steps:

1.. Open Settings.


2.. Click on Apps.

3.. Click on Apps & features.

4.. Select the Google Chrome app.

5.. Click the Uninstall button.

Reinstall Chrome then uninstall Chrome

On 9/5/2019 3:55 AM, RBH wrote:
This (below) is from the net. But my version of W-10 has no #2 to choose. It
is not there. Chrome can't be found under programs in WinEp or under
Programs and features. Agent ransack found it under MozillaFireFox but there
is no way to uninstall it. I just spent over an hour trying to remove this
nightmare from the laptop. It opens and locks the screen. I can't get to
the desktop or open Firefox.

Any ideas how this is removed anyone?

This info is useless:

How to remove Google Chrome using Settings
To uninstall Chrome, close the browser, and then use these steps:

1.. Open Settings.


2.. Click on Apps.

3.. Click on Apps & features.

4.. Select the Google Chrome app.

5.. Click the Uninstall button.



You should know who the Chrome folders and files belong to before you
remove them. Some programs use Chrome to identify some of the files
and folders that belong to them.

Firefox is one of those programs. It has several files and folders that
are native to Firefox, and if remove will affect the operation of
Firefox. Thunderbird also has native files and folders with Chrome in
thier name.

--
Judge your ancestors by how well they met their standards not yours.
They did not know your standards, so could not try to meet them.

On 05/09/2019 08:55, RBH wrote:
This (below) is from the net. But my version of W-10 has no #2 to choose. It
is not there. Chrome can't be found under programs in WinEp or under
Programs and features. Agent ransack found it under MozillaFireFox but there
is no way to uninstall it. I just spent over an hour trying to remove this
nightmare from the laptop. It opens and locks the screen. I can't get to
the desktop or open Firefox.

THat isn't Google Chrome. It is Firefox's interface which is also called
'Chrome'. It predates google's. Don't delete it as it'll affect how
firefox works.

Are you sure you have Google chrome installed?

On 2019-09-05 3:55 a.m., RBH wrote:
This (below) is from the net. But my version of W-10 has no #2 to choose. It
is not there. Chrome can't be found under programs in WinEp or under
Programs and features. Agent ransack found it under MozillaFireFox but there
is no way to uninstall it. I just spent over an hour trying to remove this
nightmare from the laptop. It opens and locks the screen. I can't get to
the desktop or open Firefox.

Any ideas how this is removed anyone?

Absolutely none of what you wrote above makes any sense. You're looking
for _Chrome_ but found it in the _Firefox_ folder.

This info is useless:

How to remove Google Chrome using Settings
To uninstall Chrome, close the browser, and then use these steps:

1.. Open Settings.


2.. Click on Apps.

3.. Click on Apps & features.

4.. Select the Google Chrome app.

5.. Click the Uninstall button.

Which program are you actually looking to remove? Firefox or Chrome? In
either case, what you wrote above is the proper method to remove it. If
it freezes then you might try to *repair* the installation first if
there is an option for that once you click on the app in Apps &
Features. If there isn't, sometimes reinstalling the same browser on top
works to repair it. If that works, you can then uninstall it.

RBH wrote:
This (below) is from the net. But my version of W-10 has no #2 to choose. It
is not there. Chrome can't be found under programs in WinEp or under
Programs and features. Agent ransack found it under MozillaFireFox but there
is no way to uninstall it. I just spent over an hour trying to remove this
nightmare from the laptop. It opens and locks the screen. I can't get to
the desktop or open Firefox.

Any ideas how this is removed anyone?

This info is useless:

How to remove Google Chrome using Settings
To uninstall Chrome, close the browser, and then use these steps:

1.. Open Settings.


2.. Click on Apps.

3.. Click on Apps & features.

4.. Select the Google Chrome app.

5.. Click the Uninstall button.

What entry in Task Manager shows Chrome is running ?

Are you seeing files with that name, just in the file system ?

MSEdge is moving towards being Chromium-based, but they would
likely change the filenames. (They use the engine components
from Chrome/Chromium, rather than the whole browser as such.)

Paul

Chris wrote:

RBH wrote:

This (below) is from the net. But my version of W-10 has no #2 to
choose. It is not there. Chrome can't be found under programs in
WinEp or under Programs and features. Agent ransack found it under
MozillaFireFox but there is no way to uninstall it. I just spent
over an hour trying to remove this nightmare from the laptop. It
opens and locks the screen. I can't get to the desktop or open
Firefox.

THat isn't Google Chrome. It is Firefox's interface which is also called
'Chrome'. It predates google's. Don't delete it as it'll affect how
firefox works.

Are you sure you have Google chrome installed?

Very true. "Chrome" refers to the windowing elements of the program:
toolbar, borders, menus, etc. That Google renamed Chromium to Chrome
for their own Chromium variant (with some proprietary Google stuff) was
a bad choice. When you try to speak about the chrome of the web
browser, users not old enough or never read anything about customizing
or coding the chrome or how extensions could alter the chrome think
"chrome" means "[Google] Chrome" where the difference is little c versus
big C.

There may be "chrome" named folders or files in many programs, but those
might relate only to that program, not to Google Chrome, or may be for
compatibility with Chrome (big C). I just did a search (using
Everything) on "chrome" and it found lots of folders or files that have
nothing to do with Chrome proper, like for Steam (gaming),
chrome.manifest (for Firefox), Nirsoft's Chrome Cookies Viewer (a
separate program), where I stored the downloads for uBlock Origin where
one is for Chrome and the other is for Firefox, Cortana's icon cache,
..Net Framework stuff for chrome.browser (again little c), and others.

Windows (big W) is for a Microsoft operating system versus windows
(little w) meaning a GUI that present content within a section of the
screen. Similar for Chrome (big C) for Google Chrome versus chrome
(little c) for the GUI elements of a program/app's window.

The same differentiation exists when searching in the registry: every
subtring containing "chrome" is not related to Google Chrome.

From RBH's article, he shouldn't be attempting manual cleanup of file
and registry remnants. He could install and uninstall, as shemp
suggested, or just leave alone his computer since he obviously cannot
get Chrome to load and has, so far, screwed up Firefox (which he will
have to uninstall and reinstall).

"It opens and locks the screen." Not sure what "it" is. A shortcut, a
pinned taskbar button, an entry in the alphetized program/app list in
the Start menu, a Start menu tile, or what. RBH should look at the
properties of the shortcut or file location for the Start menu entry or
tile to see to where it points for what to load.

"Paul" wrote in message
...
RBH wrote:
This (below) is from the net. But my version of W-10 has no #2 to choose.
It
is not there. Chrome can't be found under programs in WinEp or under
Programs and features. Agent ransack found it under MozillaFireFox but
there
is no way to uninstall it. I just spent over an hour trying to remove
this
nightmare from the laptop. It opens and locks the screen. I can't get
to
the desktop or open Firefox.

Any ideas how this is removed anyone?

This info is useless:

How to remove Google Chrome using Settings
To uninstall Chrome, close the browser, and then use these steps:

1.. Open Settings.


2.. Click on Apps.

3.. Click on Apps & features.

4.. Select the Google Chrome app.

5.. Click the Uninstall button.

What entry in Task Manager shows Chrome is running ?

Are you seeing files with that name, just in the file system ?

MSEdge is moving towards being Chromium-based, but they would
likely change the filenames. (They use the engine components
from Chrome/Chromium, rather than the whole browser as such.)

Paul

"Paul" wrote in message
...
RBH wrote:
This (below) is from the net. But my version of W-10 has no #2 to choose.
It
is not there. Chrome can't be found under programs in WinEp or under
Programs and features. Agent ransack found it under MozillaFireFox but
there
is no way to uninstall it. I just spent over an hour trying to remove
this
nightmare from the laptop. It opens and locks the screen. I can't get
to
the desktop or open Firefox.

Any ideas how this is removed anyone?

This info is useless:

How to remove Google Chrome using Settings
To uninstall Chrome, close the browser, and then use these steps:

1.. Open Settings.


2.. Click on Apps.

3.. Click on Apps & features.

4.. Select the Google Chrome app.

5.. Click the Uninstall button.

What entry in Task Manager shows Chrome is running ?

No more Chrome. I deleted it from the firefox folder. I don't know if I got
it all but Firefox is running fine.

Are you seeing files with that name, just in the file system?

No, all were found in the Firefox folder. That was the only place Agent
Ransack found it.


MSEdge is moving towards being Chromium-based, but they would
likely change the filenames. (They use the engine components
from Chrome/Chromium, rather than the whole browser as such.)

Paul

It's been disabled by removing some files from the Firefox folder. I don't
like to resort to tht kind of thing but felt I had no choice.

Jeff-Relf.Me @. wrote in message
...
Rabid_Robot replied ( to RBH ):
Agent ransack found "Chrome" under MozillaFireFox.

You're looking for _Chrome_ but found it in the _Firefox_ folder.

Firefox's "Chrome" folder has nothing to do with Google's browser.

That's good to know. It's gone now as far as I know. I never expected FF to
force something like that on people. I'll never allow it to update again.

RHB wrote:
"Paul" wrote in message
...
RBH wrote:
This (below) is from the net. But my version of W-10 has no #2 to choose.
It
is not there. Chrome can't be found under programs in WinEp or under
Programs and features. Agent ransack found it under MozillaFireFox but
there
is no way to uninstall it. I just spent over an hour trying to remove
this
nightmare from the laptop. It opens and locks the screen. I can't get
to
the desktop or open Firefox.

Any ideas how this is removed anyone?

This info is useless:

How to remove Google Chrome using Settings
To uninstall Chrome, close the browser, and then use these steps:

1.. Open Settings.


2.. Click on Apps.

3.. Click on Apps & features.

4.. Select the Google Chrome app.

5.. Click the Uninstall button.
What entry in Task Manager shows Chrome is running ?

No more Chrome. I deleted it from the firefox folder. I don't know if I got
it all but Firefox is running fine.

Are you seeing files with that name, just in the file system?

No, all were found in the Firefox folder. That was the only place Agent
Ransack found it.


MSEdge is moving towards being Chromium-based, but they would
likely change the filenames. (They use the engine components
from Chrome/Chromium, rather than the whole browser as such.)

Paul

It's been disabled by removing some files from the Firefox folder. I don't
like to resort to tht kind of thing but felt I had no choice.




While Firefox is still running, go to the "Help : About"
entry and get the version number. Write it down.

When you need to repair it, *every* release is available here.

http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/

For example, the 32 bit version of 52.0.2 ESR Firefox, is here.
For an English US user.

http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/fire...r/win32/en-US/

Firefox Setup 52.0.2esr.exe 43M 28-Mar-2017 08:57

The chrome folder had .jar files. The .jar files are actually
WinZIP files with files inside them. The file types inside
are .js and .xml, the same kind of files that make Windows Apps
work. Firefox keeps all sorts of "stuff it draws", in that folder.

That is *not* Google Chrome, nor is it Google Chromium.

Google Materials do *not* go into a Mozilla-branded folder.

ESSO doesn't store its gas in tanks marked "Shell".

HTH,
Paul

On 9/5/19 1:55 AM, RBH wrote:
This (below) is from the net. But my version of W-10 has no #2 to choose. It
is not there. Chrome can't be found under programs in WinEp or under
Programs and features.

From the Mozillaziine help files:

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Chrome_folder:
The chrome folder contains files for customizing the application with CSS

http://kb.mozillazine.org/index.php?...&printable=yes
userChrome.css in the chrome folder is a CSS file that can be used
to change the way Mozilla applications' interfaces look

--
Ken
MacOS 10.14.5
Firefox 67.0.4
Thunderbird 60.7
"My brain is like lightning, a quick flash
and it's gone!"

On 9/7/2019 12:43 AM, RHB wrote:
"Paul" wrote in message
...
RBH wrote:
This (below) is from the net. But my version of W-10 has no #2 to choose.
It
is not there. Chrome can't be found under programs in WinEp or under
Programs and features. Agent ransack found it under MozillaFireFox but
there
is no way to uninstall it. I just spent over an hour trying to remove
this
nightmare from the laptop. It opens and locks the screen. I can't get
to
the desktop or open Firefox.

Any ideas how this is removed anyone?

This info is useless:

How to remove Google Chrome using Settings
To uninstall Chrome, close the browser, and then use these steps:

1.. Open Settings.


2.. Click on Apps.

3.. Click on Apps & features.

4.. Select the Google Chrome app.

5.. Click the Uninstall button.

What entry in Task Manager shows Chrome is running ?

No more Chrome. I deleted it from the firefox folder. I don't know if I got
it all but Firefox is running fine.

Are you seeing files with that name, just in the file system?

No, all were found in the Firefox folder. That was the only place Agent
Ransack found it.


MSEdge is moving towards being Chromium-based, but they would
likely change the filenames. (They use the engine components
from Chrome/Chromium, rather than the whole browser as such.)

Paul

It's been disabled by removing some files from the Firefox folder. I don't
like to resort to tht kind of thing but felt I had no choice.



You did not read a thing that was posted in response to your original
request.

AS SAID by many, the Chrom folders and files are part of the FireFox,
Thunderbird, and other program installations. Some will be reinstalled
with the next upgrade, others will be replaced the next time you run
Firefox, Thunderbird or what ever, when they save the setup that was
running.

You can not eliminate the programs set up files.

--
Judge your ancestors by how well they met their standards not yours.
They did not know your standards, so could not try to meet them.

On Sat, 7 Sep 2019 01:08:39 -0400, "RHB" wrote:


Jeff-Relf.Me @. wrote in message
...
Rabid_Robot replied ( to RBH ):
Agent ransack found "Chrome" under MozillaFireFox.

You're looking for _Chrome_ but found it in the _Firefox_ folder.

Firefox's "Chrome" folder has nothing to do with Google's browser.

That's good to know.

Better late than never. :-)

It's gone now as far as I know.

So now that you've damaged your Firefox installation, do you plan to
reinstall it to put everything back in place, like it should be?

I never expected FF to force something like that on people.

Something like what? Firefox's chrome folder has been around long before
Google's Chrome browser, so blame Google, not Firefox (Mozilla).

I'll never allow it to update again.

I'm not sure why you'd do that. What are you hoping to gain?

On Sat, 7 Sep 2019 07:34:07 -0400, Keith Nuttle
wrote:

On 9/7/2019 12:43 AM, RHB wrote:

Did you mean 7/9/2019?

No more Chrome. I deleted it from the firefox folder. I don't know if I got
it all but Firefox is running fine.

Are you seeing files with that name, just in the file system?

No, all were found in the Firefox folder. That was the only place Agent
Ransack found it.


MSEdge is moving towards being Chromium-based, but they would
likely change the filenames. (They use the engine components
from Chrome/Chromium, rather than the whole browser as such.)

Paul

It's been disabled by removing some files from the Firefox folder. I don't
like to resort to tht kind of thing but felt I had no choice.



You did not read a thing that was posted in response to your original
request.

AS SAID by many, the Chrom folders and files are part of the FireFox,
Thunderbird, and other program installations. Some will be reinstalled
with the next upgrade, others will be replaced the next time you run
Firefox, Thunderbird or what ever, when they save the setup that was
running.

Typical of Firefox. Each update makes it worse.
I use 56 and have it set to never update.

You can not eliminate the programs set up files.