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wickles / discussions-button

Adds back missing search options to Google search results.
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Doesnt Work - Files in Extension Folder Are Deleted By Chrome #6

Open nrcarnevali opened 7 years ago

nrcarnevali commented 7 years ago

Hi,

First thanks so much for forking this - the original version no longer works. I have tried your version - unpacked it, went to C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions (obviously it wasn't USERNAME but my actual username) and within this folder I noticed all the extensions have odd random letter folder names. I went ahead created a random lettered folder name, within it in I noticed the others had a version folder - I created a folder name 1.0 within my new folder and then dropped all the files from within the downloaded extension folder into my newly created folder. Path looks like this when I am done C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions\dfasadasdfmakfmadfasldlasdasdada\1.0\

The unpacked files are within 1.0 folder (_locales folder/html/etc) Image below: exmaple

I shutdown chrome completely and re-open it. I check the extensions in options and don't see anything new. I then attempt a search - the discussion button option is not there under "more". I check the folder I created and the files are gone but the folder remains.

Am I missing something here?

Thanks Much

wickles commented 7 years ago

Thanks for your interest. Unfortunately my fork doesn't work anymore either, since Google recently changed their search results layout. Although it shouldn't take too much effort to get it working again, I've sort of abandoned this for a while now since I found that there are frankly simpler, better options available. (Personally I have just been using custom search engines from the omnibox. http://boardreader.com is good for discussions search. I also made an attempt at a Google CSE for discussions but I don't use it so much anymore.)

However if you are still interested in getting it installed and maybe tinker around with the code, you need to install it 'unpacked' in 'developer mode'. Go the extensions settings page, check the 'developer mode' box, and hit the 'Load unpacked extension' button at the top. It will give you a dialog asking you where the extension folder is located (the folder containing manifest.json). This does not need to be installed in the Chrome folder, it can be anywhere on your computer. You do not need to restart Chrome, but note that any time you do restart with an unpacked extension enabled, it will pester you with a warning to disable the 'developer extension'.

nrcarnevali commented 7 years ago

Thanks for the quick reply - how do you find boardreader to be? I've mainly used the extension while searching for I.T. obscure error related type stuff.

On Sun, Dec 18, 2016 at 11:21 AM, Alex notifications@github.com wrote:

Thanks for your interest. Unfortunately my fork doesn't work anymore either, since Google recently changed their search results layout. Although it shouldn't take too much effort to get it working again, I've sort of abandoned this for a while now since I found that there are frankly simpler, better options available. (Personally I have just been using custom search engines from the omnibox. http://boardreader.com is good for discussions search. I also made an attempt at a Google CSE for discussions https://cse.google.com/cse/publicurl?cx=010275000585490403714:nrn2fft7goy but I don't use it so much anymore.)

However if you are still interested in getting it installed and maybe tinker around with the code, you need to install it 'unpacked' in 'developer mode'. Go the extensions settings page, check the 'developer mode' box, and hit the 'Load unpacked extension' button at the top. It will give you a dialog asking you where the extension folder is located (the folder containing manifest.json). This does not need to be installed in the Chrome folder, it can be anywhere on your computer. You do not need to restart Chrome, but note that any time you do restart with an unpacked extension enabled, it will pester you with a warning to disable the 'developer extension'.

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wickles commented 7 years ago

Frankly I've found a simple Google search works very well lately, since there is so much discussion/troubleshooting happening on big sites now like reddit, stackexchange, quora, etc. Boardreader is good for filling in the gaps when google won't give you the right results, but I'm needing it less and less except for very very specific/obscure subjects, like you said.