Chrome++ Next

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Chrome++ Next is a version.dll injection project for Google Chrome. It is loaded alongside chrome.exe and augments browser behavior at startup with tab, hotkey, portable, command-line, and policy-related features.

Overview

  • Targets Google Chrome on Windows.
  • Works by placing version.dll next to chrome.exe.
  • Focuses on practical browser behavior changes instead of UI wrappers or extensions.
  • Prioritizes capabilities that browser extensions cannot implement well, or that external tools do not solve cleanly.

Support Policy

  • Bug reports are accepted only for the latest stable Google Chrome.
  • Other Chromium-based browsers may work, but they are not supported targets.
  • Reporting requirements are enforced in the GitHub Issues templates.

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Installation

  • Put version.dll in the same directory as chrome.exe.
  • The recommended installation method is to use the Chrome offline installer package, extract it twice, and use the unpacked Chrome program files directly.
  • The project is intended for portable Chrome deployments. If you keep updater components or other Chrome remnants on the system, you are responsible for the resulting environment-specific behavior.
  • If version.dll is not loaded correctly, you can try setdll.

Capability Overview

Tab and bookmark behavior

  • Double-click to close tabs.
  • Right-click to close tabs, with Shift preserving the original menu.
  • Keep the last tab from closing the browser window.
  • Switch tabs with the mouse wheel over the tab strip.
  • Switch tabs with the mouse wheel while holding the right mouse button.
  • Open omnibox input or bookmarks in a new tab.
  • Control new-tab detection through new_tab_disable and new_tab_disable_name.

Hotkeys and input remapping

  • Configure a boss key to hide and restore Chrome windows, and mute or restore audio along with those actions.
  • Configure a translate hotkey.
  • Remap hotkeys to other key combinations or Chrome command IDs through keymapping.

Portable deployment and startup behavior

  • Override data_dir and cache_dir for portable use.
  • Append Chromium switches through command_line.
  • Run commands or programs with launch_on_startup and launch_on_exit.

Browser environment controls

  • Ignore enterprise policies with ignore_policies.
  • Enable the win32k fallback only when Chrome++ itself causes startup crashes.
  • Suppress Chrome's false "out of date" upgrade notification on portable installs with suppress_false_upgrade_notification.
  • Additional public options such as show_password remain documented in src/chrome++.ini.

Configuration Reference

License

  • Versions 1.5.4 and earlier are licensed under MIT, with all rights reserved by Shuax.
  • Versions 1.5.5 through 1.5.9 are licensed under MIT, with modifications by contributors in this repository based on Shuax's version.
  • Versions 1.6.0 and later are licensed under GPL-3.0.

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