Settings

Chromium Portable has a few settings that affect the behavior of the launcher and of the browser. They can be set by creating a file named ChromiumPortable.ini alongside ChromiumPortable.exe.

The ChromiumPortable.ini file is composed of lines in the key=value format. Valid keys are listed below.

AdditionalParameters=<text>

Additional command-line parameters to the browser. A list of available switches is available here.

AskForIncognito=true or false

Opens a dialog on startup asking if Chromium Portable is to be started in the incognito mode.

DisableSplashScreen=true or false

Disables the splash screen shown during startup.

EnablePortablePasswords=true or false

EncryptPortablePasswords=true or false

Enable support for storing passwords portably. See the Portable Passwords Management Tool's readme file for details.

LocalDiskCache=true or false

Stores the disk cache in the host computer's temporary directory. This will reduce the number of writes to the device where Chromium Portable is installed, increasing its lifetime.

RunLocally=true or false

Runs the portable application in a read-only mode. When this option is enabled, the launcher copies the user's data to a temporary directory on the host computer, runs the application, and then deletes it afterwards, leaving nothing behind. This can be useful for running the application from a CD or if the host computer may have spyware or viruses and you'd like to keep your device set to read-only. As a consequence of this technique, any changes made during the Live mode session aren't saved back to the device.