[How] Opening Google Chrome Files: History, Archived History, Cookies, Thumbnails and Web Data
You already located, learned how to view and read the Chrome Cache. If you didn’t read yet the first two pages, Please read it first.
Now, Let’s explore all of them.
1. History File (This is where Bookmarks/Favorites are saved) Note: Again, you can only view the database if Chrome is closed. Open the Database by pressing CTRL+O. In Data Structure Tab, we can see all the Structure of the database. Using the tool, we can make a program that can access and read the Chromes Cache without seeing the source code. In the Browse Data Tab Choose the Table Downloads to access and view the list of files that has been downloaded including the location. You can even see the Keywords that you have used while searching by choosing keyword_search_terms Table Now, you can access the Bookmarks (Favorites) Cache and delete something :). This is really important because if you want to create a program that can sync the bookmarks to several computers. That’s great! urls Table: Complete list of the previously visited web sites 2. Cookies file This is where the cookies are stored. How about the encrypted ones? (username and passwords…) It’s encrypted, you need to decrypt the value to see the actual password. There are many exciting things that you can discover in this data… I’m sure in the coming days… There are many programs that will be created and provide an interface to these information’s. Please continue Exploring the other files. Especially the Preference File (Clue: use WinBubble Context Menu again) ENJOY!!!
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