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HOW TO: Install Google Chrome Greasemonkey Scripts (Windows Only)

I had heard about various methods of running Greasemonkey scripts in Google Chrome, but now it's easier than ever. Here's how to install Google Chrome Greasemonkey scripts in 4 quick steps.

Of course, we are still all eagerly awaiting extensions. Leave your desired list in my previous post, "Most Wanted Browser Extensions and Add-ons to Install in Google Chrome."

4 Step Process

1. Install a recent trunk build of Chromium - There are several new builds every day. Just grab the latest version, download to your preferred folder and extract.

2. Launch chrome.exe with the —enable-greasemonkey flag - Create a shortcut to the new file and just copy/paste "—enable-greasemonkey " after the shortcut.

3. Copy *.user.js files to the c:\scripts directory on your computer - Userscripts.org has all the Greasemonkey extensions out there. Click Install, right click and "Save as...", edit the file name so it's not just "26062.user.js" and save in the C:\scripts\ folder on your computer (you most likely have to create this folder).

4. Script edits are picked up automatically; just refresh the page to see the changes - and you are done!

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