Q:

Google Chrome pops up "Your preferences can not be read" upon startup

Had a power outage. After restarting the computer, now whenever I start Google Chrome, a window pops up "Your preferences can not be read. Some features may be unavailable and changes to preferences won't be saved."
Nothing whatsoever in Chrome Help nor in the Chrome Forums as to how to fix the problem.  How can this be resolved?
Additional edit:  Uninstalling and reinstalling Chrome does NOT fix the problem.

A:

Find your way to the user settings. 
C:\Documents and Settings\Andy\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome

Right-click to Properties on "User Data" and go to the Security/Advanced tab. Click the box Replace permission entries…
Worked like a charm for me.

A:

Finally resolved this issue.  Uninstalling Chrome and reinstalling it did not fix the problem, as I would expect; I got the same exact window after the reinstall.
I ran chkdsk once, but that didn't fix the problem either.  However, the second time I ran chkdsk, the problem did go away.  So running chkdsk seems to be the solution, but I have no idea why it took two attempts.

