Steps to fix 'Your Preferences can not be read' in Chrome browser
Error 'Your Preferences can not be read. Some Features may be unavailable and changes to preferences won't be saved ' happens when the Chrome browser profile fails or malicious extensions are installed on your Chrome browser.
To fix this error, please refer to the following article of Network Administrator.
Fix "Your Preferences can not be read" error on Chrome browser:
To fix " Your Preferences can not be read " error in Chrome browser, follow the steps below:
Note:
Before taking the steps to fix "Preferences can not be read", you should back up your bookmarks on your Chrome browser.
Step 1: Recreate the Chrome profile folder
Note:
You must enable hidden files to perform this process. To enable hidden files, follow the steps below:
- Go to Start => Control panel => Folder Options and then click the View tab.
- Here you select the option Show hidden files, folders, and drives and leave the option Hide protected operating system files , then click OK.
1. Close your Chrome browser.
2. Navigate according to the path below, delete (or rename) the User Data folder :
- On Windows 8, 7 or Vista:
C: UsersAppDataLocalGoogleChromeUser Data
- On Windows XP:
C: Documents and SettingsLocal SettingsApplication DataGoogle ChromeUser Data
3. Open your Chrome browser to check if the error is still there?
Note:
When Chrome starts, the browser will automatically create a new User Data folder.
4. Restore the bookmark file is done.
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Good luck!
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