Can't set default country in Chrome running Windows 7 (laptop, Ubuntu, how to)

[chielgirl]

I live in Germany and am setting up a new computer using Windows 7.
Am trying to set my default to .com instead of .de and it's not working.

I'm becoming very frustrated and have followed the guidance on every link.
When I google, I still go to Germany.

As an aside, I have a laptop running 7 and chrome and am not having this problem.

Any help?

[plwhit]

Have you seen this?

How To Set Google.com As Default, Instead of Country Specific Search | VikiTech.com

[plwhit]

Have you tried going to (in Chrome) Settings/Manage Search Engines and add a new search engine?

I saw the following in one of the comments here: Change Google's Search Domain in Google Chrome

I think I have an easier solution:

Just go to your Chrome Preferences > Basics > Manage Search Engines.

There you will find an entry for Google. Create a new one and copy the URL from the default Google entry. This is my default URL:

{google:baseURL}search?{google:RLZ}{google:accepte dSuggestion}{googleriginalQueryForSuggestion}{go ogle:searchFieldtrialParameter}{google:instantFiel dTrialGroupParameter}sourceid=chrome&client=ubuntu &channel=cs&ie={inputEncoding}&q=%s

Change {google:baseURL} to https://www.google.com/ and make it the new default. I'm not redirected to the local Google version any more.

Chiel, I noticed that C-D added a smilie and a couple of spaces in the above, be careful...

{google:accepte dSuggestion}

{go ogle:searchFieldtrialParameter}

{googleriginalQueryForSuggestion} <---smilie should be colon o

[Asheville Native]

Originally Posted by plwhit

Have you tried going to (in Chrome) Settings/Manage Search Engines and add a new search engine?

I saw the following in one of the comments here: Change Google's Search Domain in Google Chrome



Chiel, I noticed that C-D added a smilie and a couple of spaces in the above, be careful...

{google:accepte dSuggestion}

{go ogle:searchFieldtrialParameter}

{google:originalQueryForSuggestion} <---smilie should be colon o

Before you submit, go down to the additional options and check "Disable smiles in text"

[chielgirl]

I tried the vikitech but when I copied to my notepad, I just had gobbelty ****.

I'll check the rest out tonight.
I have to run to work.

Thanks.

[plwhit]

This?





I also stumbled across this.... (seems I'm swamping you, apologies).......

http://301redirects.net/fix-google-c...ne-omnibox.php

[chielgirl]

I'll try tomorrow.
Sitting in front of a fire with my travel laptop watching Airplane!

But thanks for the next step in my google saga.

[NHDave]

Originally Posted by chielgirl

I'll try tomorrow.
Sitting in front of a fire with my travel laptop watching Airplane!

At least you have good taste in movies

[chielgirl]

Okay, I tried everything to no avail.

The Vikitech I checked, went to my Local State file and there was nothing like the two lines indicating the last known google url.
So I added it and the second line.
And saved.

When I went back in, it was gone again.
I'm rather ticked.

Now my XP box is starting to do the same thing, translating all of the german sites to english.

Here's what my browser looks like:
{
"browser": {
"enabled_labs_experiments": [ "extension-apis" ],
"hung_plugin_detect_freq": 2000,
"last_redirect_origin": "",
"plugin_message_response_timeout": 25000
},
"intl": {
"app_locale": "en"
},
"local_state": {
"multiple_profile_prefs_version": 7
},
"ntp": {
"promo_locale": "en-US",
"promo_version": 7
},

My default preferences are as follows:
"homepage": "http://www.igoogle.com/",
"homepage_is_newtabpage": false,
"session": {
"restore_on_startup": 4,
"urls_to_restore_on_startup": [ "http://www.igoogle.com/", "http://www.google.com/" ]
}
},
"bookmark_bar": {
"show_on_all_tabs": true
},
"browser": {
"clear_data": {
"browsing_history": false,
"cookies": false,
"download_history": false
},
"clear_lso_data_enabled": true,
"last_known_google_url": "http://www.google.com/",
"last_prompted_google_url": "http://www.google.com/",


Still it starts at google.de

[Tek_Freek]

Originally Posted by chielgirl

Okay, I tried everything to no avail.

The Vikitech I checked, went to my Local State file and there was nothing like the two lines indicating the last known google url.
So I added it and the second line.
And saved.

When I went back in, it was gone again.
I'm rather ticked.

Now my XP box is starting to do the same thing, translating all of the german sites to english.

Here's what my browser looks like:
{
"browser": {
"enabled_labs_experiments": [ "extension-apis" ],
"hung_plugin_detect_freq": 2000,
"last_redirect_origin": "",
"plugin_message_response_timeout": 25000
},
"intl": {
"app_locale": "en"
},
"local_state": {
"multiple_profile_prefs_version": 7
},
"ntp": {
"promo_locale": "en-US",
"promo_version": 7
},

My default preferences are as follows:
"homepage": "http://www.igoogle.com/",
"homepage_is_newtabpage": false,
"session": {
"restore_on_startup": 4,
"urls_to_restore_on_startup": [ "http://www.igoogle.com/", "http://www.google.com/" ]
}
},
"bookmark_bar": {
"show_on_all_tabs": true
},
"browser": {
"clear_data": {
"browsing_history": false,
"cookies": false,
"download_history": false
},
"clear_lso_data_enabled": true,
"last_known_google_url": "http://www.google.com/",
"last_prompted_google_url": "http://www.google.com/",


Still it starts at google.de

This is what mine looks like:

{
"browser": {
"hung_plugin_detect_freq": 2000,
"last_known_google_url": "http://www.google.com/",
"last_prompted_google_url": "http://www.google.com/",
"last_redirect_origin": "",
"plugin_message_response_timeout": 30000
},

Notice that my info is in the area headed by "browser". You should move your lines that match mine in red to that area and try again. Quite often programming only works if the required data is in the correct location. If it's anywhere else it's ignored.