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    David A Gray
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    Google Chrome doesn't follow symbolic links. For an image to be rendered, it must be either a hard link or a copy of the original that is stored elsewhere. This I discovered when I attempted to use a symlink to an image, to avoid making a copy of it.

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      Google Chrome doesn't follow symbolic links. For an image to be rendered, it must be either a hard link or a copy of the original that is stored elsewhere. This I discovered when I attempted to use a symlink to an image, to avoid making a copy of it.

      David A. Gray Delivering Solutions for the Ages, One Problem at a Time Interpreting the Fundamental Principle of Tabular Reporting

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      Dar Brett 0
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      That's probably why I can't download files in Chromium anymore, I symlinked my ~/Downloads directory a larger spinning drive to save space on my SSD - then started getting permissions errors when I try to download anything. The problem was easily resolved by not using Chromium anymore.

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        That's probably why I can't download files in Chromium anymore, I symlinked my ~/Downloads directory a larger spinning drive to save space on my SSD - then started getting permissions errors when I try to download anything. The problem was easily resolved by not using Chromium anymore.

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        honey the codewitch
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        Find their online support forums and submit that as a fix. :laugh:

        Real programmers use butterflies

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          Find their online support forums and submit that as a fix. :laugh:

          Real programmers use butterflies

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          Mark_Wallace
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          So the only use for chrome, now, is to download firefox?

          I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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            So the only use for chrome, now, is to download firefox?

            I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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            Nelek
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            Another task where google is taking over microsoft? I thought that was the usage of edge...

            M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.

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              Another task where google is taking over microsoft? I thought that was the usage of edge...

              M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.

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              Mark_Wallace
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              The jealousy of the greedy knows no bounds.  Not even sensible ones.

              I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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              • D David A Gray

                Google Chrome doesn't follow symbolic links. For an image to be rendered, it must be either a hard link or a copy of the original that is stored elsewhere. This I discovered when I attempted to use a symlink to an image, to avoid making a copy of it.

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                kalberts
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                Did they make this (not) work both with Linux and Windows symbolic links? If that is the case, is is truly impessing!

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                  Did they make this (not) work both with Linux and Windows symbolic links? If that is the case, is is truly impessing!

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                  David A Gray
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                  Since I'm not running Chrome on Linux, I can't say. Maybe somebody else knows.

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                  • D Dar Brett 0

                    That's probably why I can't download files in Chromium anymore, I symlinked my ~/Downloads directory a larger spinning drive to save space on my SSD - then started getting permissions errors when I try to download anything. The problem was easily resolved by not using Chromium anymore.

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                    David A Gray
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                    There is a setting that you can use to directly change the default downloads directory; it's in the Advanced settings on the main Settings page.

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                      Google Chrome doesn't follow symbolic links. For an image to be rendered, it must be either a hard link or a copy of the original that is stored elsewhere. This I discovered when I attempted to use a symlink to an image, to avoid making a copy of it.

                      David A. Gray Delivering Solutions for the Ages, One Problem at a Time Interpreting the Fundamental Principle of Tabular Reporting

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                      dandy72
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                      You're using Chrome to browse...your local file system?

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                        You're using Chrome to browse...your local file system?

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                        David A Gray
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                        Yes, I am, to test HTML documents that I develop for use as templates for use in the [SalesTalk](https://salesrelevance.com/) application that I began supporting last summer.

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                          Yes, I am, to test HTML documents that I develop for use as templates for use in the [SalesTalk](https://salesrelevance.com/) application that I began supporting last summer.

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                          dandy72
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                          Carry on then. I thought somebody was making it out to be a better file system browser than Explorer. :-) (not that Explorer isn't without its faults...)

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                            Carry on then. I thought somebody was making it out to be a better file system browser than Explorer. :-) (not that Explorer isn't without its faults...)

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                            David A Gray
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                            No, but it's handy from time to time for reviewing HTML documents and document fragments intended to be embedded in something bugger.

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