Reset Chrome download manager to default

Solution 1:

Just use the Download Assistant extention. Once installed, go to the options (Wrench>Tools> extensions> and click options under the "Download Assistant") then just select the default download manager you want.

Solution 2:

I had the same problem, but with Free Download Manager rather than FileServe.

The fix for me was to visit chrome://plugins and disable Free Download Manager Click Catcher Plug-In for Netscape, Opera, Mozilla.

Presumably FileServe would be under there too, but if not you might also want to look at chrome://extensions to see if it's installed as an extension (rather than a plugin).

Solution 3:

Elsewhere on Google this doesn't have an answer either but maybe:
http://www.windowsvalley.com/reset-google-chrome-to-default-configuration-without-re-installation/

NOTE: You may lose all program settings, bookmarks etc after deleting User Data.

We can restore the first run by simply deleting this file; the file can be found in the root of the installation directory or default locations:

For Windows XP:

C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\Application

For Windows Vista or later:

C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application

In addition, Google Chrome creates a folder User Data to store personalize settings including preferences, history, download list etc. To reset them, just delete all the files and folders from User Data. The locations are:

For Windows XP:

C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data

For Windows Vista or later:

C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\User Data

Note: in Vista/Windows 7:

• Documents and Settings -> C:\Users
• My Documents -> C:\Users\youraccount\Documents
• My Music -> C:\Users\youraccount\Music
• Application Data -> C:\Users\youraccount\AppData

Applies to:

Google Chrome (all version including betas)

Solution 4:

I had the same problem with Free Download Manager. I uninstalled the program but it left the trace in Google Chrome. The message would tell me to remove the plugin called npfdm.dll, but I couldn't find it. It wouldn't work to tell Chrome to ask where to put any downloads, it still tried to go to FDM (Free Download Manager).

Here is the solution I found:

1. Go to your C: DRIVE or whatever drive your Google Chrome is operating from.
2. Click on C:\Program Files, then Google then Chrome then Application then plugins and that is where I found the file npfdm.dll.
3. I right-clicked and deleted it.
4. Re-started Google Chrome and I am back to the default way of saving downloads.

Hope this helps someone. I am running Windows 7.