So I had to let a co-worker use my computer yesterday. He needed to activate his Google account, so he could activate his Google calendar, so we can manage our time better -- more like I can track him down easier :p
All is fine and good, until he click the "never for this site" button for remember password on our campus central authentication system... Apparently, some how that translated to Chrome as "remove the current entry that auto loaded on page load" (my personal login), "and never ask user whether or not Chrome should remember the login information for this domain"... This was very problematic, because now I cannot get Google to remember MY login on MY computer which I use on a regular basis and want to be lazy on!!
I poked around the options, and forms, but was unable to find a way to un-do that forsaken button click he did, so I realized I had to dig further. After much searching around and poking around, i the profile settings directory of Google Chrome, I found a sqlite3 database, which contained all the login information. This file can be read with any sqlite3 db manager. Luckily, I was able to remove the block from here manually. As a memo for self -- in case if people clicks the evil button on me again -- here are the procedures to un-do that click.
First, the file is located in the Local Settings folder. This means the path may very well differ for Vista and Windows 7 users. I user Windows XP Pro still, so this is the path for me:
C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default
Vista and Windows 7 users may wish to try something like:
C:\Users\<username>\Local\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default
<username> needs to be replaced with the username being used to login.
If you are unable to see the folders, you should enable viewing of hidden files.
Once found, the file in the particular folder is called: Web Data
Be sure chrome.exe is not running (ctrl-alt-delete, processes, kill all instances of chrome.exe), load the file using sqlite3 db manager.
Under logins, find the record matching the site that is blocked, and remove it. The record you want to delete should have a "blacklisted_by_user" flag set to 1.
Save the db (if required by db manager), and you are good to go!
Know a better way to do this? Know where the file is on Vista and Windws 7? Please let me know via the comments!
Andy you sure when about this the hard way. All you have to do is go into Chromes options then go to the personal tab and open show saved passwords and delete the website from the exceptions tab.