chrome_plus

Project Overview

Chrome++ Next (chrome_plus) is a version.dll injection enhancement for Google Chrome: drop the DLL next to chrome.exe and it loads at startup, adding tab, hotkey, portable, command-line and policy features. It focuses on practical browser changes that extensions can't do well and external tools don't solve cleanly.

One DLL that makes Chrome more usable and more portable.

Key Features

• Tab behavior: double-click/right-click to close tabs, wheel switching, hover activation, last tab keeps the window
• Boss key: hide and restore Chrome windows, muting and restoring audio along the way
• Key remapping: map keys to other combinations or Chrome command IDs via keymapping, plus a translate hotkey
• Portable data: override data_dir and cache_dir
• Command line: append arbitrary Chromium switches via command_line
• Startup/exit hooks: run programs with launch_on_startup / launch_on_exit
• Environment control: ignore_policies for enterprise policies and suppression of the false out-of-date notice on portable installs

Target Audience

• Portable Chrome users
• Efficiency users particular about tab handling
• Privacy users wanting a boss key
• Advanced users tuning Chrome launch parameters

Quick Start

1. Download version.dll from Releases
2. Place it in the same directory as chrome.exe
3. Edit chrome++.ini to enable features and options
4. If the DLL isn't loaded, try the companion setdll tool

Core Advantages

• Injection-level power: behaviors beyond what extensions can implement
• Single-file config: everything in one ini
• Portable-friendly: pairs best with the Chrome offline installer
• Open source: GPL-3.0

System Requirements

Item	Requirement
OS	Windows
Browser	Google Chrome (latest stable)
License	GPL-3.0

Notes

• Targets Google Chrome only; other Chromium browsers are unsupported
• Intended for portable deployments; leftover updater components are your own environment
• Enable the win32k fallback only when Chrome++ itself causes startup crashes