In Chrome for desktop, you can also set your browser to open where you left off when you shut down your device. When your Chromebook crashes or powers down unexpectedly, you’ve probably seen the browser notification that asks you if you want to restore your closed tabs. This builds on two features of Chrome and Chrome OS that you may already be accustomed to using. Still, it is clear that Google is working diligently to get this feature up and running. However, clicking restore still does nothing to launch your previously opened applications. I say partially because the UI is there and you will get prompt to restore your applications when your device powers on. The ins and outs were first discovered by Chrome Story a couple of weeks back and now, the feature flag is partially working in the Canary channel. Enabling the flag creates a new sub-menu in the Chrome OS settings menu labeled “on startup” and as it implies, it gives you the option of what you’d like to do when you start your device.
“Full restore” is actually referring to a user’s applications being restored after shutting down their Chromebook. Last month, a new flag popped up in the Canary channel of Chrome OS that was labeled “Chrome OS Full Restore.” My initial thought was that this could have something to do with restoring the actual operating system but it quickly became clear that this was not the case.
