lubien / lubien/bookmarker

Default path is incorrect on windows 11

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Description

 bookmarker
** (File.Error) could not read file "c:/AppData/Local/Google/Chrome/User Data/Default": no such file or directory
    (elixir 1.15.4) lib/file.ex:358: File.read!/1
    (bookmarker 1.0.0) lib/bookmarker/runner.ex:72: Bookmarker.Runner.get_bookmarks/1
    (bookmarker 1.0.0) lib/bookmarker/runner.ex:8: Bookmarker.Runner.run/1
    (elixir 1.15.4) lib/kernel/cli.ex:136: anonymous fn/3 in Kernel.CLI.exec_fun/2

It should be c:/Users//AppData/Local/Google/Chrome/User Data/Default/Bookmarks

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Research direction

Start in lib/bookmarker/runner.ex at Bookmarker.Runner.get_bookmarks/1, reported at line 72, and inspect how the default Chrome profile path is built. Verify the path on Windows 11 and update it so it includes the user's directory and ends at the Bookmarks file described in the issue.

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Tech stack
elixir
Domain
cli
Issue type
Bug
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2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
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