Keep last tab open in Chrome.

Setting the policy to Enabled or leaving it unset has Google Chrome keep at least one tab open, after switching to an alternate browser.

Setting the policy to Disabled has Google Chrome close the tab after switching to an alternate browser, even if it was the last tab. This causes Google Chrome to exit completely.

Supported on: At least Microsoft Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 family

Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE or HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Google\Chrome
Value NameBrowserSwitcherKeepLastChromeTab
Value TypeREG_DWORD
Enabled Value1
Disabled Value0

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