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Ace Stream Web Extension for Chrome is a userscript manager for Chrome and other similar web browsers.

Installing Ace Stream Web Extension for Chrome

To get userscripts going with the desktop version of Ace Stream Web Extension, first you have to install it from the Chrome Web Store. The version in the store works with recent versions of Chrome (v22 or newer, which are based on the Blink rendering engine).

Screenshot of Ace Stream Web Extension for Chrome page in Chrome Web Store

From the Ace Stream Web Extension page in the Chrome Store, click the blue "+ ADD TO CHROME" button to install the extension. Chrome will ask you to confirm the extension. Click "Add".

Screenshot of Chrome's confirm extension dialog

Once Ace Stream Web Extension has finished installing, you should see a confirmation page from the Ace Stream Web Extension website and a pop-up confirming that Ace Stream Web Extension has been added to Chrome. This should point to a new Ace Stream Web Extension icon at the top of the Chrome window, next to the Omnibox.

Screenshot of Ace Stream Web Extension for Chrome installation

Installing Userscripts

Once Ace Stream Web Extension for Chrome is installed, installing userscripts from awe.acestream.me is simple. Navigate to the awe.acestream.me page for the script, then click the blue "Install" button at the top of the page.

Screenshot of an OpenUserJS script page

Ace Stream Web Extension for Chrome will display a screen showing you where the userscript has come from, what websites it can access, its source code, and a warning to only install scripts from sources that you trust. If you do want to install the script, click the "Install" button, otherwise click "Cancel".

Screenshot of Ace Stream Web Extension for Chrome script installation

Installing userscripts from other sources is a similar process. You just need to find the installation link for the script. This will be a button or link to a file with a name that ends ".user.js"

NB After installing a userscript, you won't normally notice any further changes until you visit a website that it runs on.

Managing Userscripts

Clicking on the Ace Stream Web Extension for Chrome icon at any time will pop up a menu that shows you what userscripts are running on the website you are looking at. It also lets you check for updated scripts (it does daily automatic checks by default), and open the Ace Stream Web Extension for Chrome Dashboard.

Screenshot of Ace Stream Web Extension for Chrome Dashboard

In the Dashboard, the "Installed scripts" tab is the main place to manage your userscripts. The numbered circle to the left of each script shows you the order they run in, and whether they are enabled (green) or disabled (red) - click it to toggle the status. You can also uninstall userscripts (trash can icon), or check for new updates (click the "last updated" date).

Trouble shooting

If you think a userscript is causing problems, the easiest way to check is to switch off Ace Stream Web Extension for Chrome, reload the web page, and see if the symptoms go away. You can do this by clicking on the Ace Stream Web Extension for Chrome icon then clicking "Enabled"; the tick icon should change to a cross. If it looks like a script problem and you have more than one script running on a web page, you can disable them all in Tampermonkey's dashboard then re-enable them one by one, until you find the culprit. Remember to reload the web page each time - userscripts normally only run when a web page loads.

Sometimes, when you use more than one userscript on the same web page, they need to run in a particular order. You can change the order using the Tampermonkey dashboard. In the "Sort order" column, click on the 'three lines' icon for the script you want to move, move the mouse up or down to change the order, then click again.

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