Restart Google Chrome with Javascript on the first time of installing extension - javascript

I am working on a project. The project is about developing a new extension for Google Chrome. Well everything works fine, but out of curiosity, I came to a question, if you could restart Chrome browser, after you installed your extension?
I have been looking around the internet and didn't get much success from it. Is there any Javascript code for it?
I tried with those bellow, but with no success.
chrome.tabs.create({ 'url': 'chrome://restart'});
chrome.send('restartBrowser');
window.location = 'chrome://restart';
I thank you in advance!

No, allowing JavaScript to restart the browser would be a risk. Imagine if you open a malicious page that restarts the browser once it opens up, this would put it in an infinite loop where the browser keeps on restarting itself.

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Is it possible to schedule to launch Chrome app and run certain commands periodically?

I've developed some Chrome apps and Chrome extensions these day for fun.
and I'm wondering if I can schedule launch Chrome app and run certain commands periodically like cron jobs.
I know Chrome provide "chrome.alarm api" to run a certain function periodically, but I believe it requires users to keep my chrome app open or to keep chrome browser open which my chrome extension is installed to.
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For info, here are some good Chrome App samples that use chrome.alarms at https://github.com/GoogleChrome/chrome-app-samples/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=alarms
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