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<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>Google Chrome Portable Help</title> <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="PortableApps.com" href="http://portableapps.com/feeds/general" /> <link rel="icon" type="image/vnd.microsoft.icon" href="Other/Help/images/favicon.ico" /> <link rel="SHORTCUT ICON" type="image/vnd.microsoft.icon" href="Other/Help/images/favicon.ico" /> <style type="text/css"> body { font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000; margin: 20px; background: #E6E8EA; text-align: center; } a { color: #B31616; font-weight: bold; } a:hover { color: red; } h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 { font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; } h1 { color: #B31616; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: -2px; font-size: 2.2em; border-bottom: 1px solid silver; padding-bottom: 5px; } h2 { font-size: 1.5em; border-bottom: 1px solid silver; padding-bottom: 3px; clear: both; } h3 { font-size: 1.2em; } h4 { font-size: 1.1em; } h5 { font-size: 1.0em; } h6 { font-size: 0.8em; } img { border: 0px; } ol, ul, li { font-size: 1.0em; } p, table, tr, td, th { font-size: 1.0em; } pre { font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: 1.0em; white-space: pre-wrap; } strong, b { font-weight: bold; } table, tr, td { font-size: 1.0em; border-collapse: collapse; } td, th { border: 1px solid #aaaaaa; border-collapse: collapse; padding: 3px; } th { background: #3667A8; color: white; } ol ol { list-style-type: lower-alpha; } .content { text-align: left; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 780px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border-left: 1px solid Black; border-right: 1px solid Black; padding: 12px 30px; line-height: 150%; } .logo { background: #ffffff url("Other/Help/images/help_background_header.png") repeat-x; width: 840px; margin-top: 20px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left; border-right: 1px solid black; border-left: 1px solid black; } .footer { background: #ffffff url("Other/Help/images/help_background_footer.png") repeat-x; width: 840px; height: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left; border-right: 1px solid black; border-left: 1px solid black; } .logo img { padding-left: 0px; border: none; position: relative; top: -4px; } * html .content { width: 760px; } * html .logo, * html .footer { width: 820px; } .content h1 { margin: 0px; } h1.hastagline { border: 0px; } h2.tagline { color: #747673; clear: none; margin-top: 0em; } @media print { body, .content { margin: 0px; padding: 0px; } .navigation, .locator, .footer a, .message, .footer-links { display:none; } .footer, .content, .header { border: none; } a { text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal; color: black; } } </style> </head> <body> <div class="logo"><a href="http://portableapps.com/"><img src="Other/Help/images/help_logo_top.png" width="229" height="47" alt="PortableApps.com - Your Digital Life, Anywhere"></a></div> <div class="content"> <h1 class="hastagline">Google Chrome Portable Help</h1> <h2 class="tagline">a new way to get online</h2> <p>Google Chrome Portable automatically downloads and installs Google's innovative Chrome browser and converts it into a portable form. Google Chrome is built for speed, security, and simplicity, so it will run well even on your aunt's ancient PC. <a href="http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/google_chrome_portabl e">Learn more about Google Chrome Portable...</a></p> <p><a href="http://portableapps.com/donate"><img src="Other/Help/images/donation_button.png" width="110" height="23" border="0" align="top" alt="Make a Donation"></a> - Support PortableApps.com's Hosting and Development</p> <p><a href="http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/google_chrome_portabl e">Go to the Google Chrome Portable Homepage >></a></p> <p><a href="http://PortableApps.com/">Get more portable apps at PortableApps.com</a></p> <!-- <p>This software is OSI Certified Open Source Software. OSI Certified is a certification mark of the Open Source Initiative.</p> --> <h2>Google Chrome Portable-Specific Issues</h2> <!-- <p>For support questions, see the <a href="http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/google_chrome_portabl e">Google Chrome Portable Homepage</a></p> --> <p>Installer and launcher licensed under <a href="Other/Source/License.txt">GPLv2</a>. <a href="Other/Source/EULA.txt">More License Info.</a></p> <h3>Known Issues</h3> <ul> <li>The built-in update feature in Google Chrome will not function.</li> <li>Google Chrome Portable and local Chrome may not work simultaneously unless they are both the same exact version. This cannot be fixed with the current way Google Chrome's update system works.</li> <li>Google Chrome does not appear to run properly under some unofficial minimalistic Windows distributions. Only official RTM builds of Windows from Microsoft are supported.</li> <li>Currently, Java plugins will not integrate with Java Portable, but will only be able to use a locally installed Java. A future release of Java Portable or the PortableApps.com Platform may add the ability for Java Portable to work in Google Chrome Portable.</li> <li>When opting in to Portable Passwords (see GooglechromePortable.ini), a malicious individual will be able to determine the length of your passwords.</li> </ul> <h3>Using an arbitrary version of Chrome, Chromium, or Iron</h3> <p>There are a few ways you can set up Google Chrome Portable to use a different version of Chrome or variants. First you must install Google Chrome Portable. Then you can remove the existing version of Chrome from App\Chrome-bin and replace it.</p> <p>If your final program executable name is not App\Chrome- bin\chrome.exe you can use a GoogleChromePortable.ini file to have the launcher launch a different file. See the file in Other\Source for more info, you can use it as a template in the same directory as the launcher.</p> <p>The following methods have been known to work for installing an arbitrary Chrome:</p> <ol> <li>Copy a local Chrome installation <p>Press Win+R to open the Run dialog. On XP and below type:</p> <pre>%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\Application</pre> <p>On Vista and above you type:</p> <pre>%USERPROFILE %\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application</pre> <p>And click OK. This is the Google Chrome application directory. There are two ways to copy the files:</p> <ol> <li>Open the directory corresponding with the version number you want to copy, and then the Installer directory inside that. If you extract the Chrome.7z file you find therein into your App folder it will create a Chrome-bin directory and populate it with the proper files. <p>OR</p> </li> <li>Copy the entire directory you are in. You will want to exclude the following files: <ul> <li>old_chrome.exe</li> <li>Any version number directory other than the newest (chrome.exe will only work with the newest).</li> <li>The Installer directory inside the version number directory.</li> </ul> <p>All the files and directories go into App\Chrome-bin.</p> </li> </ol> </li> <li>Download an arbitrary version installer <p>This url will download any Chrome version you want, provided it's still on the server (old versions seem to be removed periodically):</p> <pre>http://dl.google.com/chrome/install/<X>.<Y>/chro me_installer.exe</pre> <p>Replace <X> and <Y> with the third and fourth numbers from the version. Example: 3.0.197.11 has a download url of <a href="http://dl.google.com/chrome/install/190.4/chrome_installer. exe">http://dl.google.com/chrome/install/197.11/chrome_installer. exe</a></p> <p>Do not run this installer as it will silently update your local Chrome! Instead unpack it with an archiver program (7-zip works) and you will end up with a single .7z file. Extract this file into App and it will create the Chrome-bin file and populate it with the proper files.</p> </li> </ol> <h3>Installing plugins</h3> <p>If you wish to have portable plugins, be aware that many plugins are linked to locally installed programs and will not function correctly in a portable environment. When testing plugins be sure to test them on a system that does not have the plugin installed locally.</p> <p>Note that if a system has plugins installed locally for Firefox or Chrome, your portable Google Chrome should find and use them automatically.</p> <p>Since verison 5.0 Chrome includes a built-in Flash player so no Flash plugin is needed.</p> <p>Starting with 6.0 (currently only in the Dev channel) Chrome will have a PDF plugin capable of rendering PDF files. No PDF plugin will be needed externally.</p> <p>To install a plugin, first you need to find the location of a locally installed plugin. Run a local Firefox or Chrome and navigate to <a href="about:plugins">about:plugins</a>. In Chrome, click "Details" on the right.</p> <p>You should now see each plugin's details including the file path.</p> <p>If you open the folder up and copy any relevant looking files to Google Chrome Portable\App\Chrome- bin\plugins (you'll have to create the plugins folder) it should work if the plugin supports being used this way.</p> <p>You can open <a href="about:plugins">about:plugins</a> in Google Chrome Portable to verify which plugins are being loaded and used. Again be sure to test the plugin on a computer without that plugin installed locally!</p> <h3>Removing unneeded components</h3> <p>NOTE: This section is out of date. Be sure to keep backups in case your removals break something you want. Test thoroughly.</p> <p>Chrome ships with a few features that can be safely removed:</p> <p>To remove languages, open the App\Chrome-bin\<version number>\Locales directory, and remove any language file you do not need.