[informational][Chrome][Windows][validation agent] How to install Chrome per user on Windows #444
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Description
[informational][Chrome][Windows][validation agent] How to install Chrome per user on Windows
Motivation
- With the new
ChromeSetup.exe
installer, it is no longer possible to install Chrome browser per user by denying the privileged access on UAC dialog and proceeding to installation per user without the admin privilege as the oldChromeSetup.exe
.
Solution
- As the Chromium official document shows, the following command line option enables per-user installation of Chrome on Windows.
ChromeSetup.exe --install
Notes
- The new
ChromeSetup.exe
has the valueUpdaterSetup.exe
as the "Original filename
" property, which can be shown viaRight Click -> Properties -> Details -> Original filename
. - The updater task of per-user Chrome browser can be retrieved without the admin privileges so that the installed files can be safely copied without interference by the updater task.