Google Chrome Portable 51.0.2704.103 Stable has been released. Google Chrome Portable is a web browser that runs web pages and applications quickly. The latest Beta and Dev builds are also available. It's packaged as a portable app, so you can take your browsing experience with you and it's in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Platform. It's partially open source freeware for personal and business use.
Update automatically or install from the portable app store in the PortableApps.com Platform.
This release drops support for Windows XP and Windows Vista
Features
Google Chrome's features include:
- Quick to start up
- Loads web pages in a snap
- Runs web applications faster than ever
- Designed for efficiency and ease of use
- Search and navigate to web pages from the same box
- Arrange and organize tabs however you wish — quickly and easily
- Get to your favorite websites with just a click, from the thumbnails of your most visited sites in the New Tab page
- Themes to add delight to your browser
PortableApps.com Installer / PortableApps.com Format
Google Chrome Portable is packaged in a PortableApps.com Installer so it will automatically detect an existing PortableApps.com installation when your drive is plugged in. It supports upgrades by installing right over an existing copy, preserving all settings. And it's in PortableApps.com Format, so it automatically works with the PortableApps.com Platform including the Menu and Backup Utility.
Download
Google Chrome Portable is available for immediate download from the Google Chrome Portable homepage. The Development and Beta builds are available from the test section. Get it today!
Visit the Community page
Join our forums
Subscribe to our email newsletter
Subscribe with RSS
Follow us on Facebook
Follow us on LinkedIn
Follow us on Twitter
Follow us on Mastodon
Follow us on BlueSky
Comments
Won't start in XP - cannot download earlier versions
Any attemts to start in XP results in nothing. It just quits before it even tries to start.
When trying to download an older version, the "Google Chrome Portable homepage" send me to a page that only offer the latest version. Seems to be impossible to download any older version other than the latest.
Chrome 50 Dropped XP
Google Chrome 50 dropped support for Windows XP and Vista. This was well publicized over a period of about a year by Google and all tech news sites. We warned about it over our own social media channels as well. My own analysis was promoted via PortableApps.com, too: http://johnhaller.com/blog/2016-03-04--google-chrome-50-drops-support-fo...
Google Chrome Portable 49 is the last version to support XP. It is still available in our repository here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/portableapps/files/Google%20Chrome%20Po...
As it is a live installer, it is reliant on Google's version being available. I am unsure if it still is. From our original post in April: "As has been discussed previously, Chrome 50 drops support for Windows XP and Vista as well as Mac OS X versions 10.8 and earlier. On Windows XP, Chrome 50 will encounter an error on startup due to making calls to functions not present in the Windows XP kernel. On Windows Vista, Chrome 50 appears to run in portable mode, but will not be supported and use is not recommended. Users of Windows XP are urged to upgrade to a supported Windows OS. Users unable to upgrade should switch to Firefox."
Firefox is now the only mainstream browser to fully support Windows XP and Vista. If you are unable to upgrade to a more modern Windows OS, I would recommend switching to Firefox immediately. Chrome 49 is vulnerable to multiple attacks and will allow any website you visit to gain control of your PC.