Chrome Portable!! - More Improvements

I just downloaded this but it doesn't work on wondows2000 - I'll keep it on a flash drive just in case I come across a friend's XP at some point

I have made an actual PortableApp version of Chrome (splash screen and everything!). I am in the debug phase of it. There are a lot of bugs that should be fixed in the portableapp version. The biggest problem I am facing is the browser not knowing where to put the browsing files. I do not know if i should set it to cache to the jump drive or to the computer. I may set up a STORE IF THEN line of code to try to get it to work. This is for the event of the jumpdrive not having enough space, so it will use the C drive as an alternative.

¿how may someone change the option of launching automatically in incognito?

¿can't change the path to the data folder or the profile folder??

Chrome still leaves setting files on your computer.
Look here

%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Chromium
where %USERPROFILE% is usually C:\Documents and Settings\%USERNAME%\
AKA
C:\Documents and Settings\%USERNAME%\Local Settings\Application Data\Chromium

It can be removed with the following code within DOS or a batchfile.
RMDIR /S /Q "%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Chromium"

When I close Chrome out there is still a tray icon

edit: also I cant get it to register as the default browser.

I would like to see this follow the template along with not leaving a trace on the host computer even if it is not in incognito mode. Also i preferred the original icon.

I'm still using Rev2, as I've found Rev 3 and 4 don't save settings. Once I close Portable Chromium, and reopen, the settings aren't saved. Rev 2 does save them.
Copying "preferences" over from rev2 to rev4 (in the /data/userdata/default directory) does nothing, as "preferences" in rev4 revert to "default" on launch. Setting as "read only" has no effect either, Chrome won't read those. Checking with Process Monitor, it reads the preferences off the host computer. But it doesn't back up those files to the portable drive (for later), nor does it apparently read the portable preferences when it loads back up.

Also, I specifically went to http://build.chromium.org/buildbot/snapshots/chromium-rel-xp/ and downloaded the latest build, extracted to the /app subdirectory, and upon starting Chrome Portable.exe it said there was an updated version, and went to download it. Double checking what it downloaded, it was the exact same version I had just downloaded. Upon start, it asks "would you like to update now?" I click no, and it still downloads/updates Chromium.

Also, wouldn't this be more appropriate to call "Chromium Portable?" The Chromium one has to download is "Chromium" and not "Google Chrome." The logo is all blue (i.e. different than in the splash screen) and there is no Google branding on the browser.

Otherwise, great work, and thanks! :)

I get the following error trying to run Chrome Portable.exe

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Chrome Portable.exe
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Error: Failed attempt to launch program or document:
Action: 
Params: <--user-data-dir="C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\ChromePortable\UserData">

The current thread will exit.

Specifically: The system cannot find the file specified.



	Line#
--->	031: Run,App\Chrome.exe --user-data-dir="%appdata%\ChromePortable\UserData"

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OK   
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... the "Downloading Chrome; Please Wait..." pop up blocks my screen and can't be minimized. Is this fixable? I'd like to minimize it while I download Chrome on slow links, like now, while I'm at an airport.

Also, options, like disabling "suggestion service" and checking "ask where to download..." and setting a home page still don't stick between program runs. :(

Overall, thanks! I can't wait for the final.

START:
;Copy Files
FileCopyDir, Data\UserData, %appdata%\ChromePortable, 1
.
.
.
;Run Chrome
RunWait, App\Chrome.exe --user-data-dir="%appdata%\ChromePortable\UserData"
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It saves UserData to "%appdata%\ChromePortable" but then tries to read it from "%appdata%\ChromePortable\UserData"

Let me know if I am wrong please

Here, if you know AutoIt then feel free to incorporate -

#include <Misc.au3>
#include <_RegFunc.au3>

Global $incognito = True, $pid, $os, $drive

If _IsPressed("10") Then $incognito = False
If @OSVersion = "WIN_VISTA" Then
	$os = "Vista"
Else
	$os = "XP"
EndIf
If _RegKeyExists("HKCU\Software\Google") Then _RegMoveKey("HKCU\Software\Google", "HKCU\Software\Google_bkup")
$drive = StringLeft(@ScriptDir, 2)
EnvSet("JAVA_HOME", $drive & "\PortableApps\CommonFiles\Java")
EnvSet("PATH", $drive & "\PortableApps\CommonFiles\Java;" & EnvGet("PATH"))
Run('"' & @ScriptDir & '\App\chrome\chrome.exe" --user-data-dir="..\..\Data\profile"', @ScriptDir & "\App\chrome", @SW_MINIMIZE)
If Not WinWait("[CLASS:Chrome_" & $os & "Frame]", "", 5) Then Exit
$hwnd = WinGetHandle("[CLASS:Chrome_" & $os & "Frame]")
If $incognito Then
	ControlSend($hwnd, "", "Chrome_RenderWidgetHostHWND1", "^+N")
	WinClose($hwnd)
Else
	WinSetState($hwnd, "", @SW_RESTORE)
EndIf

;wait
Sleep(5000)
$pid = ProcessExists("chrome.exe")
ProcessWaitClose($pid)
If _RegKeyExists("HKCU\Software\Google") Then RegDelete("HKCU\Software\Google")
If _RegKeyExists("HKCU\Software\Google_bkup") Then _RegMoveKey("HKCU\Software\Google_bkup", "HKCU\Software\Google")

The _RegKey* functions are custom that I wrote, so you'll have to find a suitable AHK equivalent in functionality.

Using Google Chrome, I could launch the initial process hidden and still send the keystrokes, but this doesn't work with Chromium for some reason, so I had to launch it minimized instead.

Also, I had to do the ProcessExists() to get one of the running PIDs because Chromium acts as its own launcher and starts at least 2 processes. And because I might be closing one window for Incognito mode. So I waited until the app was fully running to attach to a window and wait for it.

Is there a way to disable auto-update? It's asking me constantly and it's getting tiring declining it all the time, as I'm quite content not to be using the very latest release build each and every time I start up the application.

I get an error when running rev 7, says that chrome.exe can't be found.

And it's not under the 'app' folder...

Am I missing something?

When I quit chrome, Chrome Portable.exe process does not quit. This means that I cannot eject my drive without manually killing the process. Anyone else have this bug? I have extracted the files to portableapps/chrome and have added the noupdate.txt file.

At my job I have no adminitrative rights on the computer. Is there a way to manual install adobe flash in this version of chrome. I would like the flash plugin to work from the flash drive, and not from the PC.

If I maximize the browser window and then restart, it doesn't remember that the window was maximized and instead comes back up as a normal window. Would be nice if it would remember that it was maximized...

My local copy of Chrome remembers its window state, so I'm guessing this is a bug in the launcher...

Oh, and shouldn't this be called Chromium Portable? It doesn't actually download the Google-branded version, so calling it Chromium Portable would be more accurate.

Some times when I choose the download window. It comes up with the window that saws it has had an error and needs to close. What is happening?

This update fixed my problem that the launcher wasn't shutting down. The launcher now shuts down a few seconds after I shut down Chromium.

Can I build from Source Code ?
and which compiler I must use ?