I tried running the installer from cmd with some of the command line switches used for Chromium. They don't even allow full standalone offline installers to be installed as is, without checking for newer version. The redirects to Google is probably dictated by Google. Apparently not even your common source for downloading an older version of a software, like the CNET Downloads, not even they are allowed to host the Chrome installer files on their own servers. It's not just File Hippo, I also tried downloading an older version of Chrome from CNET Downloads, and they too just redirect you to Google servers for download.įor whatever the reason (security related probably), Google doesn't like anyone to install an older version of Chrome on any system. Unfortunately they don't host the installer files, they only redirect to Google servers for downloads, which only spits out the installers for the latest versions of Chrome. They do have a healthy listing of pretty much every single Chrome version ever released on Windows, both beta, dev and stable versions. The "duplicate" question linked to below points out File Hippo as a possible repository where you one can get previous versions of Chrome. Will Chromium command switches work with Chrome installer? Is there a switch to disable version check when running the installer? How do I install Chrome as is, without automatically checking for and getting a newer version? Many software titles, like Google Chrome, are almost exclusively distributed with online installers.
But as more and more people get access to broadband Internet connections, many developers and companies are pushing for offline installers with new releases.
I keep a repository of all the free and purchased software locally, so that I can install them quickly whenever I need to. For me, that defeats the point of having an offline installer. It doesn't use the version that is already there, as part of the EXE file.
If it finds it, it will download that first, and then install that version. But when I run it, it tries to contact a Google server to check for a newer version. not msi package) installer for Google Chrome. I have downloaded the offline (consumer, i.e.
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