Google Chrome Portable v61.0.3163.100 Updated
billon on 22 Sep 2017 Change history
- 150MB (uncompressed)
- Released on 22 Sep 2017
- Suggested by JohnTHaller
Google Chrome is a minimalistic browser designed for simplicity and speed. Its appearance and capabilities can be extended with themes and extensions. The rendering and underlying code is similar to Apple's Safari browser.
Available for Mac, Linux, Android and iOS.
Google Chrome Portable is a version created in the PortableApps format and includes automatic support for jPortable to enable web-based Java apps. For users interested in the cutting edge, the Beta, Development and 64-bit channels are also available.
| Category: | |
| System Requirements: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Wine |
| Writes settings to: | Application folder |
| Stealth: ? | Yes |
| Unicode support: | Partial |
| Path portability: | Automatic compensation for dynamic drive letter in removable storage devices |
| License: | Freeware (Chrome: BSD, Launcher: GPL, Flash and PDF Viewer: Proprietary) |
| How to extract: |
Download the portable installer and install to a folder of your choice. Launch GoogleChromePortable.exe. Optionally, to run in a more stealthy mode, start with --incognito to avoid saving history and cookies after program close. |
| Similar/alternative apps: | Chromium Portable, SRWare Iron |
| What's new? |
See: https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/search/label/Stable updates |
21 comments on Google Chrome Portable
ChipsNHotSauce
2011-07-02 15:03
I'm a Firefox user but Chrome is a pretty darn good web browser. it put web-kit on the map and made other browser makers rethink their development strategies and streamlined a better interface. If anything I'd suggest using Chrome Beta - which actually pretty stable and has the latest changes.. Canary/Dev if you're the daring type :)
V12.0.742.112
mrpink
2011-12-08 18:45
I wonder why the portable version from Cashy's Blog is not even mentioned here.
http://stadt-bremerhaven.de/portable-google-chrome-15
15.0.874.121
webfork
2011-12-08 20:01
mrpink: apart from a mention from the nice folks at ghacks, there's no indication this has anything above the PA version. In fact, I couldn't find much on the site in the way of any details/information.
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JohnTHaller
2011-12-08 20:20
webfork: Cashy's version is closed source and illegally bundles Google Chrome without permission. Cashy isn't really big on permission or following trademark/copyright law.
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mrpink
2011-12-08 21:29
Ghacks mentioned about this ages ago and as you know, this thing preexists PA version. I didn't say that it is superior or anything, but why it's not mentioned like for example the 4 different versions of Opera, all mentioned here.
And actually it does have something above the PA version, it's the on demand updater. You know there' s a new version out, you run it and it downloads it for you. Perfect for the beta versions that PA don't update frequently and even more perfect for those who use Chromium
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JohnTHaller
2011-12-09 01:35
mrpink: As far as I know, the other Opera versions are legal. I know that Opera@USB has permission to repackage Opera, for instance. Caschy, on the other hand, repackages Google Chrome as well as Firefox and other apps without permission, in violation of trademark licenses and EULAs. PFC doesn't list illegal software.
15.0.874.121
Ennovy
2012-04-16 19:03
I wanted to move the browser cache to a fast RAM Disk to speedup surfing.
Use this command: D:\GoogleChromePortable\GoogleChromePortable.exe --disk-cache-dir="E:\Chrome Browser Cache"
It might be drive F: or G: or... on your computer :-)
18.0.1025.162
juvera
2012-05-23 17:33
I am going to stay away of Chrome because of this:
http://download.cnet.com/UnChrome/3000-2378_4-75123224.html
19.0.1084.46
juvera
2012-05-23 19:28
Second thought ! Hum maybe third thought!
I am not really comfortable with Google Chrome that possibly is spying on its users, but I am not comfortable either with the "Unchrome" utility as well:
- The size of unchrome (614K) is impressive for a simple utility that replaces a string with zeros
- I loaded unchrome in a disassembler (Ida Pro, free version): impressive again: it seems to do more than it says on the face of it!
- It is true that unchrome comes clean at virustotal.com, but that is not enough ...
My conclusion: if you do not use Chrome, you don't need unchrome either!
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freakazoid
2012-05-23 23:58
@juvera - Use Chromium Portable instead - http://www.portablefreeware.com/index.php?id=2169
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atomizer
2013-02-03 08:38
for those concerned about privacy, see the SRWare Iron build of G-Chrome
http://www.srware.net/en/software_srware_iron.php
v24.0.1312.57
Checker
2015-01-27 21:41
Sorry for my typo.
Last version before v40.0.2214.93 was v40.0.2214.91 (and not v40.0.2274.91)!
v40.0.2214.93
fullbug
2015-09-28 16:00
I don't think Chrome, portable or not, works on Windows XP any longer, I can never get it to work....
v45.0.2454.101
JohnTHaller
2015-09-29 05:23
Chrome still works on Windows XP (confirmed with 45.0.2454.101) but it will not work on an older processor lacking SSE2 support.
v45.0.2454.101
Ennovy
2016-04-06 07:00
Tested on Windows 10 64bit:
After closing Chrome and the PortableApps.com platform 13.0 I found files in this folder:
C:\Users\MyUserName\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data
AND in the registry I found settings in these keys:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Google\Chrome\PreReadFieldTrial
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Google\Chrome
v49.0.2623.110
JohnTHaller
2016-04-08 13:25
There was a Crashpad issue causing the APPDATA directory to be left behind that was fixed in today's releases. I can't reproduce the others on any OS. Please post a complete bug report in the support forum here: http://portableapps.com/forums/support/other_apps We have hundreds of apps and bug reports as comments on another site often won't be seen and won't wind up being addressed, at least not in a timely manner.
v49.0.2623.110
Ennovy
2016-04-08 13:42
@JohnTHaller: Thank you for the new release. Regarding the registry entries that are left behind I will post in the forum.
v49.0.2623.112
Haven't used Chrome for a while, so I thought I'd give this new version a try. Starts in the wink of an eye and loads pages instantly. Wants to import bookmarks from IE (or another "installed" browser, I guess,) so I still need to figure out how to import from an HTML file or my portable version of Firefox.
V10.0.648.127