>From the right email address this time. If you really want to hack it, I think the below steps would work but there > are some many corner cases in the install flow, I am not sure if it will > always work. > > - Change > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Update\ClientState\{8A69D345-D564-463C-AFF1-A69D9E530F96}\ap > key (2.0-dev = dev channel, 2.0-beta = beta channel, empty = stable channel) > - Change > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Update\ClientState\{8A69D345-D564-463C-AFF1-A69D9E530F96}\pv > key to 1.0.0.0 (if the key exists) > - Change > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Update\Clients\{8A69D345-D564-463C-AFF1-A69D9E530F96}\pv > key to 1.0.0.0 > - Rename %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application > Data\Google\Chrome\Application\<version> folder from W.X.Y.Z to 1.0.0.0 > - Start Chrome, go to about chrome box, hopefully it will prompt you for an > update, once you install it you will be on the channel that you selected in > the first step. > > After looking at the steps, I am thinking it would be simpler to just > uninstall and reinstall though. Also if you are going from version N to > version N-1 there is always a small chance of Chrome profile not being > compatible with the older version of Chrome. > > On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 12:49 PM, Aaron Boodman <a...@google.com> wrote: > >> On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 12:07 PM, Mark Mentovai <m...@chromium.org> >> wrote: >> > Finnur Thorarinsson wrote: >> >> You can use the channel changer, as PhistucK points out, to switch and >> then >> >> use the About box to update, but you can only move forward in time >> (stable >> >> -> beta -> dev). >> > >> > I'm pretty sure the changer is deprecated. The supported way to hop >> > between channels is to run the installer for whatever channel you want >> > to move to. >> >> Right, but you can't downgrade, so this approach only works a maximum of >> twice. >> >> I'm leaning toward just having separate user accounts for now. >> >> -a >> >> -- >> Chromium Developers mailing list: chromium-dev@googlegroups.com >> View archives, change email options, or unsubscribe: >> http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-dev >> > >
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