You actually don't need any of this. The only reason it seems that you can only run one version of Chrome at once is because the installer puts Chrome in a known location, overwriting previous versions.
If you install each version that you want and copy the resulting directory (in, eg, C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome on Vista) into a new directory, it will run happily from anywhere. You will also need to create a separate user data directory for each Chrome to keep the settings separate (the format of the settings sometimes changes between versions). You can start Chrome with a specific user data dir like this: chrome.exe --user-data-dir=c:\path\to\some\directory Google Update will only try to update the one that is in the official install location, so I recommend you keep the one you use for your daily browsing there. HTH, - a On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 9:02 AM, Christopher James Calo <[email protected]> wrote: > > I currently use virtual machines to do this, but wouldn't it be great > if web devs didn't have to buy expensive VM software and waste so much > time install OSes on them? This is nearly impossible with IE and > painful with FF's profiles. Imagine the productivity gain for web > devs across the globe if they could run every version of all major > browsers. I think the productivity gain could be on par with what > happened when Firebug was released. Chrome can blaze this trail. > > I love how eclipse needs no installer. You just unzip it and run it. > Why not have a similar option for web devs? > > Chris > > On May 8, 7:40 am, Matthew Lecin <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 17:57, Charles L. <[email protected]> wrote: >> >How can I run several versions of Chrome side-by-side? >> >> Sounds like a perfectly good reason for virtual machines, one for each >> version of Chrome you want to run. VMWare Server is still free. >> >> Disclaimer: I don't work for VMWare, I just like it a lot. >> >> {Mijjil} > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Chromium Discussion mailing list: [email protected] View archives, change email options, or unsubscribe: http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-discuss -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
