Aaron is correct, you can run several quite easily. Just make sure to keep backups in case you accidentally overwrite one. (i done this before)
You could also use Sandboxie to install other versions. Then just create a shortcut to sandboxies start.exe and then the chrome directory. (no quotes needed) Ex: C:\program files\Sandboxie\Start.exe C:\Program Files\AWicons Pro \AWiconsPro.exe Now you can place this on desktop / start menu / quick launch and never need to worry about launching it externally. The only problem i think is that the free version will only allow you to run another one version in the defaultbox. (shouldn't really matter anyway considering there are 2 major versions active, i think...) On May 8, 5:07 pm, Aaron Boodman <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
