Actually, in Windows, you cannot install official Google Chrome into different directories. That is this bug: http://crbug.com/141 - Installer doesn't ask about installation destination
However, it is true that after installation, Chrome runs from its directory independently of other software. So of course you can download Snapshots or Continuous builds into their own separate directories and run them, or you can run self compiled versions. But if you want to run official Google Chrome Beta and Dev together on Windows, you need a workaround: Run the Beta or Dev installation as normal, then copy the Application Data\Google\Chrome\Application directory somewhere else to save that copy. Then run the other installation and save that directory. Then you need to make program shortcuts using the --user-data-dir option as mentioned by Greg Oliver. You will need these 2 shortcuts: (1) c:\path\to\beta\chrome.exe --user-data-dir="c:\path\to\beta \profile" (2) c:\path\to\dev\chrome.exe --user-data-dir="c:\path\to\dev\profile" On Dec 16, 1:50 pm, Greg Oliver <oliver.g...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 3:46 PM, karl <k...@interclue.com> wrote: > > I'm developing Lazarus:Form Recovery for chrome and find I need to > > test it on the beta channel of chrome as well as develop on the dev > > channel. At the moment I'm having to resort to running the beta > > version in a Virtual Machine and using the dev verion to develop on. > > > In my ideal world I would be able to: > > * Have separate chrome executables for dev, beta, and stable builds of > > chrome. > > * Have one or more separate profiles for each of the executables > > (profiles should not be shared between channels) > > * Each channel should update normally via the google update exe, so > > that I keep the latest version of each. > > I do it with Linux, just by having them installed in different > directories using different home directories for each.. > > Google Beta, PPA for dev Ubuntu and self compiled all operate > independently no problem. I assume you can install them all in > different directories in windows and start them each with different > --user-data-dir= the same way...?? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Chromium-extensions" group. To post to this group, send email to chromium-extensi...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to chromium-extensions+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-extensions?hl=en.
