![]() ![]() It has a nice tabbed interface and code highlighting and allows to see your PoweShell output right away. Let's save the first empty open tab as Chromium_Updater.ps1 (or the name of your choice). If you want to try this code while reading this article, the best way is use Windows PowerShell ISE, which is a nice script building GUI bundled with PowerShell. On Windows 7/8 you can find it via Start menu search, and on Windows XP it should be located in a directory similar to this: C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell_ise.exe. I'll go step-by-step about what this script is doing (also you can just download the complete script at the end of this article). If you are not familiar with PowerShell at all, but know some VisualBasic or C#, you'll be fine here too! ps1 files), and if not, you can follow simple instructions here. It would be beneficial if you are already familiar with PowerShell basics and got your system ready to run PowerShell scripts (. So I desperately needed to limit that process to as little as one click, and thus my quest had begun! On the computer, delete directory with previous Chromium version.Click on ' chrome-win32.zip' to download archive with the browser.Open top build (with the latest version) directory.Open to the list of Chromium builds downloads.There was simply too many annoying steps involved: Also I didn't want any changes to Windows (except a user profile it creates) be done, but wanted to control program's location on the hard drive. It was even more frustrating, since I preferred to update it from a zip archive instead of using an installer (which also enjoyed clearing your user profile). So, people who prefer Google not to collect any information on them, or preferring fully open-source software, or simply desiring to always have latest, best, and fastest version of the browser - use Chromium instead of Chrome.ĭuring the time I used Chromium, the only thing about it I found particularly annoying, was a need to update it manually all the time. Google then takes them, tests them to be stable, polishes them, and adds some proprietary code, like built-in PDF reader, various media format support, and automated updater. Chromium project constantly releases updates. If you are curious what else PowerShell can do for you today))įor those of you, not yet familiar with Chromium browser, let me introduce it quickly.Ĭhromium project is a fully open-source effort supported by Google and extensive community to build a base for Google's proprietary Google Chrome browser.īasically, here is how it works. ![]() If you like to update Chromium from zip archive instead of using installer.If you don't like manually updating Chromium each time.If you like to use open-source Chromium browser instead of more proprietary Google Chrome.
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