As per the recent trends and statistics going around on the internet, Google Chrome after it came out of Beta Version gained in on its Browser Market Share significantly. Although it is difficult to accurately calculate its Market Share it is somewhere in the region of 1.10% – 1.25%, enough to get it past the much older Opera Browser.
Though the rise of market share has been significant for Chrome, mainly due to its hype generated, the aggressive marketing and advertising by Google and the most important factor being that Chrome is a Google Product, its increase has been somewhat hampered by lack of any Mac Version or a Linux version for the browser, apart from extensions and plugins support so far.
I have been getting loads of emails about queries for the Mac and Linux versions of Chrome which actually undermines the fact that once these versions are released a lot of new users would come to Chrome. I was also hearing about various compatibility issues with respect to Google Chrome running on the latest operating system from Microsoft – the Windows 7 64 Bit versions. Today i came across a nice post from BlogsDNA who posted the solution for making Google Chrome work on Windows 7 64 Bit. I am pointing out the steps below to make it work :
Make Google Chrome Work on Windows7 64 Bit
- Right Click on the Google Chrome Shortcut Icon
- Click on Properties and Select the Shortcut Tab From the Properties Window
- In the Target Field put –in-process-plugins right after chrome.exe
- Click On Apply to save the changes and Then Click on OK to close the window
- Now Open Google Chrome It would work on your Windows 7 64 Bit.
If there are any queries then that you may have you can let us know by leaving a comment here.
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Thank you very much. Worked perfectly.
Thank you very much
Thanks for this, If anyone else is having trouble and copies and pastes, at least in my browser (FF3) the two dashes are formatted into one longer dash, unlike the screenshot.
I keep getting a… “The name ‘C:\Users\MyName\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe –in-process-plugins’ spesified in the Target box is not a valid.”, error any ideas on how to get it to work. I really enjoy Google Chrome and i would like to get it back up and running. Please help. Thanks in advence.
Perfect… Thank you…
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Hi there, thanks for this, but… I can actually run Chrome without adding the line in the properties, but the problem is the content of pages won’t load after entering the address and hitting enter. Would you happen to know what’s happening here? Cheers!
Well I was able to get it to work. I found out that I had to put the command after the ” in the line at the end so that it looked like this
["C:\Users\MyName\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --in-process-plugins]
violeaf, that is what this fixes (at least did in my case).
I’m still getting instability and slow speed from Chrome though… I generally run baout 30-40 tabs at a time which might be responsible, but I keep getting the “sad tab”, tabs locking up, or the entire browser crashing…
works a treat..
thanks for the info..
Here’s my problem. Sure, I can run it from a shortcut this way… but HOW do I get it to actually work as my default web browser? ( I don’t mean making it my default browser. I mean making it WORK)
If I could modify the .exe to always use the “–in-process-plugins” parameter, it would work. I’m not sure how I would accomplish that.
Typing a URL in my run line, for example, works if I already have opened Chrome using the modified shortcut because it has already been opened using the parameter, but NOT if it isn’t running already
Any ideas?
deepdvd
What you do is right click on the desktop shortcut for Chrome, and in the target box it says:
“C:\Users\MyName\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe”
Change it to:
“C:\Users\MyName\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe” –in-process-plugins
Then you just get whatever third party application to launch the shortcut rather than the .exe
@Mark
Even though what you said wasn’t what I was asking, and didn’t solve my problem… Pondering about it after your response helped me to realize what I needed to do.
@anyone who wants the solution
Run Regedit and do a search for chrome.exe on only Data elements
Anywhere it has the following…
“C:\Users\deepdvd\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe” — “%1″
Change it to…
“C:\Users\David\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe” –in-process-plugins “%1″
of course anywhere it says deepdvd, it should be your username instead.
Solution!! yay
Uh, and if you didn’t notice from my last comment, my name is David (I forgot to change the second link to deepdvd… oops!)
Where do you get the Earth plugin for Chrome? I assume it exists.
No way to make it works, I’ve followed your instructions step by step, nothink happenes..what a lost.
I too am running Chrome on a Windows 7, HP dv9000 laptop 64 bit w/ 4Gb RAM. Have tried everything noted above and still no “joy.”
i did what deepdvd says and it works perfect with digsby. also changing the shortcut on the dekstop to –in-process-plugins works as well. just remembers its 2 dashes before “in”
Google Chrome version 2.0.162.0 now seems to works fine in Windows 7 x64, specifically:
1. without the need to specify –in-process-plugins on the command line/shortcut anymore.
2. is able to self-update without UAC needing to be on.
Everyone that is having trouble….make sure you have 2 ‘-’ before the word IN…..if you copy paste off this site…it doesnt work properly…change the ‘-’ to ‘–’ and it should work for you
Worked GREAT!! Thanks.. I was dreading having to use IE8 again.. Whew..
I found that if you copy n paste from this page, the – are wrong, delete all the – and re input them. and the — seemed to work best.
Not recommended according to Google:
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Chrome/thread?tid=5111f112bcd233e1&hl=en
Apparently upgrading to v2.x addresses the problem anyway and you can always change to the developer channel.
“The name ‘C:\Programme Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe –in-process-plugins’ specified in the Target box is not valid.Make sure the path and file name are correct”. The above error occurs even after I put %1 after it.Actually I am trying to run vb.net project which works well in other browsers except chrome and mozilla.Anyone please help me.
i know what you are trying to say but i can’t install it !! so i can’t get it to work…
“The name ‘C:\Programme Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe –in-process-plugins’ specified in the Target box is not valid.Make sure the path and file name are correct”.
If you get this error, make sure you have the filepath in “’s, like so:
(sorry, couldn’t remember the name for the ” thingy :p)
“C:\Program Files\Chrome\Chrome.exe” and then the command behind the last “, but not with it’s own “’s, like so:
“C:\Program Files\Chrome\Chrome.exe” –in-process-plugins
So that’s the final step, like, that’s how it should look, like the above line. Make sure the Folder Path is the same as the File Path, or else you won’t be able to hit the Apply/OK buttons.
@anyone
I have tried all these like 6 times and still havnt got any to work. I have Gateway M-1634u with windows 7 64 bit and cannot get Google Chrome to work.
If anyone knows a different way to fix please help me?
I’m running Chrome Portable from Portable Apps. The version is 4.0.245.0 Dev. I have no problem downloading extensions from http://www.chromeextensions.org/ on my work pc which runs Windows XP, but I can’t get them to download correctly on my home pc which runs Windows 7. Any ideas?
Thanks in advance…
I can’t understand this “How To Run Google Chrome On Windows 7 64 Bit”!!! lol I have win 7 64 bit, and never did nothing this, my chrome version is 4.0.249.64 and work fine.
hi i just installed windows 7 and i’m not able to install google chrome its shows me an errror message
google update installation failled with error 0×8004071c
When I clicked on apply I got this message
‘C:\Users\Richard\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe–in-process-plugins’
specified in the Target box is not valid. Make sure the path and file name are correct.
Hi. I just downloaded chrome and it would not work properly so I came to this site and found my answer. I’m using windows 7 64 bit and tried everything you said here but it would not accept it until I did this.
C:\Users\Josie\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe –in-process-plugins
There is a space after exe then 2 dashes.
Hope this helps some people.
Thanks Josie, Your direction helped most!
i have finally managed to all the above – actually with a whole copy and paste and then replacing my name – when i pressed apply – this time it worked….. very exciting – BUT…… when i clicked on the desktop google thing – this came up –
Error 102 (net::ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED): Unknown error.
please help – we love google, but we just can’t use it -
I also facing the same problem to using google chrome on my Windows 7 64 bit, can any simple solve anybody now please post.
thanks
Josie Tyrrell..ty ty ty your instructions were perfect. the space after the exe worked great
Hey Urrrm I Did The Space But Then When I Open It Up. Thats Another Problem.. Will Anyone Be Able To? I Managed To Actually Get The …in-prgress.. Thing To Work Thanks To Josie But When I Open Up Chrome It Shows This,
This web page is not available.
The web page at http://xn--in-process-plugins-6m9j/ might be temporarily down or it may have moved permanently to a new web address.
Will Anyone Help Me Please..?
were can y dowlaond google chrome 7
I do all the combos and NOTHING NADA,
any fresh idea ?
get only a white page
oh and before i get a windows asking is i allow this program to made changes in the hard drive …???
I struggled with this for a while until I saw the following posted by someone “Tas” in another forum – worked like a charm!
The best option is to switch to the dev mode, update to the latest (which works fine with windows 7) then switch back to stable .. your stable copy will simply start upgrading again when the current stable version is older than the updated dev version you installed.
1. Download and run the Google Chrome Channel Changer (http://chromium.googlecode.com…).
2. Click the circle next to the channel you want to get updates from (DEV).
3. Click Update to save your choice.
4. Click Close.
5. In Google Chrome, click the wrench menu and choose About Google Chrome.
6. Click Update Now to install the current channel’s release.
7. Restart Google Chrome.
8. Exit Google Chrome.
9. Download and run the Google Chrome Channel Changer (http://chromium.googlecode.com…).
10. Click the circle next to the channel you want to get updates from (DEV).
11. Click Update to save your choice.
12. Click Close.
SO CAN ANYBODY ANSWER PEOPLE’S QUESTIONS ABOUT INSTALLING THIS PIECE OF CRAP ON WIN 7 64BIT??????
I installed latest chrome on Win 7 64bit its installed fine but whenever i open chrome my dell studio 15 laptop hangs for 1 min .
I tried your trick but doesn’t work !
so is there any solution to run chrome on 64bit win 7 without hangs ???
hi ive tried doing what you have written and it comes up with the name ”c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe -in process-plugins’ specified in the target box is not valid.make sure the path and file name are correct……could you please help me with this …thank u
its not working dear……
google chrome help window 7 64bit not installe due to incompatibility..tnxz….!
I have tried entering this in so many times in so many ways and it is still not opening up. Please help me.
good point ^^
Honestly…do you guys just pounce in here, post your problems, and NEVER read any of the previous answers/responses?
…Use IE, you apparently can’t handle Chrome….geesh.
I cant click or do anything in the ”target field”, help me…
Hi ,
I have a desktop application coded by VB.NET, Install chrome extension by my app. any ways for that…..
good day.
I have a problem. on Windows 7 I can not log on youtube.com. not in Google Chrome, but not in Internet explorer. Wondering if I should miss a plugin or something? it still has an error “Error 324 (net:: ERR_EMPTY_RESPONSE): Server closed connection without sending any data.”
thanks
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