Google Chrome silent install - windows

Question

I need to silent install Google Chrome on virtual machine. (Windows 8.1)
I took the standalone installer from https://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/browser/desktop/index.html?system=true&standalone=1#eula.
On virtual machine in terminal I perform the command - 'ChromeStandaloneSetup.exe'.
At the end on installation I got the window with 'Close' button.
Is there command line switch for Google Chrome to perform silent installation?

Answer 1

You can try to perform silent install with .msi file.
First go and download msi to : https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/desktop/index.html?msi=true
Second create a text file called install.cmd and copy in the following command lines:
#echo install Google Chrome
start /wait msiexec /i "%~dp0%googlechromestandaloneenterprise.msi%" /qn /l*
Both save to a folder in your computer and "run as administrator" install.cmd file.
If you get error please see silent install google chrome tutorial for more information.
Best Regards

Answer 2

Should be fairly straight forward, grab the MSI installer and use the following MSI command for a fully silent installation:
msiexec.exe /i "GoogleChromeStandaloneEnterprise.msi" /q /norestart
You can also make the following changes should you need them:
Change the /i to /x for uninstall
Change the /i to /f for a repair installation
Change the /q to /qb+ for the wizard to show but no user intervention apart from the final modal box at the end of the install
Remove the /norestart if you are happy for it to carry out a restart automatically
Source: https://blog.techygeekshome.info/2018/07/google-chrome-msi-installer-version-67-0-3396-99-release/
Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/msi/command-line-options

Answer 3

I think this is the solution.
Run the standalone installer on a machine without Chrome (you should be able to Google for it). In your %TEMP% directory, look for something called GUM(something).tmp. Inside this directory will reside a file with a name like 154.48_chrome_installer.exe.{8A69D345-D564-463c-AFF1-A69D9E530F96}.
Copy this file somewhere network accessible. Drop the GUID from the end, restoring its EXE extension. This is the silent installer- run it and Chrome will autoinstall.
If that is not where you looking for then maybe this article gives an answer to your question.
http://blog.ringerc.id.au/2012/11/network-silent-unattended-install-of.html

Answer 4

This is what I use in my installation script:
start "Installing Chrome Silently" /wait "ChromeStandaloneSetup.exe" /silent /install
Requires chrome installer and script to be in the same directory, otherwise you'd need to specify the full path. OFC, with this you still have a shell window, but no chrome window is ever visible.

Answer 5

All of these answers were kind of halfway there for me. I thought I'd share my accumulation of all the things that did work for me. This works as of 7-5-19.
Download installer from this link: https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/desktop/index.html?msi=true
Create a text file called install.cmd and copy in the following command lines:
#echo install Google Chrome
start "Installing Chrome Silently" /wait "ChromeStandaloneSetup.exe" /silent /install
#echo Set the parameter file
#XCOPY "master_preferences" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\" /E /C /Q /R /Y
Create a master_preferences file as outlined here:
https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/187948?hl=en
Mine looks like this:
{
"homepage" : "http://www.google.com",
"homepage_is_newtabpage" : false,
"browser": {
"show_home_button" : true,
"check_default_browser" : false
}
"bookmark_bar" : {
"show_on_all_tabs" : true
},
"distribution" : {
"skip_first_run_ui" : true,
"show_welcome_page" : false,
"import_search_engine" : false,
"import_history" : false,
"create_all_shortcuts" : true,
"do_not_launch_chrome" : true,
"suppress_first_run_default_browser_prompt": true,
"suppress_first_run_bubble": true,
"system_level": true,
"make_chrome_default" : false
}
Put all the files in the same folder
Run install.cmd as admin.