[chromium-dev] Force Autoupdate Chrome using Command/Script

[Kevin Pereksta]

In case anyone else finds this and needs an answer, the Scheduled Task runs
the following daily:

*X:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Update\GoogleUpdate.exe /ua /installsource
scheduler*

I think using schtasks /run to fire off Google Update's UA task may do the
trick for you.

@Greg - Good question. We are trying to install latest Chrome channels on
Windows Machines before kicking off automated test runs. In order to do
that we need an installer script for Chrome Channels. After talking to
Omaha (Installer) team, it looks like they don't have any straight forward
way to do this. So what we are doing instead is to have an image of Windows
with Chrome channels installed. So we just have to update the Channel
everytime we start a machine to ensure we have latest build from that
channel. If you or anyone knows a better way to install a Chrome
Channel programmatic-ally than let me know and we can use that approach.
BTW, we don't have access to Chrome Builds, as this is running in cloud
outside the corp/prod.
@Anthony - We are aware of this wrench menu based approach. We just want
to avoid driving UX (if we can) from script.
Thanks,
Tejas

The standard way to force an update, if one exists, is to go to "Wrench
Menu"->"About Chrome".
Kind Regards,
Anthony Laforge
Technical Program Manager
Mountain View, CA

Why do you ask? Chrome on Windows is kept up to date by Google Update (
http://code.google.com/p/omaha/). You can manually run Google
Update's UA ("update apps") task via the Windows Task Scheduler if you
really want to. There are a number of (good) reasons why it might not
update when you think it maybe ought to, though. You can also visit
Chrome's "About Google Chrome" item from the wrench menu to check for
updates.

Hi,
I was trying to look for ways to auto update Chrome forcefully on
windows. Is there any command/script that I can use to force this update ?
Any registry settings that can force this ?
Any pointers to help would be appreciated.
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[Morris Maynard]

"Chrome on Windows is kept up to date by Google Update" if only that were
true. Every time I go to Help...About Chrome is at least one or two
versions behind the latest.

Why do you ask? Chrome on Windows is kept up to date by Google Update (
http://code.google.com/p/omaha/). You can manually run Google Update's
UA ("update apps") task via the Windows Task Scheduler if you really want
to. There are a number of (good) reasons why it might not update when you
think it maybe ought to, though. You can also visit Chrome's "About Google
Chrome" item from the wrench menu to check for updates.

Hi,
I was trying to look for ways to auto update Chrome forcefully on
windows. Is there any command/script that I can use to force this update ?
Any registry settings that can force this ?
Any pointers to help would be appreciated.
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[Jakob Kummerow]

Just to clarify: which version are you on right now?

Post by Morris Maynard
"Chrome on Windows is kept up to date by Google Update" if only that were
true. Every time I go to Help...About Chrome is at least one or two
versions behind the latest.

Why do you ask? Chrome on Windows is kept up to date by Google Update (
http://code.google.com/p/omaha/). You can manually run Google Update's
UA ("update apps") task via the Windows Task Scheduler if you really want
to. There are a number of (good) reasons why it might not update when you
think it maybe ought to, though. You can also visit Chrome's "About Google
Chrome" item from the wrench menu to check for updates.

Hi,
I was trying to look for ways to auto update Chrome forcefully on
windows. Is there any command/script that I can use to force this update ?
Any registry settings that can force this ?
Any pointers to help would be appreciated.
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Thanks,
Tejas
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[Greg Thompson]

It is often the case that you will find that your machine has not yet
received an update shortly after Google publishes a new stable build. This
is because we push updates gradually over several days for a variety of
reasons. If you visit chrome://help and you see that an update is
downloaded and installed, then Google Update is working. This simply means
that your machine hadn't yet picked up the update via the automatic tasks.

Post by Morris Maynard
"Chrome on Windows is kept up to date by Google Update" if only that were
true. Every time I go to Help...About Chrome is at least one or two
versions behind the latest.

Why do you ask? Chrome on Windows is kept up to date by Google Update (
http://code.google.com/p/omaha/). You can manually run Google Update's
UA ("update apps") task via the Windows Task Scheduler if you really want
to. There are a number of (good) reasons why it might not update when you
think it maybe ought to, though. You can also visit Chrome's "About Google
Chrome" item from the wrench menu to check for updates.

Hi,
I was trying to look for ways to auto update Chrome forcefully on
windows. Is there any command/script that I can use to force this update ?
Any registry settings that can force this ?
Any pointers to help would be appreciated.
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Thanks,
Tejas
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