Universal path to chrome.exe

Question

I am making an application and I want to make it installable on the user\'s desktops using chrome URL shortcut. Therefore, is there a universal path to the chrome.exe that c

Answer 1

Chrome installs by default to the User's AppData Local folder:

XP:
C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome

Vista:
C:\Users\UserName\AppDataLocal\Google\Chrome

Windows 7:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Application\chrome.exe

Update: As mentioned in a comment, it appears the path to chrome.exe has changed in Win7/8. It's now in: C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe

Best bet is to use some OS detection code, then use an environment variable to detect the User's AppData folder (i.e. %LOCALAPPDATA%) or the ProgramFiles folder, and then append the difference in OS's to the end of the variable.