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---
breadcrumbs:
- - /developers
- For Developers
page_name: installer
title: A short trip through the Chromium installer's mind!
---
## Installed components
* [Registry entries](/developers/installer#reg)
* [Shortcuts](/developers/installer#shortcuts)
### Registry Entries
Syntax:
<variable to be defined later>
{for all things matching this definition}
\[RegistryValue\]
(Wow6432Node\\) -- Only on 64-bit versions of Windows.
Entry types:
* *AppId entries* (Windows 8+ only):
* <root>\\Software\\Classes\\Chromium<suffix>
([AppUserModelId on
MSDN](http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/windows/desktop/dd378459.aspx))
* *ProgId entries*:
* <root>\\Software\\Classes\\ChromiumHTM<suffix>
([ProgId on
MSDN](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa911706.aspx))
* *DelegateExecute COM registration entries* (Windows 8+ only):
* <root>\\Software\\Classes\\(Wow6432Node\\)CLSID\\{A2DF06F9-A21A-44A8-8A99-8B9C84F29160}
* *App Registration entries*:
* <root>\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\App
Paths\\chrome.exe (for ShellExecute to be able to find
chrome.exe without needing to modify PATH;
[MSDN](http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/windows/desktop/ee872121.aspx#appPaths)).
* <root>\\Software\\{file_assoc}\\OpenWithProgids\[ChromiumHTML<suffix>\]
(to show up in "Open With" in the context menu for supported
file types;
[MSDN](http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/bb166549.aspx)).
* *Shell Integration entries* (can only be registered in
<root>==HKLM pre-Win8):
* <root>\\Software\\Clients\\StartMenuInternet\\Chromium<suffix>
([StartMenuInternet on
MSDN](http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/windows/desktop/dd203067.aspx#internet))
* Capabilities (URL + File Associations) and other information
(put under this entry, but could theoretically be anywhere
in the registry;
[MSDN](http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/windows/desktop/cc144154.aspx#registration)).
* <root>\\Software\\RegisteredApplications\[Chromium<suffix>\]
(to appear in "Default Programs" and have the ability to become
default browser;
[MSDN](http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/windows/desktop/cc144154.aspx#RegisteredApplications)).
* *XP-style default browser entries*:
* <root>\\Software\\Classes\\{file_association |
protocol_association}\[Default\] = ChromiumHTM<suffix>
* These are not necessary post-XP to be the default browser,
but many programs are still hardcoded to lookup these
values.
* *Protocol specific entries*:
* <root>\\Software\\Client\\StartMenuInternet\\Chromium<suffix>\\Capabilities\\URLAssociations\[<protocol>\]
* *Active Setup entries* (Google Chrome system-level installs only --
[Active Setup design
doc](https://docs.google.com/a/google.com/document/d/1yQdG1wMDKi_lf0i8bk6P2_BWqudRb-ap6Y2C5f1RO2w/edit)):
* HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\(Wow6432Node\\)Microsoft\\Active
Setup\\Installed
Components\\{8A69D345-D564-463c-AFF1-A69D9E530F96}
* *Uninstall entries*:
* <root>\\Software\\(Wow6432Node\\)Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Uninstall\\Chromium
(to show up in "Programs and Features" or "Add or Remove
Programs" in the Control Panel)
Note: <root>\\Software\\Classes is also known as
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT](http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/windows/desktop/ms724475.aspx)
For *Google Chrome* replace the following values as indicated:
* Chromium --> Chrome (except for Protocol specific entries and
Uninstall entries)
* Chromium --> Google Chrome (for Protocol specific entries and
Uninstall entries)
* ChromiumHTM --> ChromeHTML
* StartMenuInternet\\Chromium --> StartMenuInternet\\Google Chrome
* {A2DF06F9-A21A-44A8-8A99-8B9C84F29160} -->
{5C65F4B0-3651-4514-B207-D10CB699B14B}
#### System-level installs
* <suffix> = ""
* At Install:
* All entry types fully registered in <root> =
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
* If making Chromium default machine-wide:
* Register *XP-style default browser entries* in
<root>=HKEY_CURRENT_USER
* + When making Chromium default for a user:
* Register *XP-style default browser entries* in
<root>=HKEY_CURRENT_USER
* (on top of incanting Windows into making Chromium the default
browser, but that doesn't require any further registrations
post-XP).
* + When making Chrome the default handler for some protocol:
* Register *protocol specific entries* with
<root>=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE if not already registered
(requires UAC)
* Register *XP-style default entries* for this protocol with
<root>=HKEY_CURRENT_USER
#### User-level installs
* <suffix> = .<base32 encoding of the md5 hash of the user’s
SID> (which is always 26 characters (27 with the dot))
* Exception (for backward compatibility with old registration
schemas):
* <suffix> = <none> if the user already has the
unsuffixed registration in HKLM from the old-style
registrations.
* <suffix> = .<username> if the user already has
the username suffixed registration in HKLM from the
old-style registrations.
* Note: *AppId Entries* are always suffixed with the new-style
suffixed (as they were introduced after the registration
schema changes).
* At install:
* Install *AppId, ProgId, and App Registration entries* in
<root>=HKEY_CURRENT_USER.
* On Windows 8+ also install *Shell Integration entries in*
<root>=HKEY_CURRENT_USER.
* Before Windows 8, if |elevate_if_not_admin| (which is true when
triggering the "make chromium default" flow):
* Elevate (UAC) and register all entry types in
<root>=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.
* When making Chromium default:
* If some registration are missing (i.e. *Shell Integration
entries* before Windows 8 if the user has not yet elevated
Chromium to complete registration):
* Elevate (UAC) and register all entry types in
<root>=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.
* Register *XP-style default browser entries* in
<root>=HKEY_CURRENT_USER
* When making Chrome the default handler for some protocol:
* Register *protocol specific entries* with
<root>=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE (HKEY_CURRENT_USER on Win8+) if
not already registered (requires UAC before Win8)
* Register *XP-style default entries* for this protocol with
<root>=HKEY_CURRENT_USER
### Shortcuts
#### User-level installs
* At install:
* Create Start Menu shortcut (Start Screen on Win8)
C:\\Users\\<username>\\AppData\\Roaming\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Start
Menu\\Programs\\Chromium\\Chromium.lnk
* Pin shortcut to taskbar (Windows 7+)
C:\\Users\\<username>\\AppData\\Roaming\\Microsoft\\Internet
Explorer\\Quick Launch\\User Pinned\\TaskBar
* Create desktop shortcut
C:\\Users\\<username>\\Desktop
* Create Quick Launch shortcut
C:\\Users\\<username>\\AppData\\Roaming\\Microsoft\\Internet
Explorer\\Quick Launch
#### System-level installs
* At install:
* Create all-users Start Menu shortcut (in Win8 this will only
show on the Start Screen for the user running the install (i.e.,
not for new users); Microsoft claims that this is by design).
C:\\ProgramData\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Start
Menu\\Programs\\Chromium\\Chromium.lnk)
* Create all-users Desktop shortcut (shows on every user’s
Desktop, but if any user deletes it, it’s gone for all...)
C:\\Users\\Public\\Desktop\\Chromium.lnk
* At install (if the installer is running in a given user's context;
i.e., not for the MSI which runs as SYSTEM):
* Create per-user Quick Launch shortcut
C:\\Users\\<username>\\AppData\\Roaming\\Microsoft\\Internet
Explorer\\Quick Launch
* Pin shortcut to taskbar (WIndows 7+)
C:\\Users\\<username>\\AppData\\Roaming\\Microsoft\\Internet
Explorer\\Quick Launch\\User Pinned\\TaskBar
* Upon the next login of each other user (when *Active Setup* triggers
Chromium's *Active Setup* for that user and **only if** that user
has yet to run Chrome on this machine):
* Create per-user shortcuts that do not have a matching all-users
shortcut.
* Per-user Quick Launch shortcut.
* Pin shortcut to taskbar (Windows 7+).
* Per-user desktop shortcut (if the all-users Desktop shortcut
is absent).
* Per-user Start Menu shortcut (if the all-users Start Menu
shortcut is absent).
**Master Preferences**
* do_not_create_desktop_shortcut: Prevents creation of the Desktop
shortcut in all scenarios above (including Active Setup).
* do_not_create_quick_launch_shortcut: Prevents creation of the Quick
Launch shortcut (Windows XP only) in all scenarios above (including
Active Setup).
* do_not_create_taskbar_shortcut: Prevents creation of the taskbar pin
(Windows 7+) in all scenarios above (including Active Setup).
* do_not_create_any_shortcuts: Supersedes any other preference and
prevents creation of all shortcuts in all scenarios above (including
Active Setup).
For *Google Chrome* replace *Chromium* by *Google Chrome* above.
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