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Stop detecting Chrome by LastInstallerSuccessLaunchCmdLine #91

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5 changes: 0 additions & 5 deletions lib/browsers.js
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Expand Up @@ -23,11 +23,6 @@ browsers.chrome = {

// Expanded to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software, HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software
// and if on a x64 machine, their 32-bit (Software\WoW6432) counterparts.
// Should also find 64-bit Chrome if installed, because 32-bit Chrome
// uses the 32-bit registry and 64-bit Chrome uses the regular registry,
// with the same subkeys.
this.registry('Google\\Update', 'LastInstallerSuccessLaunchCmdLine')

// Note: this one (sometimes) returns the binary's parent path
this.registry('Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\App Paths\\chrome.exe', null, true)

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