chrlauncher 
Small and very fast portable launcher and updater for Chromium.
Default browser:
chrlauncher has feature to use portable Chromium as default browser and it will be open links from another programs through chrlauncher.
- start "SetDefaultBrowser.bat" (as admin).
- start "Control panel" -> "Default programs" -> "Set your default programs" -> "chrlauncher" and set all checkboxes on.
Command line:
There is list of arguments overrides .ini options
- /autodownload - auto download update and install it!
- /bringtofront - bring chrlauncher window to front when download started
- /forcecheck - force update checking
- /wait - start browser only when check/download/install update complete
- /update - use chrlauncher as updater, but does not start Chromium
- /ini .\chrlauncher.ini - start chrlauncher with custom configuration
Supported browser:
- as launcher - Chromium based (like Google Chrome, Opera, Yandex Browser, Vivaldi, etc.) and Firefox based (Mozilla Firefox, Basilisk, Pale Moon, Waterfox, etc.)
- as updater - Chromium only
Flash Player:
chrlauncher has feature for use portable Flash Player PPAPI.
- download portable Flash Player PPAPI 32-bit/64-bit: http://effect8.ru/soft/media/adobe-flash-player-portable.html
- unpack archive to the "Plugins" folder.
- open "chrlauncher.ini" and find "FlashPlayerPath" option and then set ".\plugins%flash_player_dll_name_here%"
Settings:
[chrlauncher]
# Custom Chromium update URL (string):
#ChromiumUpdateUrl=https://chromium.woolyss.com/api/v3/?os=windows&bit=%d&type=%s&out=string
# Command line for Chromium (string):
# See here: https://peter.sh/experiments/chromium-command-line-switches/
ChromiumCommandLine=--flag-switches-begin --user-data-dir=..\profile --no-default-browser-check --allow-outdated-plugins --disable-logging --disable-breakpad --flag-switches-end
# Chromium executable file name (string):
ChromiumBinary=chrome.exe
# Chromium binaries directory (string):
# Relative (to chrlauncher directory) or full path (env. variables supported).
ChromiumDirectory=.\bin
# Adobe Flash Player PPAPI portable library path (string):
# Relative (to chrlauncher directory) or full path (env. variables supported).
# Download here: http://effect8.ru/soft/media/adobe-flash-player-portable.html
FlashPlayerPath=.\plugins\pepflashplayer.dll
# Set Chromium binaries architecture (integer):
#
# 0 -> autodetect (default)
# 64 -> 64-bit
# 32 -> 32-bit
ChromiumArchitecture=0
# Auto download updates if found (boolean)
#
# false -> show tray tip if update found, downloading manually (default)
# true -> auto download update and install it!
ChromiumAutoDownload=false
# Bring chrlauncher window when download started (boolean)
#
# false -> don't bring main window to front automatically
# true -> bring chrlauncher window to front when download started (default)
ChromiumBringToFront=true
# Set download in foreground mode (boolean):
#
# false -> start browser and check/download/install update in background
# true -> start browser only when check/download/install update complete (default)
ChromiumWaitForDownloadEnd=true
# Use chrlauncher as updater, but does not start Chromium (boolean):
#
# false -> update & start Chromium (default)
# true -> download & install Chromium update without start
ChromiumUpdateOnly=false
# Type of Chromium builds:
#
# dev-official
# Official development builds from snapshots repository
# "storage.googleapis.com/chromium-browser-snapshots/index.html" (32/64 bit)
#
# stable-codecs-sync
# Unofficial stable builds with codecs
# "github.com/macchrome/winchrome/releases" (32/64 bit)
#
# dev-nosync
# Unofficial development builds without Google services
# "github.com/RobRich999/Chromium_Clang/releases" (32/64 bit)
#
# dev-codecs-sync
# Unofficial development builds with codecs and without Google services
# "github.com/macchrome/winchrome/releases" (64 bit)
#
# dev-codecs-nosync
# Unofficial development builds with codecs and without Google services
# "github.com/macchrome/winchrome/releases" (64 bit)
#
# ungoogled-chromium
# Unofficial builds without Google integration and enhanced privacy (based on Eloston project)
# "github.com/macchrome/winchrome/releases/" (32/64 bit)
# "github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium"
#
# stable-codecs-nosync
# Unofficial stable builds with codecs and without google services
# !!! DISCONTINUED since June 2018 !!!
ChromiumType=dev-official
# Check for new Chromium version once in X days (integer):
#
# 2 -> check updates once in a X days (default)
# 0 -> disable update checking
# -1 -> force update checking
ChromiumCheckPeriod=2
# Last cached update checking timestamp (integer):
ChromiumLastCheck=0
##########################
# Internal settings (SDK)
##########################
# Enable classic theme UI (boolean):
#ClassicUI=true
# Set custom useragent (string):
#UserAgent=Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/55.0.2883.87 Safari/537.36
# Set proxy configuration (string):
#Proxy=127.0.0.1:80FAQ:
- If you lost all setting and extensions when copy Chromium to another PC (answer)
- How to force check for an update every chrlauncher start?
- How to host the Chromium package zip on custom network?
- Can't sign-in to Chromium
- Set proxy configuration for a chrlauncher
- Pass on chrlauncher arguments into Chromium
- Disable annoying chrlauncher window popup
- Is it possible to downgrade Chromium version?
- Fix for duplicated taskbar icons creation
- Update flash PPAPI plugin
- Fix for flash PPAPI plugin loading
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