Chrome Stable Channel Update

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If you are already running any version of Chrome 32-bit (or normal Chrome) you should follow the steps below first before you switch to 64-bit:

• Download the web installer here for 64-bit
• Uninstall current version of Chrome from your Control Panel > Programs and Features
• Uninstall Flash Player from Programs and Features (if you have it)
• Install Chrome for 64-bit
• Install the 32/64-bit version of Flash Player here (if you need it)

Additionally you can choose which Flash Player works best for you by accessing chrome://plugins and choosing either pepflashplayer.dll (native to Chrome) or NPSWF64_14_0_0_179.dll (updated Adobe Flash Player you optionally installed)...........http://www.neowin.net/news/google-has-released-chrome-37-64-bit-to-stable-channel

 

Where are you getting these flawed steps from? Chrome comes bundled with it's own version of flash, you shouldn't even have flash installed on your system... Your entire post should be "uninstall Chrome before you install Chrome 64".

 

I don't do this, but some people install it so that a backup browser such as IE or Firefox will have it.

 

The 64 bit version surprisingly installed to the Program Files(x86) directory. I found this answer to someone's question about it:

-https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=380177+

 

What are the advantages with the 64 bit version? Speed, security?

 

That didn't do much, looks quite similar. Oh well, I'll probably get used to this.

Hopefully the transition will be smooth when it happens.

 

Flash comes bundled with IE now in Win 8 onwards, so it would only be for Firefox. But.. this has nothing to do with Chrome, so it shouldn't even be on the list of steps.

Probably done on purpose to overwrite Chrome 32? I've heard that uninstalling isn't actually required.

 

Well, I did unistall 32 and installed from scratch 64.
Thanks god Google sync works great.

It seems a bit faster, but I think it's early to draw some conclusions.

 

When I first installed the 64 bit version I thought it would overwrite the 32 bit version but it installed to Program Files (x86) instead leaving both versions installed, uninstalled the 64 bit version & then reinstalled it. If you DON'T want it in Program Files folder & want it to overwrite the 32 bit version then click NO when you get the first UAC prompt after double clicking the Chrome Setup file, it will then display a message saying it can install without admin rights & will then install to Users\UserName\AppData\Local if you prefer that.

So far I'm finding the 64 bit build much faster at page rendering on most sites I have tried, it does seem to be faster that the 32 bit Chromium builds I have been using

 

With a weird version string information:

also here:
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=407204
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/chrome/iy_A4723qlo

 

Speed-Security-Stability
http://www.neowin.net/news/google-has-released-chrome-37-64-bit-to-stable-channel

 

Actually when I first installed the 64 bit it just put it alongside the existing 32 bit directory, so then I uninstalled everything, re-installed 64, but of course it still puts it in the Program Files(x86) directory.

 

Hmm ok, well I'm not sure why they didn't just install in the correct directory then. Weird.

 

I find it smoother also. We will probably get tests that will compare x86 to x64. I hope improved speed is not just my imagination

 

I just updated my windows machine from Chrome v36 32bit, to Chrome 37 v64bit, and it overwrote all the files in Program Files (x86). No uninstalling at all, using the official Google x64 installer.

I'm unsure how others are experiencing something else. Maybe you're getting confused by the fact it always keeps 1 older version around.

 

No need for even that, just don't delete your browsing data on uninstall.

 

yes, I did the same. No need to use Sync to restore browsing history.

 

Excerpted from here.

 

that's strange. I had blurry font issue with earlier versions of Chrome. It got resolved for me with v37. Am on a 1080p resolution.

But with v37, fonts got bigger for me. So, tinkered page zoom and font sizes a little bit for my convinience..

 

The x64 Chrome font reminds me of Safari for Windows. It does seem fast though, and it's probably more secure. Don't think it will entice me away from Maxthon anytime soon. But overall I'm impressed.

 

No issues here with the fonts in Chrome.

 

Chrome 37.0.2062.102

 

Yeah, I just got 37.0.2062.102.

 

Thanks, anon.

Wonder what that means?