Google Chrome Installer / 2008-09-07 / SML Screenshots

Google has developed a new browser named Google Chrome. It looks interesting so I decided to test it out (it certainly helps that I'm not on a Mac as versions for those OSs will have to wait for now)

My excitement is quickly turned into a let-down, as the Google Chrome Installer just stalls there and won't go anywhere. I restarted my system and still getting the same thing. Nothing on my firewall suggests that it's blocking anything being downloaded... so what's the matter with this Google?

Google Help system suggests that there would be install logs left behind in the user AppData folder. (Ref: www.google.com/support/chrome/bin/answer.py?answer=95319)

I didn't get the
\Users\\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome folder - instead, inside my Google folder has some new files relating to what appears to be an updater and nothing else:

\Update\1.2.131.11
\Update\1.2.131.11\GoogleUpdate.exe
\Update\1.2.131.11\GoogleUpdateHelper.msi
\Update\1.2.131.11\goopdate.dll
\Update\1.2.131.11\GoopdateBho.dll
\Update\1.2.131.11\goopdateres_ar.dll
\Update\1.2.131.11\goopdateres_bg.dll
\Update\1.2.131.11\goopdateres_ca.dll
\Update\1.2.131.11\goopdateres_cs.dll
\Update\1.2.131.11\goopdateres_da.dll
\Update\1.2.131.11\goopdateres_de.dll
\Update\1.2.131.11\goopdateres_el.dll
\Update\1.2.131.11\goopdateres_en.dll
\Update\1.2.131.11\goopdateres_en-GB.dll
\Update\1.2.131.11\goopdateres_es.dll
\Update\1.2.131.11\goopdateres_es-419.dll
\Update\1.2.131.11\goopdateres_et.dll
\Update\1.2.131.11\goopdateres_fi.dll
\Update\1.2.131.11\goopdateres_fil.dll
\Update\1.2.131.11\goopdateres_fr.dll
\Update\1.2.131.11\goopdateres_hi.dll
\Update\1.2.131.11\goopdateres_hr.dll
\Update\1.2.131.11\goopdateres_hu.dll
\Update\1.2.131.11\goopdateres_id.dll
\Update\1.2.131.11\goopdateres_it.dll
\Update\1.2.131.11\goopdateres_iw.dll
\Update\1.2.131.11\goopdateres_ja.dll
\Update\1.2.131.11\goopdateres_ko.dll
\Update\1.2.131.11\goopdateres_lt.dll
\Update\1.2.131.11\goopdateres_lv.dll
\Update\1.2.131.11\goopdateres_nl.dll
\Update\1.2.131.11\goopdateres_no.dll
\Update\1.2.131.11\goopdateres_pl.dll
\Update\1.2.131.11\goopdateres_pt-BR.dll
\Update\1.2.131.11\goopdateres_pt-PT.dll
\Update\1.2.131.11\goopdateres_ro.dll
\Update\1.2.131.11\goopdateres_ru.dll
\Update\1.2.131.11\goopdateres_sk.dll
\Update\1.2.131.11\goopdateres_sl.dll
\Update\1.2.131.11\goopdateres_sr.dll
\Update\1.2.131.11\goopdateres_sv.dll
\Update\1.2.131.11\goopdateres_th.dll
\Update\1.2.131.11\goopdateres_tr.dll
\Update\1.2.131.11\goopdateres_uk.dll
\Update\1.2.131.11\goopdateres_vi.dll
\Update\1.2.131.11\goopdateres_zh-CN.dll
\Update\1.2.131.11\goopdateres_zh-TW.dll
\Update\1.2.131.11\npGoogleOneClick5.dll
\Update\CrashReports
\Update\Download
\Update\Download\BITAF8F.tmp
\Update\Manifest
\Update\Manifest\Initial
\Update\GoogleUpdate.exe