Update for Windows RT 8.1 (KB3097667) To start the download, click the Download button and then do one of the following, or select another language from Change Language and then click Change. Click Run to start the installation immediately. Click Save to copy the download to your computer for installation at a later time. I am able to browse webpage, download and stream video using Google Chrome in Windows 8.1 on my Surface pro 4. However, After the tablet is upgraded to Windows 10 OS, the browser won’t open and isn’t launching at all, even when the firewall is off and the antivirus doesn’t block it. Any way to get it working normally? Continue reading →.
If you use Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 and are a Googlefanatic, you're going to love the latest version of Chrome. It's a standardbrowser for the desktop; it's a browser app for the Start Screen; it's theChrome OS; it's an oddity and much more, all in a neat littlepackage. You really have to see it to believe it. I'll describe how to download, install, and use Google Chrome 32 inWindows 8.1.Get Chrome 32You don't have to go to the Windows Store to get the new Chrome. To get started, launch your current browser and go to the. On theChrome site, click the Download Chrome button ( Figure A).Figure A. Click the Download Chrome button.When you see the Terms of Service page ( Figure B), the first thing you should do is select the SetGoogle Chrome As My Default Browser check box.
Chrome must be set as thedefault browser in order to perform its dual act as a desktop browser and amodern app browser. (Don't fret, though: If you later decide to return your currentbrowser to its prominent position, you can do so quite easily.) If you want tosend statistics and such to Google, you would select the second check box on that screen. To continue, click theAccept And Install button.Figure BMake Chrome your default browser. I downloaded Chrome 32 from Internet Explorer, so duringthe Google Installer portion of the download operation, I encountered anApplication Run - Security Warning, which basically informed me that Googlewasn't to be trusted.
Iclicked Run anyway, and the download proceeded as normal ( Figure C).As if the first warning wasn't enough, I had to work through a UserAccount Control (UAC) dialog box.Figure CYou have to acknowledge that you accept the consequences ofdownloading the Google Installer.Once you get through the UAC, Chrome will begin to download without any interference ( Figure D).Figure DThe actual Chrome download proceeds without any interference.Install Chrome 32As soon as the download is complete, you'll see a Toastnotification that you have a new app that can open webpages ( Figure E). While you do have a modern app that can open webpages, youwon't find a Google tile on the Start Screen; instead, you'll find a Chromeicon embedded in the Taskbar right next to Internet Explorer and File Explorer ( Figure F).
You'll also find a Chrome shortcut on your desktop.Figure EA Toast notifies you when the installation is complete.Figure FYou'll find a Chrome icon embedded in the Taskbar.When you click the Chrome icon, you'll see a Welcome dialog boxthat prompts you to click Next to choose your default browser. After clicking Next, you'll see a little pop-up that shows your choices ( Figure G).
I thought this was a bit weird since I already specifiedthat I wanted Chrome to be my default browser, but I clicked the Chrome iconagain.Figure GYou need to specify again that you want Chrome to be yourdefault browser.Use Chrome 32Chrome will launch in standard desktop mode andprompt you to enter your Gmail credentials ( Figure H), so thateverything associated with your Google account can be accessible fromChrome. After that, you can use Chrome in desktop mode to browse the web justlike you always have.Figure HAfter you sign in, everything associated with your Googleaccount can be made accessible from Chrome.To move Chrome into windows app mode, click the Menu buttonand select Relaunch Chrome In Windows 8 Mode ( Figure I).Figure ISelect Relaunch Chrome In Windows 8 Mode to moveout of desktop mode.Chrome will transform itself into a Windows 8 app likeyou've never seen; in fact, it becomes more of a Chrome OS-likeenvironment than just a simple app. This environment consists of a number ofunique components and features that take it way beyond any Windows 8 app thatyou've seen, and it does so without adhering to any of thestandardized Windows 8 app guidelines. Chromeoffers unique features such as its own Start menu-like control complete with aTaskbar-like control called the Shelf, and it even supports multiple windows withSnap-like controls.You'll see the Chrome browser appear in the center of thefull screen environment ( Figure J), but it's not stuck there — you can click the Title bar and drag a window anywhere on the screen thatyou want. Key features in this Chrome OS/Windows 8 app amalgamation areidentified with number icons in the figure and described below.Figure JThis is more of a Chrome OS-like environment than just asimple app.
Hover over the button at the top right andyou'll see a menu that allows you snap the window to the right or the left,complete with shadowed animations, minimize the window, as well as maximize thewindow. Click the button at the bottom left and you’llsee all the Google apps that you have installed. You can even search the Googleapp store from this menu.
Right-click any app icon and you'll see amenu that allows you to configure how the app is to open. You can even pinicons to the Shelf. On the Shelf you'll find the icons of the pinnedand running apps. The icons of minimized apps have a silver shadow under them. While the Shelf appears on the bottom edge ofthe environment, right clicking on the Shelf displays a menu that allows you toreposition the Shelf to any of the other edges. There's even a clock that appears in the lower right corner.
Hover over it and you'll see the date.While you can open any of the Google apps as tabs in theChrome browser as you would in the desktop, in this environment, you can openany Google app in a separate window that you can move anywhere in theenvironment that you want ( Figure K).Figure KYou can open Google apps in separate windows that you canmove anywhere.While the inside of the Chrome environment functionsindependently from Windows 8, the environment itself has the same functionalityas other apps. For example, you use the same drag down operation to close it.You can also snap the entire Chrome environment to one side of the screen andaccess other Windows 8 apps ( Figure L).Figure LThe entire Chrome environment acts like a regular Windows 8app.Stop Chrome 32When you close the Chrome environment, anytime you launch itsubsequently, it will instantly appear as a Windows 8 app. If you want it to goback to being just a desktop browser, click the Menu button in Chrome and select Relaunch Chrome On The Desktop. You can also return Chrome to a desktopbrowser by launching Internet Explorer, which will immediately prompt you tomake it the default browser ( Figure M).
If you click the Set DefaultBrowser button, Chrome will immediately return to a desktop browser, and InternetExplorer will take over as the default browser for both the desktop and themodern UI.Figure MInternet Explorer will immediately want to take back controlof browser duty.What's your take?Have you used the new Chrome in Windows 8 or Windows 8.1? Ifso, has been your experience?
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.MicrosoftMicrosoft Deputy General Counsel David Heiner told Mozilla it won’t permit other browsers for two reasons, Anderson said: ARM processors, which power virtually all iOS, Android, and Windows Phone smartphones and tablets today, are different from the x86 chips that power PCs. The chips have new requirements for security and power management, and Microsoft is the only one who can meet those needs.
Windows RT — the version of Windows 8 geared for ARM devices — “isn’t Windows anymore.”.