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diff --git a/chromium/docs/website/site/developers/installer/index.md b/chromium/docs/website/site/developers/installer/index.md deleted file mode 100644 index 723335b4c96..00000000000 --- a/chromium/docs/website/site/developers/installer/index.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,215 +0,0 @@ ---- -breadcrumbs: -- - /developers - - For Developers -page_name: installer -title: A short trip through the Chromium installer's mind! ---- - -## Installed components - -* [Registry entries](/developers/installer#reg) -* [Shortcuts](/developers/installer#shortcuts) - -### Registry Entries - -Syntax: - -<variable to be defined later> - -{for all things matching this definition} - -\[RegistryValue\] - -(Wow6432Node\\) -- Only on 64-bit versions of Windows. - -Entry types: - -* *AppId entries* (Windows 8+ only): - * <root>\\Software\\Classes\\Chromium<suffix> - ([AppUserModelId on - MSDN](http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/windows/desktop/dd378459.aspx)) -* *ProgId entries*: - * <root>\\Software\\Classes\\ChromiumHTM<suffix> - ([ProgId on - MSDN](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa911706.aspx)) -* *DelegateExecute COM registration entries* (Windows 8+ only): - * <root>\\Software\\Classes\\(Wow6432Node\\)CLSID\\{A2DF06F9-A21A-44A8-8A99-8B9C84F29160} -* *App Registration entries*: - * <root>\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\App - Paths\\chrome.exe (for ShellExecute to be able to find - chrome.exe without needing to modify PATH; - [MSDN](http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/windows/desktop/ee872121.aspx#appPaths)). - * <root>\\Software\\{file_assoc}\\OpenWithProgids\[ChromiumHTML<suffix>\] - (to show up in "Open With" in the context menu for supported - file types; - [MSDN](http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/bb166549.aspx)). -* *Shell Integration entries* (can only be registered in - <root>==HKLM pre-Win8): - * <root>\\Software\\Clients\\StartMenuInternet\\Chromium<suffix> - ([StartMenuInternet on - MSDN](http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/windows/desktop/dd203067.aspx#internet)) - * Capabilities (URL + File Associations) and other information - (put under this entry, but could theoretically be anywhere - in the registry; - [MSDN](http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/windows/desktop/cc144154.aspx#registration)). - * <root>\\Software\\RegisteredApplications\[Chromium<suffix>\] - (to appear in "Default Programs" and have the ability to become - default browser; - [MSDN](http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/windows/desktop/cc144154.aspx#RegisteredApplications)). -* *XP-style default browser entries*: - * <root>\\Software\\Classes\\{file_association | - protocol_association}\[Default\] = ChromiumHTM<suffix> - * These are not necessary post-XP to be the default browser, - but many programs are still hardcoded to lookup these - values. -* *Protocol specific entries*: - * <root>\\Software\\Client\\StartMenuInternet\\Chromium<suffix>\\Capabilities\\URLAssociations\[<protocol>\] -* *Active Setup entries* (Google Chrome system-level installs only -- - [Active Setup design - doc](https://docs.google.com/a/google.com/document/d/1yQdG1wMDKi_lf0i8bk6P2_BWqudRb-ap6Y2C5f1RO2w/edit)): - * HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\(Wow6432Node\\)Microsoft\\Active - Setup\\Installed - Components\\{8A69D345-D564-463c-AFF1-A69D9E530F96} -* *Uninstall entries*: - * <root>\\Software\\(Wow6432Node\\)Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Uninstall\\Chromium - (to show up in "Programs and Features" or "Add or Remove - Programs" in the Control Panel) - -Note: <root>\\Software\\Classes is also known as -[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT](http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/windows/desktop/ms724475.aspx) - -For *Google Chrome* replace the following values as indicated: - -* Chromium --> Chrome (except for Protocol specific entries and - Uninstall entries) -* Chromium --> Google Chrome (for Protocol specific entries and - Uninstall entries) -* ChromiumHTM --> ChromeHTML -* StartMenuInternet\\Chromium --> StartMenuInternet\\Google Chrome -* {A2DF06F9-A21A-44A8-8A99-8B9C84F29160} --> - {5C65F4B0-3651-4514-B207-D10CB699B14B} - -#### System-level installs - -* <suffix> = "" -* At Install: - * All entry types fully registered in <root> = - HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE - * If making Chromium default machine-wide: - * Register *XP-style default browser entries* in - <root>=HKEY_CURRENT_USER -* + When making Chromium default for a user: - * Register *XP-style default browser entries* in - <root>=HKEY_CURRENT_USER - * (on top of incanting Windows into making Chromium the default - browser, but that doesn't require any further registrations - post-XP). -* + When making Chrome the default handler for some protocol: - * Register *protocol specific entries* with - <root>=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE if not already registered - (requires UAC) - * Register *XP-style default entries* for this protocol with - <root>=HKEY_CURRENT_USER - -#### User-level installs - -* <suffix> = .<base32 encoding of the md5 hash of the user’s - SID> (which is always 26 characters (27 with the dot)) - * Exception (for backward compatibility with old registration - schemas): - * <suffix> = <none> if the user already has the - unsuffixed registration in HKLM from the old-style - registrations. - * <suffix> = .<username> if the user already has - the username suffixed registration in HKLM from the - old-style registrations. - * Note: *AppId Entries* are always suffixed with the new-style - suffixed (as they were introduced after the registration - schema changes). -* At install: - * Install *AppId, ProgId, and App Registration entries* in - <root>=HKEY_CURRENT_USER. - * On Windows 8+ also install *Shell Integration entries in* - <root>=HKEY_CURRENT_USER. - * Before Windows 8, if |elevate_if_not_admin| (which is true when - triggering the "make chromium default" flow): - * Elevate (UAC) and register all entry types in - <root>=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. -* When making Chromium default: - * If some registration are missing (i.e. *Shell Integration - entries* before Windows 8 if the user has not yet elevated - Chromium to complete registration): - * Elevate (UAC) and register all entry types in - <root>=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. - * Register *XP-style default browser entries* in - <root>=HKEY_CURRENT_USER -* When making Chrome the default handler for some protocol: - * Register *protocol specific entries* with - <root>=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE (HKEY_CURRENT_USER on Win8+) if - not already registered (requires UAC before Win8) - * Register *XP-style default entries* for this protocol with - <root>=HKEY_CURRENT_USER - -### Shortcuts - -#### User-level installs - -* At install: - * Create Start Menu shortcut (Start Screen on Win8) - C:\\Users\\<username>\\AppData\\Roaming\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Start - Menu\\Programs\\Chromium\\Chromium.lnk - * Pin shortcut to taskbar (Windows 7+) - C:\\Users\\<username>\\AppData\\Roaming\\Microsoft\\Internet - Explorer\\Quick Launch\\User Pinned\\TaskBar - * Create desktop shortcut - C:\\Users\\<username>\\Desktop - * Create Quick Launch shortcut - C:\\Users\\<username>\\AppData\\Roaming\\Microsoft\\Internet - Explorer\\Quick Launch - -#### System-level installs - -* At install: - * Create all-users Start Menu shortcut (in Win8 this will only - show on the Start Screen for the user running the install (i.e., - not for new users); Microsoft claims that this is by design). - C:\\ProgramData\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Start - Menu\\Programs\\Chromium\\Chromium.lnk) - * Create all-users Desktop shortcut (shows on every user’s - Desktop, but if any user deletes it, it’s gone for all...) - C:\\Users\\Public\\Desktop\\Chromium.lnk -* At install (if the installer is running in a given user's context; - i.e., not for the MSI which runs as SYSTEM): - * Create per-user Quick Launch shortcut - C:\\Users\\<username>\\AppData\\Roaming\\Microsoft\\Internet - Explorer\\Quick Launch - * Pin shortcut to taskbar (WIndows 7+) - C:\\Users\\<username>\\AppData\\Roaming\\Microsoft\\Internet - Explorer\\Quick Launch\\User Pinned\\TaskBar -* Upon the next login of each other user (when *Active Setup* triggers - Chromium's *Active Setup* for that user and **only if** that user - has yet to run Chrome on this machine): - * Create per-user shortcuts that do not have a matching all-users - shortcut. - * Per-user Quick Launch shortcut. - * Pin shortcut to taskbar (Windows 7+). - * Per-user desktop shortcut (if the all-users Desktop shortcut - is absent). - * Per-user Start Menu shortcut (if the all-users Start Menu - shortcut is absent). - -**Master Preferences** - -* do_not_create_desktop_shortcut: Prevents creation of the Desktop - shortcut in all scenarios above (including Active Setup). -* do_not_create_quick_launch_shortcut: Prevents creation of the Quick - Launch shortcut (Windows XP only) in all scenarios above (including - Active Setup). -* do_not_create_taskbar_shortcut: Prevents creation of the taskbar pin - (Windows 7+) in all scenarios above (including Active Setup). -* do_not_create_any_shortcuts: Supersedes any other preference and - prevents creation of all shortcuts in all scenarios above (including - Active Setup). - -For *Google Chrome* replace *Chromium* by *Google Chrome* above.
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