4 installer being only capable of 'per user' installations was not the reason I had chosen 'portable' in this case. installer is very hard to come across, plus it's been (artificially) blocked from launching under Vista (and, as I recall, I did mention this fact somewhere previously in this very thread. 6, the portable 'package' is the ONLY way, because the proper YB 17.

However, in the case of Yandex Browser 17. While currently I have ample disk space in my 'OS' drive, the habit of portable installs has endured all these years. Perhaps this is why VistaLover sought a portable version in the first place?Īnyone following my posts, especially in this thread, will surely know I'm an avid fan of Portable software installations, especially in the PAF format this 'love-affair' with portables began a long time ago, when I had a very small C: drive and I thus had to try/install various apps in my second, external USB, drive (then D:) also, having both the program's core files and settings in the same directory becomes very handy when you want to 're-install' or carry the fully customised program to a different host. My guess is this is the beginning of the end for Chromium since they don't care squat about compatibility or user experience. If so, as long as webpages work, then I guess it's not a huge issue, even if it's four years out of date, as eventually Chrome 70 will also be four years out of date (it's already one year old) so it's a lose lose either way. Vista was not even EOS in 2016, what the heck were they thinking!? Minimize software compatibility, that's a sure way to get people to hate you!ĭo Chrome extensions continue to work fine in Chrome 49? That seems to be the entire philosophy here. The files must have been in the Windows.old folder, or simply ported over during the upgrade. I guess it was relevant that the computer in question was upgraded in place from Vista to 7. Yes, it did! Found them immediately, thanks Vista, you rock! (By the way, did the Vista ISO contain either of the media sample files you sought?)

Support for XP and Vista was a 'bug' that the Chromium Project resolved to fix 4 years ago.

Older versions of firefox for vista