If you tried to install Google Chrome on Windows yesterday, chances are it failed. When trying to open the web browser's installation file, users around the world encountered an error message: "This app can't run on your PC. To find a version for your PC, check with the software publisher." This is a rather surprising problem, given that the installation file used came directly from Google's website.
The ARM version of Chrome offered to Intel/AMD PCs
On Reddit, user reports of the inability to install Chrome on their PC, both on Windows 10 and Windows 11, began to emerge.
Our colleagues at WindowsLatest, who spotted the problem, did a little digging and quickly discovered the cause of the problem. By uploading the installation file to When it came to updating Chrome, Google's teams clearly got confused.
Instead of offering the Intel/AMD version of the Google Chrome installer to affected Windows PCs, Google pushed the Chrome installer intended for ARM PCs. However, when you download Chrome from Google's official website, it automatically detects the platform used by your machine to serve you the corresponding installer file.
It was while exploring the code of the Chrome installer file in question that the scam was discovered. A line referring to "Montgomery Multiplication for ARMv8" was present, confirming that the proposed file was actually intended for machines running on a Snapdragon processor, as is the case, for example, with PCs stamped Copilot+.
Fortunately, the problem did not last too long. Google teams clearly quickly noticed the problem which has since been corrected.
Source: Windows Latest
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