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Even as the world’s most widely used browser, Google Chrome is not immune to occasional elementary missteps. A recent example involves a bug in the online installer downloaded from the official Chrome website, which fails to launch for some users.
Upon attempting to open the installer, users are met with the message: “This app can’t run on your PC. To find a version for your PC, check with the software publisher” — a standard Windows 10/11 prompt reserved for incompatible applications.
The root of the issue is strikingly simple: the Chrome website erroneously delivered the Chrome for Windows 10/11 on ARM installer to users on x86 architecture. Naturally, an ARM-based installer cannot execute on x86-based machines.
Under normal circumstances, the Chrome website intelligently detects the user’s system configuration and provides the appropriate version — whether Windows x64, Windows ARM64, Linux x86_64, or macOS. This particular mishap appears to stem from a failure in that detection process.
Given Google’s historically robust system recognition mechanisms, it is likely that the error originated from a manual upload of the installer by an engineer or a malfunction in the automation responsible for updating the installer, inadvertently replacing the Windows x64 version with the ARM64 variant.
Fortunately, Google promptly identified and corrected the error. Users can now once again download the correct online installer from the official Chrome site without issue. Notably, this incident does not affect users opting for the offline installation package.
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