Download Google Chrome installer without using a browser

Download and execute Google Chrome installer without a browser:

There are few things more painful than using Internet Explorer on a fresh Windows Server Install. As such, I have created this batch script to install Google Chrome without using Internet Explorer. Enjoy:

echo Set o=CreateObject^("MSXML2.XMLHTTP"^):Set a=CreateObject^("ADODB.Stream"^):Set f=Createobject^("Scripting.FileSystemObject"^):o.open "GET", "https://dl.google.com/chrome/install/chrome_installer.exe", 0:o.send^(^):If o.Status=200 Then >"%temp%\d.vbs" &echo a.Open:a.Type=1:a.Write o.ResponseBody:a.Position=0:If f.Fileexists^("%temp%\s.exe"^) Then f.DeleteFile "%temp%\s.exe" >>"%temp%\d.vbs" &echo a.SaveToFile "%temp%\s.exe" >>"%temp%\d.vbs" &echo End if >>"%temp%\d.vbs" &cscript //B "%temp%\d.vbs" &del /F /Q "%temp%\d.vbs" &start "" "%temp%\s.exe"

To use, simply paste the above into a command prompt and hit enter.

After a few moments while the Google Chrome installer is downloaded, the installation window will pop up and guide you through the rest of the process.

Right-click -> Paste, hit enter

A few seconds later, Google Chrome downloader.

About:

This script is a Batch wrapper for a VBS script which uses the XMLHTTP object to download the Chrome installer from the Internet, the ADODB object to write it to disk, and Shell object to execute it.

For the sake of readability and completeness, here's a plain VBS script that does the same thing (without the Batch script wrapper):

Set xmlHttp=CreateObject("MSXML2.XMLHTTP")
Set adoStream=CreateObject("ADODB.Stream")
Set fileSys=Createobject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set wsShell=WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

tmpFile = wsShell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%TEMP%\") & Rnd & ".exe"

xmlHttp.open "GET", "https://dl.google.com/chrome/install/chrome_installer.exe", 0
xmlHttp.send()
If xmlHttp.Status=200 Then  
 adoStream.Open
 adoStream.Type=1
 adoStream.Write xmlHttp.ResponseBody
 adoStream.Position=0
 If fileSys.Fileexists(tmpFile) Then 
  fileSys.DeleteFile tmpFile
 End If
 
 adoStream.SaveToFile tmpFile 
 
 wsShell.Run tmpFile
End if 

To use this one you need to save it as a .vbs file and run it obviously. Which is slightly less convenient than the first one.