

I did not install BitTorrentBar, it installed on its own. If you are part of the 10%, please consider upgrading to a newer version of the operating system before support ends. On re-install, a toolbar automatically installed with Chrome. That’s the good news, but the bad news is that 10% of Windows users are still on Windows 7, which is now 13 years old. When prompted for the file destination select F:destination.
Begin the download ofUnder Chrome > Settings > Advanced > Downloads enable 'Ask where to save each file before downloading'. If the old download directory did exist, probably. Append disk-cache-dir'F:destination' to the target field of the Chrome shortcut. Needless to say, using Chrome will be significantly riskier on machines running these old versions of Windows.Īccording to StatCounter, over 85% of Windows users have moved on to either Windows 10 or Windows 11. Tech Tip: Google Chrome Download Error Insufficient Permissions. To install Google Chrome on a Mac, go to the Chrome download page on your Mac and click Download Chrome for Mac. That means that Google won’t patch any bugs or fix any vulnerabilities.

Now that Microsoft is no longer offering support or releasing updates for the two operating systems, there’s not much need for Chrome to continue supporting them.Ĭhrome will still work on Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 devices - the app won’t just suddenly stop opening - but users won’t see any more updates. Windows 8.1 will reach its end of support on the same day, and Microsoft won’t offer an ESU program for the oddly-named release.
