How to Get Chrome Version Using Command Prompt in Windows

Is it possible to get version installed chrome version using command prompt in windows?

Tried,

 "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" -version
 "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --version
 "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" -product-version
 "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --product-version

When i do that, a browser instance is opening. What flag should I be using to get the version.

I am using Windows 7. Google Chrome version is 67.0.3396.87.

Thanks in advance

5 Answers

As of today user4851's is still working. I took a look at his linked bug report and the proposed work around did not work for me anymore.

Anways a new hkey is present in my directory which allows you to query the chrome version without being aware of the actual installation location:

reg query "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon" /v version
0

There's a bug filed about this:

Original Answer (but see the update below)

What works for me is

wmic datafile where name="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Google\\Chrome\\Application\\chrome.exe" get Version /value

It prints

Version=67.0.3396.99

surrounded by some blank lines.

There are some other suggestions in the bug comments, like querying the registry.

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