The Chrome desktop is now available in the stable version of Chrome, so you don’t have to seek out anything special - just install Google Chrome. That’s more practical, but where’s the fun in that? Make Chrome Your Default Browser You can also use the Chrome desktop as just another app on Windows 8, swapping back and forth between other Windows 8 apps and the traditional desktop. You can swap the entire “Modern” environment for the Chrome OS desktop, hiding the Windows 8 interface entirely. Read more.ĭo you prefer Google Chrome to Microsoft’s Windows 8 apps? Well, you’re in luck, even if you have a Windows 8 PC. Since 2011, Chris has written over 2,000 articles that have been read nearly one billion times-and that’s just here at How-To Geek.

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