@echo off echo. echo ========================================== echo Chrome Version Lock Tool echo ========================================== echo. echo This will lock Chrome version to prevent auto-updates echo. REM 1. Stop Chrome processes echo Stopping Chrome processes... taskkill /f /im chrome.exe >nul 2>&1 timeout /t 2 /nobreak >nul REM 2. Stop Google Update services echo Stopping Google Update services... sc stop gupdate >nul 2>&1 sc stop gupdatem >nul 2>&1 sc stop GoogleChromeElevationService >nul 2>&1 REM 3. Disable Google Update services echo Disabling Google Update services... sc config gupdate start= disabled >nul 2>&1 sc config gupdatem start= disabled >nul 2>&1 REM 4. Delete scheduled tasks echo Removing update scheduled tasks... schtasks /delete /tn "GoogleUpdateTaskMachineCore" /f >nul 2>&1 schtasks /delete /tn "GoogleUpdateTaskMachineUA" /f >nul 2>&1 REM 5. Registry settings to disable updates echo Configuring registry to disable updates... reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Update" /v "AutoUpdateCheckPeriodMinutes" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f >nul 2>&1 reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Update" /v "UpdateDefault" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f >nul 2>&1 reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Update" /v "DisableAutoUpdateChecksCheckboxValue" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f >nul 2>&1 reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Update" /v "Update{8A69D345-D564-463C-AFF1-A69D9E530F96}" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f >nul 2>&1 REM 6. User-level registry settings reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Update" /v "AutoUpdateCheckPeriodMinutes" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f >nul 2>&1 reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Update" /v "UpdateDefault" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f >nul 2>&1 REM 7. Rename Google Update executable (backup method) echo Disabling Google Update executable... if exist "C:\Program Files\Google\Update\GoogleUpdate.exe" ( ren "C:\Program Files\Google\Update\GoogleUpdate.exe" "GoogleUpdate.exe.disabled" >nul 2>&1 ) if exist "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Update\GoogleUpdate.exe" ( ren "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Update\GoogleUpdate.exe" "GoogleUpdate.exe.disabled" >nul 2>&1 ) REM 8. Block update URLs in hosts file (optional but effective) echo Blocking update URLs... echo. >> C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts echo # Block Google Chrome Updates >> C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts echo 127.0.0.1 update.googleapis.com >> C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts echo 127.0.0.1 clients2.google.com >> C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts echo 127.0.0.1 clients4.google.com >> C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts echo. echo ========================================== echo Chrome version has been locked! echo. echo What was done: echo - Stopped Google Update services echo - Disabled automatic updates via registry echo - Removed update scheduled tasks echo - Disabled GoogleUpdate.exe echo - Blocked update URLs echo. echo Chrome will no longer auto-update! echo ========================================== echo. pause