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Installer Error Strings

Chrome's Windows installer provides localized error strings to Google Update for presentation to the user. The strings are written to the registry by WriteInstallerResult. As of this writing, the set of error string message identifiers (search for them in google_chrome_strings.grd for their corresponding text) is:

Message ID Product(s) Operation
IDS_INSTALL_DIR_IN_USE All First install
IDS_INSTALL_FAILED All All
IDS_INSTALL_HIGHER_VERSION Chrome Update
IDS_INSTALL_HIGHER_VERSION_CB_CF Chrome + Chrome Frame Update
IDS_INSTALL_HIGHER_VERSION_CF Chrome Frame Update
IDS_INSTALL_INCONSISTENT_UPDATE_POLICY All Update
IDS_INSTALL_INSUFFICIENT_RIGHTS All All system-level
IDS_INSTALL_INVALID_ARCHIVE All All
IDS_INSTALL_MULTI_INSTALLATION_EXISTS All Update or Repair
IDS_INSTALL_NON_MULTI_INSTALLATION_EXISTS Chrome Frame Update or Repair
IDS_INSTALL_NO_PRODUCTS_TO_UPDATE Chrome First install
IDS_INSTALL_OS_ERROR All All
IDS_INSTALL_OS_NOT_SUPPORTED All All
IDS_INSTALL_READY_MODE_REQUIRES_CHROME Chrome Frame All
IDS_INSTALL_SYSTEM_LEVEL_EXISTS All Update or Repair
IDS_INSTALL_TEMP_DIR_FAILED All All
IDS_INSTALL_UNCOMPRESSION_FAILED All All
IDS_SAME_VERSION_REPAIR_FAILED Chrome Repair
IDS_SAME_VERSION_REPAIR_FAILED_CF Chrome Frame Repair
IDS_SETUP_PATCH_FAILED All All