Cursor Browser doesn't support Google Chrome Portable

Bug Reports
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Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

Google Chrome Portable is the portable version of Chrome, but it’s not detected by Cursor.

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Self extract Google Chrome Portable 64-bit.
  2. Click + Browser in the chat:
    + Browser
    + Browser195×130 2.6 KB
  3. Browser isn’t detected:
    Browser isn't detected
    Browser isn't detected304×128 5.43 KB

Expected Behavior

If browser isn’t detected, it should let me enter a manual path, just like Cursor lets me do it for Python.

Operating System

Windows 10/11

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 1.7.46 (user setup)
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: b9e5948c1ad20443a5cecba6b84a3c9b99d62580
Date: 2025-10-14T01:21:46.830Z
Electron: 34.5.8
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210
Node.js: 20.19.1
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26200

Additional Information

This is a major issue, please fix, all you need is to let me supply a path.

What do you think, @deanrie?

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Yes - Cursor is unusable

1 Like
2

Hey, thanks for the report. You’re right: the Browser feature doesn’t currently support portable browsers or allow setting a manual path.

The Browser feature is still under active development, and this limitation is planned to be addressed. A manual path option would be useful for portable installations.

Workaround: install the standard version of Chrome alongside the portable one, Cursor should detect it automatically.

Let me know if this workaround helps!

3

That’s not exactly a workaround, but more like avoiding the issue to begin with.
If you’re willing to let me define a path manually, I’ll be glad to do it in CFG/INI/JSON/etc. to test that it works.

4

v2.0 has come out and added Chrome Executable Path, but it seems to be ignored.
Why is that, @deanrie?

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5

Did anyone manage to get it to work, especially with Chrome Portable?

Why does something so simple go wrong, @deanrie?

6

I think I can see the same problem. When I specify Chrome Canary, Cursor has problems with accessing that binary. The bundled Chrome or the built-in web browser work fine though.

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Version:

Version: 2.0.43
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: 8e4da76ad196925accaa169efcae28c45454cce0
Date: 2025-10-30T18:49:27.589Z
Electron: 34.5.8
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210
Node.js: 20.19.1
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 24.6.0
7

Well, at least you get Ready state instead of Chrome not found. Could it fail in both Mac and Windows with different reasons?

8

If you already have this option, why doesn’t it work, @deanrie?