--- breadcrumbs: - - /developers - For Developers - - /developers/diagnostics - Diagnostics page_name: installer-error-strings title: 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](http://codesearch.google.com/codesearch#OAMlx_jo-ck/src/chrome/installer/util/installer_state.h&exact_package=chromium&q=WriteInstallerResult&l=183&ct=rc&cd=1). As of this writing, the set of error string message identifiers (search for them in [google_chrome_strings.grd](http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/chrome/app/google_chrome_strings.grd?view=markup) 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