Serious Discussion Microsoft Edge Stable (Chromium) Now Available for Download

[lokamoka820]

@bjm_

Thanks for clearing that up! I checked my browsers—Edge doesn’t have the file, Opera is a fresh install and hasn’t updated yet to check, but Vivaldi has a 7z file called vivaldi.7z that I think does something similar.

 

[bjm_]

@bjm_

Thanks for clearing that up! I checked my browsers—Edge doesn’t have the file, Opera is a fresh install and hasn’t updated yet to check, but Vivaldi has a 7z file called vivaldi.7z that I think does something similar.

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@lokamoka820
fwiw ~ as per AI:

Vivaldi does use the Chromium mini-installer and does retain the .7z archive in its versioned Installer folder. Multiple sources confirm the file lives at %LOCALAPPDATA%\Vivaldi\Application\<version>\Installer\vivaldi.7z alongside setup.exe.

Edge and Opera do not use the Chromium mini-installer. Edge uses its own update stack (EdgeUpdate / Windows Update), and Opera uses a custom installer. Neither retains a .7z in a versioned Installer folder.
Brave does retain chrome.7z (not renamed) in its Installer folder — BraveSoftware\Brave
Browser\Application\<version>\Installer\chrome.7z.

So the corrected statement would be: Browsers using the Chromium mini-installer (Chrome, Brave, Vivaldi, and smaller forks) retain a product-named .7z archive in their versioned Installer folder. Edge and Opera use custom installers and don't.