On Linux and OS X, calling the chrome executable with --version simply prints the version and exits with 0.
On windows however, calling
chrome.exe --version
Does not print the version and actually launches the browser.
Any idea what's going on here, does the windows version of chrome not support the options?
Seems this is an already recognized issue, but still hasn't been fixed (since October 2012, when it was reported), as you can see here
--version works fine in Mac OS X, just not Windows.
A user also points out that a possible workaround is to run the following command:
reg query "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Google Chrome" /v DisplayVersion
But I honestly haven't been able to succesfully run it (the registry key doesn't seem to be there).
Anyways, you might be interested in taking a look here for other alternatives (apart from chrome://version).
