@echo off setlocal enabledelayedexpansion set "chrome_path=" set reg_query_command=reg query "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\chrome.exe" /ve for /f "tokens=2*" %%A in ('%reg_query_command%') do ( if "%%A"=="REG_SZ" ( set "tmp_chrome_path=%%B" if exist "!tmp_chrome_path!" ( set "chrome_path=%%B" ) ) ) if defined chrome_path ( echo Chrome found at: "%chrome_path%" "%chrome_path%" --disable-web-security --user-data-dir="%~dp0/tmp" %~dp0/index.html ) else ( echo Chrome not found. echo start a webserver ... start /b http_server.exe -port 5001 start /WAIT msedge.exe http://127.0.0.1:5001 )