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Relaunch fast if outdated

Verified with Google Chrome — updated on July 10, 2026

Supported on: Microsoft Windows 7 or later

Path in the GPO console

Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Google\Google Chrome

Description

Specifies the minimum release age beyond which relaunch notifications are more aggressive. The age is calculated from the time the currently-running version was last served to clients. If a browser relaunch or device restart is needed to finalize a pending update and the current version has been outdated for more than the number of days specified by this setting, the RelaunchNotificationPeriod policy is overridden to 2 hours. If the RelaunchNotification policy is set to 1 ('Required'), users will be forced to relaunch or restart at the end of the period. If not set, or if the release age cannot be determined, the RelaunchNotificationPeriod policy will be used for all updates.

Registry

HKLM Software\Policies\Google\Chrome
HKCU Software\Policies\Google\Chrome

More options available

Options

Time period (days):
RelaunchFastIfOutdated decimal - range 7-2000000000

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These exports write the registry — this is not a managed GPO.

Scope

.reg file

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; Exported from gporais.com
; Policy: Relaunch fast if outdated
; State: Enabled
; Scope: Computer (HKLM)
; Supported on: Microsoft Windows 7 or later

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Google\Chrome]
"RelaunchFastIfOutdated"=dword:00000007
More formats (PowerShell, Intune, SCCM)

PowerShell

# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Relaunch fast if outdated
# State: Enabled
# Scope: Computer (HKLM)
# Supported on: Microsoft Windows 7 or later

$path = 'HKLM:\Software\Policies\Google\Chrome'
New-Item -Path $path -Force | Out-Null
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'RelaunchFastIfOutdated' -Value 7 -Type DWord

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