Better configure the Chrome launcher.

lib/src/runner/browser/chrome.dart

Index: lib/src/runner/browser/chrome.dart
diff --git a/lib/src/runner/browser/chrome.dart b/lib/src/runner/browser/chrome.dart
index 2a198a15fc669925a1603f4478b86ff1f4aa4c7c..483536563988a6bdf784cbf1e739821e4fa41ad8 100644
--- a/lib/src/runner/browser/chrome.dart
+++ b/lib/src/runner/browser/chrome.dart
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ class Chrome {
   /// [Uri] or a [String].
   ///
   /// If [executable] is passed, it's used as the Chrome executable. Otherwise
-  /// `"google-chrome"` will be looked up on the system PATH.
+  /// the default executable name for the current OS will be used.
   Chrome(url, {String executable}) {
-    if (executable == null) executable = "google-chrome";
+    if (executable == null) executable = _defaultExecutable();
 
     // Don't return a Future here because there's no need for the caller to wait
     // for the process to actually start. They should just wait for the HTTP
@@ -60,7 +60,10 @@ class Chrome {
         "--disable-extensions",
         "--disable-popup-blocking",
         "--bwsi",
-        "--no-first-run"
+        "--no-first-run",
+        "--no-default-browser-check",
+        "--disable-default-apps",
+        "--disable-translate"
       ]).then((process) {
         _process = process;
         _onProcessStartedCompleter.complete();
@@ -85,4 +88,32 @@ class Chrome {
     // Swallow exceptions. The user should explicitly use [onExit] for these.
     return onExit.catchError((_) {});
   }
+
+  /// Return the default executable for the current operating system.
+  String _defaultExecutable() {
+    if (Platform.isMacOS) {
+      return '/Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome';
+    }
+    if (!Platform.isWindows) return 'google-chrome';
+
+    // Chrome could be installed in several places on Windows. The only way to
+    // find it is to check.
+    var prefixes = [
+      Platform.environment['LOCALAPPDATA'],
+      Platform.environment['PROGRAMFILES'],
+      Platform.environment['PROGRAMFILES(X86)']
+    ];
+    var suffix = r'Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe';
+
+    for (var prefix in prefixes) {
+      if (prefix == null) continue;
+
+      var path = p.join(prefix, suffix);

[kevmoo, 2015/03/05 23:10:00]

spoke too soon: pkg/path is not imported here

[nweiz, 2015/03/06 01:38:19]

Done.

+      if (new File(p.join(prefix, suffix)).existsSync()) return path;
+    }
+
+    // Fall back on looking it up on the path. This probably won't work, but at
+    // least it will fail with a useful error message.
+    return "chrome.exe";
+  }
 }