diff --git a/chromedriver_binary/utils.py b/chromedriver_binary/utils.py
index 3d9a653..7acd7c6 100644
--- a/chromedriver_binary/utils.py
+++ b/chromedriver_binary/utils.py
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 import subprocess
 import re
 import platform
+import array
+import ctypes
 
 try:
     from urllib.request import urlopen, URLError
@@ -111,11 +113,39 @@ def get_chrome_major_version():
     if sys.platform == "darwin":
         browser_executables.insert(0, "/Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome")
 
+    get_major_version = lambda version: re.match(r'.*?((?P<major>\d+)\.(\d+\.){2,3}\d+).*?', version).group('major')
+
     for browser_executable in browser_executables:
         try:
             version = subprocess.check_output([browser_executable, '--version'])
-            return re.match(r'.*?((?P<major>\d+)\.(\d+\.){2,3}\d+).*?', version.decode('utf-8')).group('major')
+            
+            return get_major_version(version.decode('utf-8'))
+        
         except Exception:
+            if sys.platform.startswith('win') or sys.platform.startswith('cygwin'):
+                try:
+                    import winreg
+                    with winreg.OpenKeyEx(winreg.HKEY_CURRENT_USER, r"Software\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon") as key:
+                        version = winreg.QueryValueEx(key, "version")[0]
+
+                        return get_major_version(version)
+                
+                except Exception:
+                    roots = list(filter(None, [os.getenv('LocalAppData'), os.getenv('ProgramFiles'), os.getenv('ProgramFiles(x86)'), os.getenv('ProgramW6432')]))
+                
+                    for root in roots:
+                        try:
+                            # https://stackoverflow.com/questions/580924/how-to-access-a-files-properties-on-windows
+                            document = os.path.join(root, 'Google', 'Chrome', 'Application', browser_executable + '.exe')
+                            
+                            name = document.replace(os.path.sep, f'{os.path.sep}{os.path.sep}')
+                            
+                            version = subprocess.check_output(['wmic', 'datafile', 'where', f'name="{name}"', 'get', 'Version', '/value'])
+                            
+                            return get_major_version(version.decode('utf-8').strip())
+                        
+                        except Exception:
+                            pass
             pass