Standalone installer throws error even though installation completes

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Download standalone installer from 
http://dl.google.com/dl/chrome/install/standalonesetup.exe
2. Tag the installer using the following
ApplyTag.exe ChromeStandaloneSetp_154_45.exe ChromeSetupTest.exe 
"appguid={8A69D345-D564-463C-AFF1-A69D9E530F96}&appname=Chrome&needsadmin=false"
3. Run ChromeSetupTest.exe

What is the expected output? 
Chrome should be installed and launched automatically

What do you see instead?
Chrome completes installation but it doesn't launch. Omaha error is seen.

Installer Error log
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[1209/141823:ERROR:version.cc(46)] Invalid version string: .
[1209/141823:ERROR:version.cc(46)] Invalid version string: ..
[1209/141823:ERROR:create_reg_key_work_item.cc(75)] Failed to create 
Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\ShimInclusionList\chrome.exe
[1209/141823:ERROR:install.cc(52)] Could not add Chrome to media player 
inclusion list.
[1209/141823:ERROR:version.cc(46)] Invalid version string: .
[1209/141823:ERROR:version.cc(46)] Invalid version string: ..
[1209/141823:ERROR:version.cc(46)] Invalid version string: Dictionaries

The latest Omaha version is 1.3.21.31. I don't see any ApplyTag.exe being 
created for versions 1.3.x. So I had to pick the ApplyTag.exe which was created 
for 1.2.183.39.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?

Please provide any additional information below.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by suna...@chromium.org on 10 Dec 2010 at 1:40

nigiel / omaha

Standalone installer throws error even though installation completes #25