

Press enter to access this URL you will be prompted to save the. Paste the following line into the address bar, replacing the - with the extension ID Open a browser other than chrome - Firefox will work fine. Or, Open the extensions list in Chrome tick the Developer Mode tick box and then click the arrow next to the extension you want to deploy - the extension ID will be underneath the extension's heading.Īt this point, it is worth making note of the extension's version number too, as you will need this later on in the deployment.Ģ. You can see this ID in the URL of the extension ie: This is the unique ID of the extension in the Chrome webstore. Find the extension ID of your desired extension. I have found a few ways of doing this (some much more difficult than others). The first step in deploying an extension to your network deployment of chrome is to obtain the. Troubleshooting Deploy Google Chrome Extensions Obtain the extension CRX file Set Chrome as Default Browser: DisabledĬopy the msi to your deployment share, and add the msi to the software deployment GPO.Prevent app promotions from appearing on the new tab page: Enabled.Other settings that I prefer to configure for end users User Configuration - Google/Google Chrome/Home page User Configuration - Google/Google Chrome/Startup pages Set disk cache directory - Set this to : $".Enable the creation of roaming copies for Google Chrome profile data - Set this to Enabled.User Configuration - Google/Google Chrome Google have a policy setting to store certain roaming data in a small file in the user's roaming app data. Google Chrome will by default save all the user's data in the local app data folder - which is no good if users use multiple computers on the network. Set Google Chrome User Data Path to Roaming User Data Load the ADM files into your Group Policy environment to allow management of user's Google Chrome settings. This download includes the msi installers and the ADMX templates for Group Policy deployment. Installing Google Chrome on all the computers in your network using group policies (GPO) Prepare Google Chrome Filesĭownload the latest Google Chrome msi file from:
