FN-GM Posted September 23, 2015 Posted September 23, 2015 Hi, Does anyone know of a way to set Chrome the default browser via Group Policy. I have tried the chrome GPO option, used registry changes suggested on the net but I keep getting this message when opening a URL. This is doing my tree in! Any ideas please? Thanks
Griff Posted September 23, 2015 Posted September 23, 2015 Is there anything under Set Associations and change .url to open with chrome.exe? not at my desk so thats slightly wild guess/suggestion.
fiza Posted September 23, 2015 Posted September 23, 2015 Is there still a GPO for Folder Options? In Windows 7 we have 'open with' set in here for IE. User Configuration/Preferences/Control Panel Settings/Folder Options
FN-GM Posted September 23, 2015 Author Posted September 23, 2015 Is there anything under Set Associations and change .url to open with chrome.exe? not at my desk so thats slightly wild guess/suggestion. Is there still a GPO for Folder Options? In Windows 7 we have 'open with' set in here for IE. User Configuration/Preferences/Control Panel Settings/Folder Options Doesn't work either
Popular Post Arthur Posted September 23, 2015 Popular Post Posted September 23, 2015 (edited) Any ideas please? Try this... AppAssociations.xml (or whatever you want to call it) plus this GPO... http://gpsearch.azurewebsites.net/#10655 If you need to change any other associations use the command below (after customizing your default apps on a Windows 10 PC). Dism.exe /Online /Export-DefaultAppAssociations:C:\AppAssociations.xml Edited September 23, 2015 by Arthur 5
FN-GM Posted September 23, 2015 Author Posted September 23, 2015 That looks promising! Will give it a try tomorrow. Thanks
FN-GM Posted September 24, 2015 Author Posted September 24, 2015 (edited) @Arthur - It works! Thanks! Edited September 24, 2015 by FN-GM
FN-GM Posted November 16, 2015 Author Posted November 16, 2015 Hi, I am finding this does not work when using a custom default profile or a mandatory profile. Does anyone have any thoughts on that please? Thanks
jonnykewell1 Posted November 16, 2015 Posted November 16, 2015 Try pushing out the following registry keys Via Group Policy. Tried it in a test environment and it seemed to work. HTTP - HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Associations\UrlAssociations\http HTTPS - HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Associations\UrlAssociations\https
FN-GM Posted November 16, 2015 Author Posted November 16, 2015 Im telling a lie, even if I do not tinker with the default profile, it doesn't work anymore. It did before. Any ideas please?
FN-GM Posted May 17, 2016 Author Posted May 17, 2016 Hi, I am finding this does not work when using a custom default profile or a mandatory profile. Does anyone have any thoughts on that please? Thanks The issue with this was making sure the users had modify rights on the XML file.
FN-GM Posted May 17, 2016 Author Posted May 17, 2016 Actually I am incorrect. The first time a user logs in its asking what browser they would like to use as default. If they log off and back on again it doesn't ask. hmmm
talksr Posted June 16, 2016 Posted June 16, 2016 Try this... AppAssociations.xml (or whatever you want to call it) plus this GPO... Group Policy Search If you need to change any other associations use the command below (after customizing your default apps on a Windows 10 PC). Dism.exe /Online /Export-DefaultAppAssociations:C:\AppAssociations.xml Where did you store your AppAssociations.xml file such that Group Policy could find it?
Arthur Posted June 16, 2016 Posted June 16, 2016 Where did you store your AppAssociations.xml file such that Group Policy could find it? Netlogon as well.
FN-GM Posted June 16, 2016 Author Posted June 16, 2016 I put mine on the C drive for 2 reasons 1. Works then if a laptop is offline 2. reduces network traffic 2
Arthur Posted June 16, 2016 Posted June 16, 2016 I put mine on the C drive That's a good idea actually. I think I'll try that too. 1
talksr Posted June 17, 2016 Posted June 17, 2016 I put mine on the C drive for 2 reasons 1. Works then if a laptop is offline 2. reduces network traffic On the C drive of each local machine?
FN-GM Posted June 17, 2016 Author Posted June 17, 2016 On the C drive of each local machine? Yep. I just set it to copy during the deployment in a Task Sequence step
HereIGoAgain2601 Posted July 29, 2016 Posted July 29, 2016 Hi, did you manage to find a fix for this? Our users are going to have to use local profile due to the issues with roaming and don't want edge to be default as most of their logins will be "first time" to different machines. Thanks
ctbjs Posted July 12, 2018 Posted July 12, 2018 Created a Windows 10 - Customizations Group Policy Created the .xml file and moved it to Netlogon Used the create folder option under Computer Configuration > Preferences > Windows Settings >Folders Used the replace file option under Computer Configuration > Preferences > Windows Settings > Files identifying the locaton in Netlogon for source file and using the above folder location for the destination Assigned the Group Policy to the OU of affected computers.
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