GPO to "Ask where to save each file before downloading" in Google Chrome

[levans]

Had a look and not found much.. has anyone implemented a GPO to do this?

 

Thank you kindly

[Michael]

I believe it'll download anything to 'Downloads' be it locally or re-directed with Folder Redirection.

[Arthur]

There isn't currently a GPO for enabling the download prompt. I had to add the following to the master_preferences file (which only applies to new Chrome profiles).

 

{
  "download": {
  "directory_upgrade": true,
  "extensions_to_open": "",
  "prompt_for_download": true
  }
}

[Guest obsidianpillar]

In an existing usage case, you could edit the Chrome ADM to save to a read-only location, this would force the user to pick a new download location. We don't do this, but is a thought that's just come to me if you were wanting to achieve this. For us the Downloads folder is fine as it's configured with Folder Redirection.