zoro07

Thanks for the input. What I ended up deciding to do (as far as roaming) is create a logoff script to copy the user's bookmarks file to their network folder, and a logon script to copy it back to their Appdata/Chrome folder on login. Not a perfect solution, but we're going to test it and see how it goes. My concerns with storing the entire profile on a network drive are - 1. Some users might be logged into more than one computer at a time. As I understand Chrome creates a lockfile, so this could cause issues for users who leave Chrome open on one computer and then open it on another. 2. Kinda worried that user profiles might eventually get bloated and cause logon slowness (which is already an issue at my company as is). Will see how testing goes. Still haven't found any way to sync IE favorites to Chrome Bookmarks though. At least outside of installing crappy 3rd-party extensions And my boss swears there there "must be a way to do it". :/

Hello, New user here...glad to join the forum, definitely looks like an interesting forum! And I apologize in advance if this is the wrong subforum for this question. Anyway, I've been put in charge of deploying Chrome and my workplace and am trying to figure out the best way to deal with roaming profiles. I've downloaded the Chrome GPO templates and for the most part I've been able to get the browser to do what I want, but I have a few issues. 1. We have user folders mapped to a network drive and I'd like for users to get their bookmarks, settings, etc. if they switch computers. I looked around the Chrome templates and there IS an option to change the user data directory, but from what I'm reading on the Internet it's risky to store Chrome profiles on a network drive, since profiles aren't necessarily backwards compatible, though I don't know how much it causes problems in practice. Was wondering if anyone on a network that uses redirected/roaming profiles on their network has any input on the best way to set this up. I don't think having users use Google Sync is a real option, as that would just be another password for users to remember and would just increase helpdesk volume. I'm thinking of maybe setting up some login script to copy the Chrome profile to the network drive at logoff, and then copy it from the drive to the user's appdata folder on login...but I'm not exactly an expert at coding so I dunno how feasible this is. 2. The other issue is that I'm looking for some sort of way to sync bookmarks between IE and Chrome (which will be the default). There is an option in the template to automatically import favorites from Chrome the first time the user opens Chrome, but that seems to be a one time deal. I'd like to find a way to set things up so that any bookmarks added in one browser are automatically added to the other. If not right away then maybe at logon or logoff. So far I haven't seen a way to do that. Any input is appreciated, and please feel free to direct me to a different subforum if this isn't the appropriate one. Thanks!