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Group policy setup for the Chrome extension

Updated on August 19, 2022

Explicitly allow the Chrome extension in the Group Policy Editor to use the Chrome extension when you create or run automations in the Google Chrome browser.

There are two ways that you can allow the extension:

  • Force installing the extension
  • Add the extension to the Allow list

Best practice is to force install the extension because that also enables the extension. If you add the extension to the Allow list, you must then enable the extension in a separate task.

Download and install the Administrative Templates for Chrome for group policy before you allow the extension. Download the templates from the following website:

https://dl.google.com/dl/edgedl/chrome/policy/policy_templates.zip

Force installing the Chrome extension

Force install the Google Chrome extension when you create or run automations in the Google Chrome browser to install and enable the extension.

  1. In the Search box the Taskbar, enter Run.
  2. In the Run dialog box, enter gpmc.msc.
    Run dialog box
    Starting the Group Policy Management console
  3. In the Group Policy Management console, select Administrative Templates > Google > Google Chrome > Extensions and enable Configure the list of force-installed apps and extensions.
  4. In the Configure the list of force-installed apps and extensions dialog box, add an entry to the update.xml file a value that includes the extension ID and the path to the update.xml file for the browser extension. The following is an example:
    iodegoagldeabbkcidchfdifcghijihb;file:///C:/Program Files (x86)/Pegasystems/
    Pega Browser Extension/BrowserExtensions/Chrome/update.xml

    Installing the Pega Browser Extension creates the update.xml file in the following directory:

    Pegasystems/Pega Browser Extension/BrowserExtensions/Chrome

    You can complete this step before or after you set up the group policy setting.

Adding the Chrome extension to the Allow List

Add the Google Chrome extension to the group policy allow list when you create or run automations in the Google Chrome browser to install the extension.

  1. From the Taskbar, enter Run.
  2. In the Run dialog box, enter gpmc.msc.
    Run dialog box
    Starting the Group Policy Management console
  3. In the Group Policy Management console, select Administrative Templates > Google > Google Chrome > Extensions and enable Configure extension installation allow list.
  4. In the Configure extension installation allow list dialog box, add a value with the following extension ID.
    iodegoagldeabbkcidchfdifcghijihb
What to do next: Enable the extension on each computer that you use to create or run automations.
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