Group policy setup for the Chrome extension
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.
- In the Search box the Taskbar, enter Run.
- In the Run dialog box, enter
gpmc.msc.
Run dialog box 
- In the Group Policy Management console, select Administrative Templates > Google > Google Chrome > Extensions and enable Configure the list of force-installed apps and extensions.
- In the Configure the list of force-installed apps and
extensions dialog box, add an entry to the
update.xmlfile a value that includes the extension ID and the path to theupdate.xmlfile for the browser extension. The following is an example:iodegoagldeabbkcidchfdifcghijihb;file:///C:/Program Files (x86)/Pegasystems/ Pega Browser Extension/BrowserExtensions/Chrome/update.xmlInstalling the Pega Browser Extension creates the
update.xmlfile in the following directory:Pegasystems/Pega Browser Extension/BrowserExtensions/ChromeYou 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.
- From the Taskbar, enter Run.
- In the Run dialog box, enter
gpmc.msc.
Run dialog box - In the Group Policy Management console, select Administrative Templates > Google > Google Chrome > Extensions and enable Configure extension installation allow list.
- In the Configure extension installation allow list
dialog box, add a value with the following extension ID.
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