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Coert Kastelein

Brass Contributor

Oct 25, 2021

Bad results with WebAppInstallForceList

I'm trying Canary v96 with the new attributes for the WebAppInstallForceList, but it's failing to work. Compact JSON [{"create_desktop_shortcut":true,"custom_icon":{"hash":"BD7ED44623036E672...

Kelly_Y
Nov 03, 2021
Coert Kastelein Hi! Quick update from our developers, the custom_name and custom_icon is currently only available on ChromeOS. More information here: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=1266169

We are working to update our policy documentation. Thanks!

-Kelly

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Microsoft

Oct 25, 2021

Coert Kastelein Hi! Do you know if there is an error message or anything for this policy shown on the edge://policy/ page?

Thanks!

-Kelly

Coert Kastelein
Brass Contributor
Oct 25, 2021
Hi Kelly. No, there is no error. It has an OK status.
- Kelly_Y
  Microsoft
  Oct 25, 2021
  Coert Kastelein Hi! Our developers are investigating.
  
  Couple of questions:
  
  How is the policy is getting set? Is it via regkey or Intune?
  
  Is https://portal.mywebsite.com the right URL to use for the repro? Does the issue reproduce with other WebApps?
  
  Thanks!
  - Coert Kastelein
    Brass Contributor
    Oct 25, 2021
    Kelly_Y
    Through Intune in a Settings Catalog, which is successful.
    
    Registry looks fine as well. In another test with just custom icon:
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\WebAppInstallForceList is:
    
    [{"custom_icon":{"url":"https://i.imgur.com/KEaQ6g2.png","hash":"BD7ED44623036E67266D4884B3E5451762D6DB964E651B74BD7AB9955CA55C60"},"default_launch_container":"window","url":"https://youtube.com"}]
    
    It created two start menu items:
    One linked to \AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge SxS\Application\msedge_proxy.exe
    other to \Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge_proxy.exe
    
    I also notice I get different results when I change the sequence of the attributes within the JSON string.

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