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ExternalProtocolDialogShowAlwaysOpenCheckbox policy no longer works in Edge Dev and Canary
Hi Andrew,
This policy to show the checkbox was recently restricted to only work from secure (i.e. https) pages. I suspect that you are expecting to see the checkbox from a non-secure page and that it is not showing up.
Can you confirm?
This change was made as part of a broader set of changes to the opt-out checkbox, including:
- The checkbox now applies per-origin. So if you select the checkbox because you tried to launch skype: from sharepoint.com, that combination will skip the prompt in the future, but other origins will still see the prompt when launching skype: until opted out.
- The checkbox will be turned on by default for all users in an upcoming release, so that the group policy is no longer needed. It will continue to be possible to ensure the checkbox is never shown by explicitly disabling the policy though.
Todd
AndrewSAIF Thanks for reaching out and letting us know. We're sorry to hear that it isn't working! We just pushed 83.0.470.0 to Canary; are you still seeing this behavior there? If so, let us know and we'll loop in the GPO team. And in the meantime, can you please submit detailed feedback and diagnostic data through the browser, if you haven't yet?
Fawkes (they/them)
Project & Community Manager - Microsoft EdgeDeleted
Hi,
I just encountered this issue too and would like to add my voice to those here requesting a fix. For our use case we are interested in the behaviour when a custom URL is entered directly into the address bar, as well the case where the link is placed in a page with an HTTP URL rather than HTTPS. As others have said, in all cases this impacts UX quite badly, it is a blocker for Edge adoption for us at this time.
Kind regards,
Mike
Deleted I was also using this on an intranet website served over http. With the latest update to edge chromium, it suddenly stopped working.
Any chance there's an override for certain domains to be able to get the remember checkbox in conjunction with "Enable remembering protocol launch prompting preferences" being enabled in edge://flags?It looks like edge chromium no longer honors internet options in control panel (which makes sense) but I'd like a per-domain override as I suddenly no longer have the functionality I had, even though it's still in edge.
Deleted
Hi Fawkes,
I updated Canary to the latest version and got the same result. It is easy to duplicate this behavior on a machine that has Office installed if you set the policy, then type skype:// into the address bar and press enter.
I have the feedback feature disabled in my group policy, but if that is a better way to report issues I can set up a test machine to be excluded.
Thanks!
Andrew
Hi Andrew,
This policy to show the checkbox was recently restricted to only work from secure (i.e. https) pages. I suspect that you are expecting to see the checkbox from a non-secure page and that it is not showing up.
Can you confirm?
This change was made as part of a broader set of changes to the opt-out checkbox, including:
- The checkbox now applies per-origin. So if you select the checkbox because you tried to launch skype: from sharepoint.com, that combination will skip the prompt in the future, but other origins will still see the prompt when launching skype: until opted out.
- The checkbox will be turned on by default for all users in an upcoming release, so that the group policy is no longer needed. It will continue to be possible to ensure the checkbox is never shown by explicitly disabling the policy though.
Todd
