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michaelketting
Sep 18, 2019Brass Contributor
GPO for "Allow extensions from other store"
You can manually enable the option to get extensions from other stores. https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Discussions/Extensions-Chrome-or-Microsoft-Store/m-p/469515/highlight/true#M1602 Is ...
SteveSta
Nov 26, 2019Iron Contributor
Yikes, that's not something I even thought about or tested. With Google Chrome, we do have a couple of forced extensions set up, and I know we will need to carry at least one over to New Edge once we deploy that. If the forced extensions won't work without the user manually enabling extensions from other stores, that could be a show stopper for us when it comes to getting users to move from Chrome to New Edge. Has anyone already tested this? If not, I can later.
Shaecky
Nov 27, 2019Copper Contributor
Forced extensions work without to opt-in the toggle. I tried twice with new profiles from the chrome store. I used the same gpo settings from Chrome to Edge
- giovannimylesDec 16, 2019Copper Contributor
Shaecky you are correct. Using the GPO Setting "Control which extensions are installed silently" allows you to push Chrome extensions without needing the setting manually configured.
- elltommoApr 21, 2020Brass Contributor
Sorry to dig up an old thread but i'm not getting the same experience as you guys when trying to install a chrome extension using "Control which extensions are installed silently"
First, what i'm doing:
Grabbing the extension ID from the URL in the Chrome Web Store.
Opening the 'Control which extensions are installed silently' setting - this is enabled.
Entering the extension ID in the list of 'Extension/App IDs and update URLs to be silently installed.'
None of the other settings inside User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Microsoft Edge\Extensions are configured.
Am i missing something?
Edge Version: Stable 81.0.416.58
- ashishpoddarMay 29, 2020
Microsoft
elltommo Apologies for the delayed response. If you are still looking for an answer - here it is.
Use the following format to add an extension to the list:
[extensionID];[updateURL]
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extensionID - the 32-letter string found on edge://extensions when in developer mode.
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updateURL (optional) is the address of the Update Manifest XML document for the app or extension. If you don't set the updateURL, it is assumed that the extension belongs to Microsoft Store. If you want to install an extension from the Chrome Web Store, please provide the Chrome Web Store update URL: https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx
Example:
ndjpnladcallmjemlbaebfadecfhkepb;https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx
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