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michaelketting
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Sep 18, 2019
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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 ...
  • Shaecky's avatar
    Shaecky
    Nov 27, 2019

    SteveSta 

     

    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

     

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SteveSta
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Nov 26, 2019

janusro1 

 

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.

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Shaecky
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Nov 27, 2019

SteveSta 

 

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

 

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    giovannimyles
    Copper Contributor
    Dec 16, 2019

    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. 

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      elltommo
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      Apr 21, 2020

      giovannimyles @Shaecky 

       

      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 

      • ashishpoddar's avatar
        ashishpoddar
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        May 29, 2020

        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]

        • extensionID - the 32-letter string found on edge://extensions when in developer mode.

        • 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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