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How to install Chrome Extensions with MSIX
Hi lucasq,
Currently, an MSIX package cannot create registry entries directly on the machine, i.e. outside of its container. Therefore, I don't think it is possible to register the chrome extension at install-time.
In my MSIX introduction guide, you can read a quick explanation of how an MSIX handles the registry. More details are available in the MS docs.
What you can try is to have your application create the HKLM entries the first time it launches. According to the MS docs, you should be able to write under HKLM\Software hive if the same registry key is not part of your package. (make sure you delete HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Google\Chrome\Extensions from your package).
Quoting MS:
Writes under HKLM\Software are allowed as long as a corresponding key/value does not exist in the package hive and the user has the correct access permissions.
This is a huge limitation of the MSIX and it makes it impossible to adopt it for any application which extends other applications.
Jozef Izso Yes unfortunately application extension was sacrificed for security.
Thats when executive management lives in the world of smartphones instead of real offices.
But in this case the ignorance on Googles side to change the native messager interface is also breathtaking.