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Setting Google as Default Search Provider (Group Policy)
Are you talking about the default provider url gpo?
Looks like you edited your reply and added a question -
I already have it automatically import chrome settings. That isn't the issue. As far as Google as our Default Search provider - we have had it like that for years. Our users throw a fit every time we change anything. We spoke to department managers and they all agreed they wanted Google so we decided to stick with Google but I cannot go live with this project before I figure this out. When I was originally looking at the GPO's (screenshot I provided above). It seemed really easy for me to set the default search provider but its not working so project is on hold until I can figure it out.
WC_KStill Yep, the policies respond to chromium.
If I'm reading your GPO correctly, you're not following the example value for the default search engine:
You don't have the actual URL, just the search value.
Start by pulling out the Image Search GPO components, and the 'Suggested Search' drop the number of search components to this and then try it again.
Originally I had
{google:baseURL}search?q={searchTerms}&{google:RLZ}{google:originalQueryForSuggestion}{google:assistedQueryStats}{google:searchFieldtrialParameter}{google:searchClient}{google:sourceId}ie={inputEncoding}Which is what Microsoft states to use:
I've been searching around the net and using different suggestions including yours but none work.
As you can see here (this is something I just now noticed) it shows both search options in the dropdown. I manually selected Google and now it finally defaults to Google... weird
Look at the example text I hilighted in the bottom. (right under your hilight)
- However, upon closing the browser and reopening. It goers back to Bing as default until I select Google again... very frustrating
WC_KStill So, it is quite likely that Edge is doing this slightly differently:
In the 'Default Search providers' list they are listing a keyword for the search provider:
In addition to the actual code line for the search:
{google:baseURL}search?q=%s&{google:RLZ}{google:originalQueryForSuggestion}{google:assistedQueryStats}{google:searchFieldtrialParameter}{google:iOSSearchLanguage}{google:searchClient}{google:sourceId}{google:contextualSearchVersion}ie={inputEncoding}
