I'd like to deploy/install a Firefox add-on or Google chrome extension using the VMware workspace one UEM (formerly known as Airwatch) on Windows 10 platform.
Is there any way to perform these browser based extensions in Airwatch?
it took around more than a month but some guys at our organization were able to figure out how to deploy extension via Airwatch here is how you can do it:
Go to
Airwatch -> Devices -> Profile -> Add
Create a profile according to OS then go to custom settings, click configure. It will allow you to paste you xml to apply and revert changes in the respective boxes.
What you are going to de here is play with the window's registry :
Create a folder named ExtensionInstallForcelist at this pathHKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Chrome\
update the name of key to any integer like '12'
update the key value to extensionId;path to your extension(cxr)
if your id 1234 and path to extension is https://clients2.google.com/service2/update14/crx
then key value should be 1234;https://clients2.google.com/service2/update14/crx
That's it if the folder is created your extension will be installed automatically.
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So I'm trying to find a way to add default file extensions options to Firefox. Since for whatever reason it doesn't give you the option?
Example: Settings > General > Applications
I want to add new content types and then be able to select my default application of choice.
The current issue is, that I use an MSP client that when necessary allows us to remote into a client's workstation for troubleshooting. Normally one would just click on the "Start Remote Session," button, and it brings up the application to do so. However, since it operates in some form of Javascript (I think....?), it doesn't technically download a file for me to save and then execute through the app. It just opens the app automatically. It never gives me the option to save the a file or anything like that, that it would use for the Remote Session app.
So I want to figure out how to bypass this issue by just adding the extension needed for this process in Firefox's default content types.
Works on Windows, I'm currently on Linux. (So please don't tell me to not use linux or any form there of. That or to use wine or playonlinux. I already am)
I am trying to install several applications in the Hololens. My problem arises when I try to install the second application. Since immediately afterwards the first one is deleted.
Thank you
The UWP application distinguishes from each other by globally unique identifier, which is defined in the Package.appxmanifest file.
You can right click the Package.appxmanifest file, then click [Open With], and select [XML (Text) Editor] in the pop-up window. After opening the file, check if the Identity tag is different.
We are developing a Windows 10 Universal app. Currently, there are 2 branches of the app code, MAIN and DEV. We would like to be able to install (and run) both builds on the same OS instance at the same time.
Right now, we do not see any other way of doing this than having a separate VM for each app build, but this is not our preference.
Does anyone have any experience with this type of challenge, and does anyone know if this is even possible from technology standpoint?
Each package must have a distinct PFN (Package Family Name) listed in the package.appxmanifest.xml if you want them to be installed on the same computer.
There's no way to sideload multiple versions of the same package.
So, use different PFNs for each branch (probably easiest, if done from your build system), or explore your VM options.
Right click on the project -> Store -> 'Associate app with the store', then associate your app wit ha new name. This will generate a new store key which recognizes your app uniquely. To distinguish apps, in the Package.appxmanifest file Change the 'Display Name' and 'Short Name'.
Package.appxmanifest
-> Right Click -> View Code (F7) -> Change Identity Name to something else
-> OR Double Click -> Packaging -> Package Name to something else
-> Debug/Run/Deploy without replacing existing installed version (that had different identity name.
Windows 7, 32 bit. I have added the "Group Policy Object" to the MMC with group selected as "non-administrators" (from [browse]-->Users). I have locked down the capabilities of the local machine so that non-administrators can do very little, and now I want to be able to apply this policy setting to clones of this machine. Further, I want to be able to put these settings into source control so that policy modifications can be tracked. I want the administrators to have full capabilities.
Once configured on my target machine, I have created a WIM with the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) which solves the first half of my needs but this makes it hard to compare any changes to the policy.
I have installed the Security Compliance Manager (SCM) but this wants a baseline to start with and I do not see how to apply policies to groups with this tool. I have installed the LocalGPO.wsf tool as well and have created a backup of the local policy with the /Export switch, but when I use the MMC to change the non-administrator policies, this is not reflected with the LocalGPO.wsf when I run the /Compare against my previously exported GPO. We cracked open the LocalGPO.wsf file and at first glance it looks like it calls SECEDIT.exe which does not seem to take any switches for group policies.
Am I missing a switch on the LocalGPO.wsf that will export the non-administrator group policy settings so that I can put this into source control?
Is there another way to apply my changes to the non-administrators in the SCM? I could not find that menu item.
Are my aspirations too high to be able to update these policies in a controlled fashion?
Thanks - Steve
%windir%\System32\GroupPolicyUsers
Unhide files
or
MMC add Group Policy Object Editor -> Users Tab -> Non-Administrators Policy
Expand User Configuration > Windows Settings > Scripts > Logon; Click Add; Click Browse; It will open up the folder containing scripts. If you go up two folders you will find the folder to copy to other machines (for me it was called S-1-5-32-545).
I'd like to know the answer to this as well. I recently made a Windows 7 kiosk and I'd like to export the changes I made in non-administrators for future reference. It seems that gpresult only looks at what is applied from a domain level.
For some reason I cannot get this to work. I'm following the exact procedure described here
http://developer.chrome.com/extensions/external_extensions.html#registry
And I still cannot get the extension listed. If I install it manually, using "Add Unpacked Extension" it works just fine.
Any help would be greatly appreciated
One of many writeups on this subject:
Google on Friday announced that it is changing its stance for silently
installing extensions in its browser. As of Chrome 25, external
extension deployment options on Windows will be disabled by default
and all extensions previously installed using them will be
automatically disabled.
You're much better off submitting your extension to the Chrome Web Store. If you really want to install off-store, consider inline installation.
I have been struggling with installing an addon via the registry as well. I was successful with installing an addon without adding reg keys. And using the preferences file.
I extracted my extension to Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions\${ADDONID}\${VERSION}
I then added my extension directly to the Preferences file in Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default under the section extensions settings ${ADDONID} <-- add your extension. Compare the Preferences file to an instance you have already installed your addon. And copy that to the Preferences file along with the extension directory on a fresh install. And it should work.
This thread gave me some direction:
https://superuser.com/questions/462804/how-to-copy-an-extension-from-one-chrome-installation-to-another