Mass deploy ClickOnce chrome plugin ?

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Hello,

I feel that I'm not in the right place to ask for answers but I don't know 
where to do it actually.

I need to find a solution to deploy the plugin on multiple computers (SCCM 
package). The thing is I don't know how to do it. I tried to capture the system 
file modifications during the plugin installation, which are :

- C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Roaming\Google\Chrome\UserData\Default\Local 
Storage (chrome-extension_eeifaoomkminpbeebjdmdojbhmagnncl_0.localstorage and 
chrome-extension_eeifaoomkminpbeebjdmdojbhmagnncl_0.localstorage-journal have 
been added)

- 
C:\Users\97960a\AppData\Roaming\Google\Chrome\UserData\Default\Extensions\eeifao
omkminpbeebjdmdojbhmagnncl (the folder 1.2.8_0 has been added)

When I copy / past those files and folder on a another computer and user, the 
plugin seems to not work (I don't see it in the extensions but I thing this is 
normal).

I saw this thread 
(http://code.google.com/p/clickonceforchrome/wiki/How_can_I_install_the_plugin_f
or_clickonce_manually) but during my capture nothing has been written on the 
registry (the thread is dated 2008...).

Does anyone know how to do it or if it's even possible ? Or at least where I 
can address this topic to get some leads ?

Thank you by advance.
Gilles

Original issue reported on code.google.com by gilles.l...@gmail.com on 16 Jul 2014 at 9:29

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You can setup Group Policy to push out the registry value. 
See the uploaded image for the setup I used. Just add that to the User 
Config/Preferences/Windows Settings/Registry section of Group Policy.

This will only work on the 32 bit version of Chrome and only for another few 
months as Google is phasing out NPAPI.

In case the image doesn't show up here are the settings:
Hive HKEY_CURRENT_USER 
Key path Software\MozillaPlugins\@digitalsorcery.net/ClickOnceForChrome;1.2 
Value name Path 
Value type REG_EXPAND_SZ 
Value data \\<YOUR SERVER 
INFO>\Extensions\clickonceforchrome-a4ee7cfb6925\Extension\plugin\npclickonce.dl
l 

Original comment by infinite...@gmail.com on 26 Aug 2014 at 8:31

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Ok thank you for the tip.

One more thing, do you think that google phasing out NPAPI means that they will 
not host NPAPI plugins on the store anymore or that future Chrome version won't 
run NPAPI plugin at all ?

Thank you !

Original comment by gilles.l...@gmail.com on 1 Sep 2014 at 10:00

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Ok, find out, futur chrome version won't support / run NPAPI based plugins.

Original comment by gilles.l...@gmail.com on 1 Sep 2014 at 11:30

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Hi! Current dev here.

There is a new version which no longer needs NPAPI.
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/eeifaoomkminpbeebjdmdojbhmagnncl

As for mass deployment:

1) You will need the helper application from www.clickoncechrome.com
2) Extract the zip file.
3) Then add a registry entry for

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\NativeMessagingHosts\com.google.chrome.
clickonce

The value should be the path to the .json config file inside the helper 
applications bin directory.
e.g.: C:\ClickOnceLauncher\bin\com.google.chrome.clickonce-win.json

Or simply run the Setup file that comes with archive.

Original comment by bionicma...@gmail.com on 25 Sep 2014 at 7:38

• Changed state: Fixed

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I'm a bit late but a big thank you for the new version. You can't imagine how 
usefull is this and how big comps use it... ;)

Original comment by gilles.l...@gmail.com on 8 Dec 2014 at 9:12