Master_Preferences not working on Chrome 51.0.2704.84
Reported by
ambar.ro...@gmail.com,
Jun 10 2016
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Issue description
Chrome Version : 51.0.2704.84
Hi,
Master_Preferences file is not working on Chrome 51.0.2704.84.
The changes are not taking any efect after launching the shortcut.
Please look into it and let me know how we can implement the changes in chrome 51.0.2704.84.
Below is the file details:
{
"homepage" : "http://companyname.com",
"homepage_is_newtabpage" : false,
"browser" : {
"show_home_button" : true
},
"bookmark_bar" : {
"show_on_all_tabs" : true
},
"distribution" : {
"skip_first_run_ui" : true,
"show_welcome_page" : false,
"import_search_engine" : true,
"import_history" : false,
"do_not_create_taskbar_shortcut" :true,
"do_not_create_desktop_shortcut" :true,
"create_all_shortcuts" : false,
"do_not_launch_chrome" : true,
"make_chrome_default" : false
},
"first_run_tabs" : [
"http://companyname.com",
"new_tab_page"
]
}
,
Jun 21 2016
This should be easy to reproduce. The "On startup" setting that I make does not work anymore with build 50.0.2661.75 and the last stable release it worked on is 48.0.256.4.116. (Chrome for Work @ http://www.google.ca/intl/en/chrome/business/browser/admin/) The section is: "session": { "restore_on_startup": 4, "urls_to_restore_on_startup": [ "http://some website.com" ] } This section is supposed to set the page or pages that load at startup, however web address information is no longer there, the radial button "Open a specific page or set of pages" remains selected . Is this a new issue since googlechromestandaloneenterprise.msi version 49.0.2623.75
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Jul 20 2016
Found an article that may be of interest,please note that I have not tested this yet.
The modification is in changing "urls_to_restore_on_startup" to "startup_urls" in the code section:
Old:
"session": {
"restore_on_startup": 4,
"urls_to_restore_on_startup": [
"http://some website.com"
]
}
New:
"session": {
"restore_on_startup": 4,
"startup_urls": [
"http://some website.com"
]
}
Web reference:
http://www.itninja.com/question/master-preferences-not-working-google-chrome-for-work-51-0-2704-103
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Jul 27 2016
Performed a test using build 52.0.2743.82 and the functionality has returned.
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Aug 22 2016
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Feb 21 2017
OP: apologies for this having slipped through the cracks. Could you please explain which settings aren't taking effect? FYI, master_preferences only impact new user data directories. If you make a change to C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\master_prefernces, you will need to quit Chrome, delete "%LOCALAPPDATA%\Google\Chrome\User Data", then launch Chrome.
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Jan 5 2018
I think the problem was the use of session.urls_to_restore_on_startup in M49 and newer. If so, switching to session.startup_urls should resolve it. Closing this out as no change in Chrome is needed. |
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Comment 1 by tkonch...@chromium.org
, Jun 14 2016