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I am an experienced Consulting Architect for VMware’s Professional Services Organization, End-user Computing specializing in VMware Horizon Suite product-line and SDDC. I have over 23 years of experience in the IT industry. In addition to his past experience, I have a passion for technology and thrives on educating customers. Additionally, I have 10 years of hands-on virtualization experience deploying full-life cycle solutions using VMware, CITRIX, and Hyper-V. I also has 18 years of experience in computer programming in various languages ranging from basic scripting to C, C++, PERL, .NET, SQL, and PowerShell. I’ve received acclaim from several clients for my in-depth and varied technical experience and exceptional hands-on customer satisfaction skills. In February 2013, I received VMware’s Spotlight award for my outstanding persistence and dedication to customers and was nominated again in October of 2013. I was awarded 2015 – 2017 vEXPERT.

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App Volumes, Google Chrome and AppStacks

Jeremy Wheeler
April 18, 2015June 22, 2015 1 min

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  1. Google Chrome and AppStacks

Google Chrome and AppStacks


When packaging Google Chrome for App Volumes 2.6, a few conditions should be met when also working with Writable Volumes. Chrome expects the temp directory to have a drive letter, so if the user profile is in the writable volume you will want it to have a drive letter but it is hidden (meaning that it doesn’t show up in Windows Explorer or File Open menu of apps, but it doesn’t actually have a drive letter).

  1. Install Google Chrome on AppStack like normal
  2. If you will be presenting this AppStack to VDI users you will need to create a GPO that includes the following registry entry:

reg.exe add HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\svdriver\Parameters /v DriveLetterSettings /t REG_DWORD /d 6

 The above registry key is required because when using a writable volume the %userProfile% tmp data is obscured which Chrome needs.

  1. Login so stacks attach.

Note: If you use template_uia_only writable template and the profile is preserved by some other means (persona management, roaming profiles, folder redirection, etc.) then use the following command:

reg.exe add HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\svservice\parameters /t REG_DWORD /v VolDelayLoadTime /d 0 /f


 

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