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Fix Corrupted Extensions in Chrome on Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

February 21, 2019 by Ulrik Christensen Leave a Comment

If you add an extension to Google Chrome on Citrix Apps and Desktop, you will probably experience, that this extension will become corrupted once you log off. This article will show you how to fix corrupted extensions in Google Chrome.

Why Do I Get Corrupted Extensions?

The reason why extensions are being corrupted in Google Chrome, is because they are not located in your Roaming profile. They are located in Local. This part of the profile is not being copied back to the profile store unless you configure it in your UPM GPO. The folders you need to mirror is the following:

  • AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\First Run
  • AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Local State
  • AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Bookmarks
  • AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Favicons
  • AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\History
  • AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Preferences
  • AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions

Use Google Chrome GPOs

Another way of fixing corrupted extensions, is to use Google Chrome GPOs.

Download ADMX files for Google Chrome

The first thing you need to do is download the ADMX files for Google Chrome. Once you have done that, you need to add them to your GPO store. You can now set up the policies in GPMC.

Create a policy or edit an existing one. The policy you need to set is:

Computer Configuration -> Policies -> Administrative Templates -> Google -> Google Chrome -> Set user data directory.

Set this value in the policy:

${roaming_app_data}\Google\Chrome\User Data

Fix Corrupted Extensions

The policy now creates a folder in your UPM folder for Google Chrome data. Here all settings and extensions will be stored.

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