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Default search engine

Hello,


Can anybody help me with a solution how to set the default search engine for Chrome Firefox and IE?? Ofcourse I want to make this settings silent without any UI.

Thank you!!!


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Posted by: EdT 9 years ago
Red Belt
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These settings are inevitably held in the user profile as they will be user specific. I would recommend using a capture tool to record registry changes to the user's profile while the default search engine is set manually. Once you have recorded the changes, you will need to deploy them using either group policy, login script, or via an installation process such as active setup.
Posted by: anonymous_9363 9 years ago
Red Belt
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Use Group Policy for Chrome.

https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/187202?hl=en

FF doesn't use the registry for its settings so can't be controlled by GP. You'll need to script it and find a way to lock-down the configuration if that's required i.e. if you want to force your users to use only one - or one from a limited selection - search provider. This is one reason why FF isn't so prevalent in the corporate world - no GP control :-)
Posted by: EmanuelPopescu 9 years ago
Yellow Belt
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My main problem is with google chrome. The last update from the don't allow to change the homepage and default search engine using the preference and web data files. Do you know something about this new update from chrome?

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  • Assuming you can change these parameters manually, have you tried to capture these manual changes to establish exactly where they are stored? - EdT 9 years ago
 
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