Register protocol handlers

Policy ID
RegisteredProtocolHandlers_recommended
Scope
Computer Configuration, User Configuration
Supported on
Microsoft Windows 7 or later
Source
Google Chrome Policy Templates (version 156.0.8078.80)
Category
Google › Google Chrome - Default Settings (users can override) › Content settings

Description

Setting the policy (as recommended only) lets you register a list of protocol handlers, which merge with the ones that the user registers, putting both sets in use. Set the property "protocol" to the scheme, such as "mailto", and set the property "URL" to the URL pattern of the application that handles the scheme specified in the "protocol" field. The pattern can include a "%s" placeholder, which the handled URL replaces.

Users can't remove a protocol handler registered by policy. However, by installing a new default handler, they can change the protocol handlers installed by policy.
See https://chromeenterprise.google/policies/?policy=RegisteredProtocolHandlers for more information about schema and formatting.

Example value:

[
{
"default": true,
"protocol": "mailto",
"url": "https://mail.google.com/mail/?extsrc=mailto&url=%s"
}
]

Options

  • Register protocol handlers

Registry

ComputerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
  • RegisteredProtocolHandlersREG_SZ
UserHKEY_CURRENT_USER
  • RegisteredProtocolHandlersREG_SZ

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