DEM 2009 and chrome ://welcome

[rgb99]

I am currently perplexed about how to stop Chrome from launching chrome://welcome after each logon to a VDI. I looked over https://communities.vmware.com/t5/Dynamic-Environment-Manager/Manage-Google-Chrome-with-UEM-alternat... and enabled roaming profiles and updated my config, but the welcome page keeps launching (only once, then again after each VDI session).

Who has figured it out and would like to share the solution, please?

App Volume 4.3 Agent; DEM 10.1; Horizon 8.1 Agent

Windows 10, Build 2004

[IncludeRegistryTrees]
HKCU\Software\Google\Chrome

[IncludeFolderTrees]
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome

[IncludeFiles]
# Roaming profile
<AppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\profile.pb

<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\First Run
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Local State
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Last Browser
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Last Version
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Cookies
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Cookies-journal
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Favicons
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Favicons-journal
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\History
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\History-journal
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Media History
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Media History-journal
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Preferences
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\PreferredApps
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Secure Preferences
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Shortcuts
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Shortcuts-journal
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Top Sites
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Top Sites-journal
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Visited Links
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Web Data
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Web Data-journal


[ExcludeFolderTrees]
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Application Cache
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Cache
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Local Storage
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Media Cache

[ExcludeFiles]
*.tmp

Thanks!

[rgb99]

I have not found a solution for this yet. Can anyone assist?

[rgb99 · Accepted solution]

VMware Support provided me with this config, and it resolved the issue. Also, ensure DirectFlex is DISABLED.

[IncludeRegistryTrees]
HKCU\Software\Google\Chrome

[IncludeFolderTrees]
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome

[ExcludeFolderTrees]
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Cache
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Application Cache
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Storage
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Local Storage
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Media Cache
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Session Storage
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\GPUCache
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Web Applications
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Sync Data
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Sync Data Backup
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Pepper Data\Shockwave Flash\CacheWriteableAdobeRoot
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\IndexedDB
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\Cache
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\Application Cache
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\Storage
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\Local Storage
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\Media Cache
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\Session Storage
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\GPUCache
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\Web Applications
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\Sync Data
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\Sync Data Backup
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\Pepper Data\Shockwave Flash\CacheWriteableAdobeRoot
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\IndexedDB
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 2\Cache
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 2\Application Cache
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 2\Storage
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 2\Local Storage
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 2\Media Cache
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 2\Session Storage
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 2\GPUCache
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 2\Web Applications
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 2\Sync Data
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 2\Sync Data Backup
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 2\Pepper Data\Shockwave Flash\CacheWriteableAdobeRoot
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 2\IndexedDB
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\WidevineCDM
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\EVWhitelist
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\pnacl
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\recovery
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\SwiftShader
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\SwReporter
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\ShaderCache
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\PepperFlash
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\Application\
 
 
[ExcludeFiles]
 
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\ChromeDWriteFontCache
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\ChromeDWriteFontCache
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 2\ChromeDWriteFontCache
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Safe Browsing Bloom
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Safe Browsing Bloom Prefix Set
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Safe Browsing Download
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Safe Browsing UwS List
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Safe Browsing UwS List Prefix Set
<LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\ev_hashes_whitelist.bin
 
*.tmp