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Since the upgrade from our 8.x environment to the 9.x JSS, we lost our MCX configurations for Chrome. Any attempt to re-import the .manifest has resulted in an error indicating "No settings were found." I've tried it from 3 different mac workstations, all running different OS flavors, and some managed some not. Different releases of Chrome, also. Any thoughts?



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I am using the manifest located at: /Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/Resources/com.google.Chrome.manifest/Contents/Resources/com.google.Chrome.manifest

@easyedc-



It looks like the version attribute in the Chrome manifest is a "string" and not a "real". This is causing a problem when the JSS tries to parse the manifest. We're looking at getting this fixed in a future release, but for now, you can make the following change in the manifest file using TextEdit or another text editor:



Change:



<key>pfm_version</key>
<string>1</string>


to:



<key>pfm_version</key>
<real>1</real>


Hope that helps!
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Thanks @zach. Worked like charm. Now I just get to rebuild my manifest.


I have tried this and it indeed does work. The only problem i get is all the keys are blank. external image link
If i actually click the plus, they key shows up. Is this normal behavior for this method?
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Thanks in advance.


I noticed the same behavior as @jrserapio
Have you tried to apply the settings? Do they still work?


I am experiencing the same issue with the blank entries... any fixes for this?
Thanks!


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This is going to sound ridiculous, and is in no way a fix, but I created a managed pref with this manifest file scoped to no one and expanded all of the keys. This way whenever I need to use a key I simply clone the managed pref and deselect all of the keys I don't need.


Give this a try, I filled in all of the titles that Google left blank.



https://jamfnation.jamfsoftware.com/viewProduct.html?id=73&view=managedPreferences


@bcourtade



Thanks for taking the time to do this! I was just about to do the same thing when I saw your post. Saved me a bit of time. :)


I'm having a hard time figuring out what the string is for some of these settings. I'm trying to set the RegisteredProcolHandlers for mailto and set it to: https://mail.google.com/mail/?extsrc=mailto&url=%s



Any help would be greatly appreciated.


@bcourtade The pfm_title is duplicated in your manifest. The second one is blank, so when it is imported into the JSS, it does not have a title.


Thanks for the heads up. I've updated the file.